1984 Today!

Arts & Culture Podcasts

An exploration of dystopian trends in society, featuring a range of guests, hosted by Mike Freedman. 1984today.substack.com

Episodes

Dystopian By Default: The Architecture of Surveillance

Iran’s Global Intimidation Machine: Journalism, Exile, and Keeping Dissent Alive

Survival Is Resistance: Prison, Protest, and The Price of Freedom

Lawyering Against the Machine: The Human Cost of AI and the Fight for Tech Justice

Slowly, Then Suddenly: Surveillance, Social Rupture and Citizens’ Consent

Making The Machine That Makes Us: AI, Consciousness, and Human Creativity

Democracy In An Age Of Permanent Crisis

The World Turned Upside Down: England's Puritan Dystopia

Episode 154: Michael W. Green on Why $140k Is The Real Poverty Line

Episode 153: Robert Joseph Greene on Censorship and the Hidden History of Gay Romance

Episode 152: John R. Carlos on Globalism, Technology, and Humanity's Future

Episode 151: Daniele Bolelli on How A Society Eats Itself

Episode 150: Graham Linehan on Comedy, Cancellation, and Being Gender-Critical

Episode 149: Kara Dansky on The Abolition of Sex

Episode 148: Dr Leslie Gruis on Privacy and Surveillance

Episode 147: A Tale of Two Protests

Episode 146: Michael Box and Patrick Hague on Punk Rock Dystopia

Episode 145: Joe Raiola on Satire, Censorship, and MAD Magazine

Episode 144: Frank Sanazi on Being A Comedy Dictator

Episode 143: Shady El Damaty on Reclaiming Digital Privacy