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Referenced (transcribed as 'Broadswigan Pier') when discussing Orwell's quote about chocolate helping to avert revolution during the Great Depression

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Discussed as 'the book that then makes him' - Orwell's account of visiting the north of England during the Depression in early 1936

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Mentioned when discussing Orwell's observations about intellectuals who would rather be seen stealing from a poor box than standing for God Save the King - the speaker couldn't remember if this quote was from The Lion and the Unicorn or The Road to Wigan Pier.

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Referenced when discussing how radios were placed in offices, factories, restaurants, cafes, and stairwells of apartment blocks - described as 'very 1984' with mention of 'Winston Smith hearing Big Brother shout out' and Orwell's concept of 'newspeak'

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The episode opens with a reading from the novel's famous opening passage, explicitly identified as 'George Orwell's novel, 1984, published in 1949'

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Mentioned in comparison to Lord of the Rings when discussing novels about the horrors of the 20th century: 'I would argue that actually Lord of the Rings, far more than 1984, actually, is the great novel written about the horrors of the 20th century.'

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Quoted at the opening of the podcast to introduce the topic of football as a sport of the masses, referencing Orwell's description of how 'films, football, beer, and above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds.'

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Mentioned as an influential mid-20th century vision of the future about totalitarianism and political ideology

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Referenced when discussing Orwell's writing about Englishness during the Blitz, specifically his passage about national continuity and identity: 'what do you have in common with the child whose picture is on the mantelpiece? It was once you. Everything has changed and yet somehow you're still the same.'

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Referenced in discussion of Orwell's political writings during wartime - mentioned as containing his 'mystical faith' in the English people

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The episode opens with a famous passage from this essay/book about England and Englishness, written during the Blitz in 1940. It is referenced multiple times throughout the discussion as one of the most famous evocations of England.

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Mentioned alongside 1984 as 'two of the defining books of the 20th century' and discussed extensively as Orwell's political allegory about revolution

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Discussed in the context of CIA cultural operations - the CIA funded the animation of Animal Farm as anti-communist propaganda, described as 'a CIA operation from beginning to end.'

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Described as coming out of Orwell's Spanish Civil War experience - 'out of that frenzy comes homage to Catalonia, which I think he always regarded as his greatest book'

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Referenced when discussing Orwell's discovery of northern England - 'It's not even the England of down and out in Paris and London'

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Referenced at the beginning of the episode when discussing the reputation of English food. The hosts quote Orwell's essay/work defending English cooking against critics like Jacques Chirac.