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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