which brings us back to george orwell. yes, it does.st recent collection of short stories, you summon him up from beyond the grave. you have an imagined conversation via a medium talking and it is, we presume, margaret atwood in conversation. yes. it's called margaret atwood. the character is called margaret atwood. yes, yes. yes. chuckles an imagined conversation, of course. dead giveaway. he's still — he's still very important to you? yes, and i'm allowing him to smoke in the afterlife because i'm a kind person. you're now in your 80s, margaret, and you're still as prolific as ever. what — what drives you on creatively? well, what else am i going to do all day? you know what samuel beckett said? "why do you write?" he said, "not good for anything else". chuckles it's too late for me to be a ballet dancer. oh, alas, a vanished career. well, i'm a freelancer, you know? and that's a good thing because i don't have a boss. you are your own boss. continue to be. very enviable. margaret atwood, thank you so much for sharing your cultural li

which brings us back to george orwell. yes, it does.ecent collection of short stories, you summon him up from beyond the grave. you have an imagined conversation via a medium talking and it is, we presume, margaret atwood in conversation. yes. it's called margaret atwood. the character is called margaret atwood. yes, yes. yes. chuckles. an imagined conversation, of course. dead giveaway. he's still — he's still very important to you? yes, and i'm allowing him to smoke in the afterlife because i'm a kind person. you're now in your 805, margaret, and you're still as prolific as ever. what — what drives you on creatively? well, what else am i going to do all day? you know what samuel beckett said? "why do you write?" he said, "not good for anything else". chuckles. it's too late for me to be a ballet dancer. 0h, alas, a vanished career. well, i'm a freelancer, you know? and that's a good thing because i don't have a boss. you are your own boss. continue to be. very enviable. margaret atwood, thank you so much for sharing your cultural life

those risk-taking entrepreneurial genes they inherited that socialism to borrow a phrase from george orwell is an idea so stupid that only an intellectual could be leave it. the united states is still stoning around for socialism. thank you very much.etta hunnio teaches a class about baseball during the great depression. >> for

and i think and, you know, in the country where george orwell so presciently wrote about government suppression of ideas, think orwell would turn over in his grave if you knew how these hate speech laws were being enforced in britain, forgot to ask you how did your holocaust surviving father feel about the skokie case? that is such a great question. let me tell you, peter, my father came to hear me give a talk in san diego where he had retired in the early 1980s, and there had just been a wave of graffiti, synagogues and some racist graffiti. well, so i was brought out to explain the aclu's position and why we had won the skokie case. my father listened to me very politely, and he came up to me afterwards and he said, well, you for that very interesting talk, you've now persuaded me that the aclu does correctly interpret the first amendment. thank you for making it clear to me that the problem is the first amendment. so, you know, the vast, vast, vast majority people share that the perspective i think he was to some extent joking, but it's always an uphill battle. defend freedom for whatever th

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you with the wells and they say, is this the world you want, you know, 1984, for instance, by george orwell. when it is written with a sort of proposition, we could have a way i would like this. what do you think? funnily enough, we have the like, the full out is kind of suggesting other wells to us saying what, what a world like this be like, have the experience, see how you feel about it. all. i quoted myself about the funniest economies in the world. yeah. it's not that difficult. there goes, i don't have any competition. the, the the adult presiding rules, but the patient doesn't have time to wait for the extremely unfortunate. but there are no quick wins. and eventually some odd hating in to be do you feel like america is less than that these days or is it just a different full? i think that democracy in the process facing realities. do you see that the fraction is already starting the g 7 in the us on one side, china and the brakes on the other? i think there is a huge piece of that to happen via the story on talk to how does era i have the right to boycott. anyone i want to and the s

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and they say, is this the world you want, you know, 1984, for instance, by george orwell. then it is written with a sort of proposition. we could have a way i would like this. what do you think? funnily enough, we have the like, the full out is kind of suggesting other wells to saying what, what a world like this be like, have the experience. see how you feel about it. all. i quoted myself about the funniest. the color is in the world. it's not difficult, there goes, i don't have any competition. the on the table on algae 0 showing a host the asian gaze with athletes from across the region competing and celebrating sports. rigorous debate unflinching questions upfront. cut through the headlines to challenge conventional wisdom u. k. prime minister assume that it's expected to address these 1st party conferences leader with a general election looming and a wave of strikes being housed, the broke house premier, a new series, exploring the implications of us and to avoid talking to the 1st amendment, right. which is in liberia, to the pope's kind of incumbent president george

. >> tyrus: my favorite book would probably be animal farm by george orwell that sticks in my brain.s non-fiction. >> tyrus: non-fiction now, yeah. to sit down and be like hmm. i have work to do. >> greg: my favorite would have of fiction is dreams of my father. [laughter] >> todd: we know what this is all about. >> greg: what is your favorite book of fiction? >> todd: great gatsby. >> greg: why? because it's 80 pages long >> todd: it's not a big book. you can read it quickly. >> greg: i read that in college why did we all read it. >> tyrus: it was assigned. just say you don't like to read >> todd: i have to read so much for the job, with two kids you think i'm --. >> tyrus: charles dickens smoking a pipe >> todd: i never read charles dickens. >> greg: i couldn't read charles dickens, the language was too complicated emily. what's your favorite book of fiction and please don't say twilight. >> emily: no, definitely not twilight. i think it's funny you guys are talking about assigned reading because in my school days we didn't have assigned reading we had assigned japanese pornography

does that not remind you of george orwell from 1949, you are not allowed to call it a booster any more have for something. >> you are not against vaccines, you have been saying to get vaccinated. but we have a growing number of doctors questioning the latest covid vaccines. pfizer's data, the respect they -- reports is they used 10 mice. is st true. >> in 't we need a lot more transparency from pfizer and moderna. it is similar enough to prior shots so i'm not questioning this safety of it, it is a safe booster, you bring up a really important question. i did a lot of thinking about this, how affect every effective is this shot? we don't know. it is like shooting at a moving target, every year, we never know how effective the. the flu shot will be until after the year. it looks like it covers the emerging variants, i look at it as a tool. but the real reason that government lost us, you are right, i am pro-vaccine i like the vaccine as a tool, government never said, if you had covid it created immunity, i am in the doctor's office, 10 minutes ago said, you are just getting over covid,

secondly, with each day that passes it appears as if the biden administration is using george orwell's 1984 dystopian novel as an instruction manual, instead of something to shy away from. and result a matily, it's not just about removing the statue. it's more symbolic than that it's symbolic of rewriting history. trying to change the facts. it's exactly what the biden administration wants to do. >> lawrence: alexandria, you are saying you are an independent voter. where do you fall on this debate? >> especially in new york city, i deal like there is a lot more important issues that legislators should be tackling overall. statues are historic fabric of not only our city but our country there should be credence to what they mean. >> lawrence: michael you report for campus reform there are stories every day about removing statues, renaming buildings, where do you fall in this debate? >> it's just one simple point. it's disgraceful. it's ruining history. it's neglecting history. it's lying point and true. what do we tell people whose heritage, especially christopher columbus, we have many

dana reads like a boo.k of a if it is god, it's my favorite book was probably the animal farm by george orwell. i think that's probably the most. yeah. stic l that sticks ink my brain. w it's fiction, but now it's nonfiction. yeah, it's nonfiction now. >>ah, but. but i like to sit down and be like, hmm, yeah, i got to dono. >> i got god, my favorite work fiction is dreams of my father[e . we know what this all about. >> yeah. what is your favorit e book of fiction? >> great gatsby. oh, well, the great gatsby is 80 pages long. it's not a big book out, if you can read it pretty quick. wellt , like i read that inn re college, what was the whole. why did we all have to read the greaadt it was assigned?d th scott fitzgerald yeah, it was a signed, signedat reading. i just think people just say, you don't like to read. i don't likeit. read. rea >> i have to read so much news for the job. you thinodd: i hk with two kids, i'm going and flipping through. don't blame your children wa yoy might remember charles dickens smoking a pipe. not in this life. >> g. r read charless i knew i had to read. i couldn'

it's starting to like george orwell was to look like george orwell was a prophet and an author. prophetfrom goodness me, that's true. from druzhby . literally no one even druzhby. literally no one even heard of this platform until last week, but they all rushed to idea what's to defend it with no idea what's on emma writes safety on it. and emma writes safety laws because people talk about the corruption and lies in the mainstream media. the irony be your verdict is now in. 87% of your verdict is now in. 87% of you say the online safety bill is a threat to free speech. in the uk , 13% of is a threat to free speech. in the uk ,13% of you is a threat to free speech. in the uk , 13% of you say it's not. the uk, 13% of you say it's not. my the uk, 13% of you say it's not. my royal masterminds, lady colin campbell and phil dampier standing by, as is richard tice. first, though, an update on the weather. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers are proud sponsors of weather on gb news hi there. >> it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office. with the gb news forecast . today's showe

it's starting to like george orwell was to look like george orwell was a prophet and an author. prophetfrom goodness me, that's true. from druzhby . literally no one even druzhby. literally no one even heard of this platform until last week, but they all rushed to idea what's to defend it with no idea what's on emma writes safety on it. and emma writes safety laws because people talk about the corruption and lies in the mainstream media. the irony be your verdict is now in. 87% of your verdict is now in. 87% of you say the online safety bill is a threat to free speech. in the uk , 13% of is a threat to free speech. in the uk ,13% of you is a threat to free speech. in the uk , 13% of you say it's not. the uk, 13% of you say it's not. my the uk, 13% of you say it's not. my royal masterminds, lady colin campbell and phil dampier standing by, as is richard tice. first, though, an update on the weather. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers are proud sponsors of weather on gb news hi there. >> it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office. with the gb news forecast . today's showe

when george orwell said in 1984, every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten,epainted every picture has been repainted , statue street , every statue and street building renamed , every building has been renamed, every date altered. you've date has been altered. you've got mention every speed limit got to mention every speed limit will reduced to 20 miles an will be reduced to 20 miles an hour and car will be hour and every car will be transmogrified a ghastly transmogrified into a ghastly lime electric scooter . lime green electric scooter. well, i'm now joined by ian taylor of the alliance of british drivers. ian thank you for joining me. british drivers. ian thank you for joining me . can we just forjoining me. can we just assume that sadiq khan hates the motorist ? motorist? >> i think we can reasonably safely assume that it's been one thing after another . we've just thing after another. we've just had the ulez extension , ian. now had the ulez extension, ian. now we've got this rollout proposed and i think the only, the only place anyone's gone further th

when george orwell said in 1984, every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten,ed every picture has been repainted , statue street , every statue and street building renamed , every building has been renamed, every date altered. you've date has been altered. you've got mention every speed limit got to mention every speed limit will reduced to 20 miles an will be reduced to 20 miles an hour and car will be hour and every car will be transmogrified a ghastly transmogrified into a ghastly lime electric scooter . lime green electric scooter. well, i'm now joined by ian taylor of the alliance of british drivers. ian thank you for joining me. british drivers. ian thank you for joining me . can we just forjoining me. can we just assume that sadiq khan hates the motorist ? motorist? >> i think we can reasonably safely assume that it's been one thing after another . we've just thing after another. we've just had the ulez extension , ian. now had the ulez extension, ian. now we've got this rollout proposed and i think the only, the only place anyone's gone further than tha

george orwell used to talk about how fascists are much better at propaganda. there's no doubt donald trump has torn a page out of the farrist playbook. in this case the fact that he thinks he's running against barack obama and we're about to start world war ii. >> his supporters may be impervious but i'm not sure prosecutors will including taking responsibility for trying to overturn the 2020 election. in a wide ranging exclusive interview with "meet the press" moderator kristen welker said it was his call to believe the 2020 presidential election was rigged. >> you called some of your outside lawyers. you said they had crazy theories. why were you listening to them? were you listening to them because they were telling you what you wanted to hear? >> you know who i listened to? myself. i thought the election was over at 10:00 in the evening. >> were you calling the shots though, mr. president, ultimately? >> as to whether or not i believed it was rigged? >> oh, sure. >> okay. >> it was my decision. >> let's bring in chuck rosenberg. it's one domino falls after

my angelo, toni morrison, margaret atwood, harper lee, john steinbeck, tim o'brien, and frank, george orwell. these are the authors that change lives. these will change your life if you read them. if they don't change the way that you think about the world, you are not reading them properly and you need to go and read them again. host: jodi in tennessee. one of the books that consistently shows up about concerns over content and liber is considering if it should remain on a shelf is all boys aren't blue by george johnson. according to the ala, 86 challenges they saw, challenged for lgbtqia plus content, claiming to be sexually explicit. there is a book cover he spoke -- there is a book cover. he spoke at the los angeles times book festival earlier this year. c-span cameras were there to cover it. he spoke not only about bands on the book but the content in the book. here's a bit from george johnson earlier this year. [video clip] >> the first thing i would say is one it is really not an attempt at my story personally because they have not read the book. so you can be trying to attack my stor

my angelo, toni morrison, margaret atwood, harper lee, john steinbeck, tim o'brien, and frank, george orwell. these are the authors that change lives. these will change your life if you read them. if they don't change the way that you think about the world, you are not reading them properly and you need to go and read them again. host: jodi in tennessee. one of the books that consistently shows up about concerns over content and liber is considering if it should remain on a shelf is all boys aren't blue by george johnson. according to the ala, 86 challenges they saw, challenged for lgbtqia plus content, claiming to be sexually explicit. there is a book cover he spoke -- there is a book cover. he spoke at the los angeles times book festival earlier this year. c-span cameras were there to cover it. he spoke not only about bands on the book but the content in the book. here's a bit from george johnson earlier this year. [video clip] >> the first thing i would say is one it is really not an attempt at my story personally because they have not read the book. so you can be trying to attack my stor

it reminds me of what george orwell would write back during world war ii talking about how horrible democracy a fascist or a communist and they would tell you how horrible democracy was. and orwell would say some of these arguments are really true, and maybe we could take more faith in them if you put them in proper perspective and you didn't realize that all these communists and fascists from across the world, once the first shots were fired in world war ii, all fled to america, and all fled to england, and all fled to these democracies that they said was corrupt. that's what i'm saying, there's no perspective here, but they play the refs ceaselessly and a lot of people in mainstream media are stupid enough to fall for bobby knight working for refs, and throwing chairs across the floor. >> they're also scared. the media is a business like anything else and people feel pressure to, you know, to sort of look like they're cutting it down the middle. i also agree, and look, hunter biden has been indicted. it's not like the guy is getting a free walk, he's being indicted on a very unusual federal

i think we can start to say there are certainly fascist overtones to this entire movement and george orwellthe big lie. they know how to use propaganda to confuse the issues. just look, this is pretty clear. this is -- >> yeah. >> you and i, former republicans, we disagree with a lot of democrats on a lot of issues. there's a big difference, though. it's people that support american democracy, against people who are against american democracy, whether it's on january the 6th, whether it's in wisconsin, trying to impeach a supreme court justice who just got elected. whether it's ohio, changing the rules of the game at the last second for referendums on abortion or whether it's in tennessee, kicking out two black members who exercised their first amendment rights. >> i agree with that. the other element is the intimidation, the bullying into silence that you're seeing. one thing that's striking me over the last week is we've been seeing all of these leading democrats speak out. some with good reason like concerns, concerns about joe biden's age, what happens in the generally election. i've be

which brings us back to george orwell. yes, it does.s. chuckles an imagined conversation, of course. dead giveaway. he's still — he's still very important to you? yes, and i'm allowing him to smoke in the afterlife because i'm a kind person. you're now in your 805, margaret, and you're still as prolific as ever. what — what drives you on creatively? well, what else am i going to do all day? you know what samuel beckett said? "why do you write?" he said, "not good for anything else". chuckles it's too late for me to be a ballet dancer. - oh, alas, a vanished career. well, i'm a freelancer, you know? and that's a good thing because i don't have a boss. you are your own boss. continue to be. very enviable. margaret atwood, thank you so much for sharing your cultural life with us. thank you. voice-over: and for podcast episodes of this cultural life, | go to bbc sounds or wherever you get your podcasts. hello, good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and ben thompson. our headlines today: calls for action, urgent action, to he

um, it reminds me of george orwell's famous quote you may remember when he said an english intellectualrom a church poor box. you know, they have a sneering contempt for the great british public's love for the nation. but it is the great british pubuc but it is the great british public the licence fee . public who pay the licence fee. and it's great british and it's the great british pubuc and it's the great british public love to watch this, public who love to watch this, not television sets , but not just on television sets, but in years from great in recent years from great pubuc in recent years from great public erected around public screens erected around around the nation. and we know what will happen if they do remove these songs from from the proms because happened in proms because it happened in 2020 outrageously 2020 when the bbc outrageously decided to ban rule britannia and land of hope and glory before they had to do an embarrassing u—turn, they lost 40% viewers . 40% of their viewers. >> kate, would you have any objection to you? listen to raya's argument there and why not

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. >> you know, when george orwell wrote the book "1984" most people took it as a cautionary tale. and we have seen this administration try to stand up the ministry of truth and seen accurate information where a lab leak come from and medical experts with information be labeled as spreaders of misinformation having their careers ruined and tragically costing the lives of thousands if not millions of people. let's talk about russian information, the hunter laptop was labeled as russian information. dossier paid for by the d.n.c. all of this has been on the backs of the u.s. taxpayer having to fund the demise of their own country but having first amendment rights squelched by the u.s. government. that is not enough apparently for our friends on the left, they want to export that on the backs of the u.s. taxpayer to people around the world. this is how this works, right now the state department is funding the global disinformation index and labeled some news outlets like the american spectator, news max, one america news, the real clear politics and the "new york post" as potential sp