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26 episodes

26. Orwell and Aldous Huxley
03/02/2026 | 22 mins.
An account of Orwell's and Aldous Huxley's views of their most famous works, Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) and Brave New World (1932), concentrating on how each writer thought they'd outdone the other in imagining the future.
25. A conversation with Professor David Dwan, University of Oxford
03/05/2024 | 43 mins.
A conversation with ⁠Professor David Dwan⁠ about Animal Farm (1945) and the annotated edition of it he produced in 2021 for the Oxford World's Classics series.
24. Thoughts on Nineteen Eighty-Four: Part III
14/11/2023 | 59 mins.
The third and final instalment of a 3-part mini-series looking at Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four in hour-long episodes, focusing on Part III of the book.
23. Thoughts on Nineteen Eighty-Four: Part II
08/11/2023 | 58 mins.
The second instalment of a 3-part mini-series looking at Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four in hour-long episodes, focusing on Part II of the book.
22. Thoughts on Nineteen Eighty-Four: Part I
06/11/2023 | 59 mins.
The first instalment of a 3-part mini-series looking at Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four in hour-long episodes, starting with Part I of the book.

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A podcast featuring chapter-by-chapter and topic-led commentaries on George Orwell’s novels & non-fiction. Aimed at school students & university undergraduates. Made by Dr Nathan Waddell, University of Birmingham, UK. Text versions of all episodes available at https://drnjwaddell.co.uk/reading-orwell.

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