Ep 508 - Jennifer Government, by Max Barry
Overdue
Headgum
4.6 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 20 December 2021
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Jennifer Government is one of those near-future satirical works that probably felt a lot farther from reality back when it was originally written. Barry's predictions feel distressingly spot on here in 2021, and his prescience isn't exactly comforting.
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