Surviving Disaster, with Max Brooks and Carl Miller

Intelligence Squared

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🗓️ 22 June 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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In this week's podcast we're joined by Max Brooks, global bestselling novelist of cult classic 'World War Z' and Hollywood screenwriter. He speaks to Carl Miller about his most recent book 'Devolution' which is a hyper-realistic disaster/monster/survival story that explores what happens to humanity when it is forced into social isolation, how our modern societies are built for comfort and convenience over resilience, and our distinct inability to survive when infrastructure breaks down. To find out more about the book click here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Devolution-Max-Brooks/dp/1529124093 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:00.3	Hello podcast listeners.
1:01.5	I'm Connor and welcome to this week's episode of Intelligent Squared.
1:04.5	Today we're joined by global best selling author and screenwriter Max Brooks.
1:08.4	He's the author of World War Z, which was made into a film with Brad Pitt
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