Welcome back to the Book Club. I'm Michael Knowles. The book this month, very timely,

1984 by George Orwell. But first, in our fast-paced world, it is tough to make reading a priority. We all know that. Well at least it used to be but at

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no E, no time for that to start a free trial and put your mind in motion. Here to help me understand the world we're

living in, I'm sorry, I mean, 1984 by George Orwell, the great Dave Rubin. Dave, thank you

for being here.

Knowles, it's good to be with you.

I mean, that is not a joke.

What you just started there.

This is the world we are living in.

I want you to tell me.

I was thinking of calling you Winston,

and you can call me Winston throughout this we

should just call each other Winston we are living because we're all Winston yes

Winston the protagonist of 1984 tell me if this sounds to you yes

like a paragraph of a novel or like a news story about our world right now.

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