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Which Dystopia Is It Anyway?

Connecticut Public Radio | By Jonathan McNicol
Published January 24, 2017 at 1:00 PM EST
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Julia Pistell -- A founding member of Sea Tea Improv and a host of the Literary Disco podcast.
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Brian Slattery -- Arts editor for the New Haven Independent and a producer at WNHH radio.
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So, it turns out the world didn't end last week.

And while it might seem like the events of the last year or so are the disease, maybe they're really just the symptoms; maybe they're really just signs of the dystopia around us.

But, then: Which dystopia?

Probably not Mad Max, right? But maybe 1984? Maybe The Handmaid's Tale? Maybe even some of The Hunger Games? (Tell me the Stanley Tucci character doesn't bring certain people to mind.)

This hour we try to figure out which dystopian future we're already living in.

GUESTS:

  • Stassa Edwards - Writes for Jezebel, where she published a piece called “A Fictional Guide to Surviving the End of the World”
  • Julia Pistell - A founding member of Sea Tea Improv and a host of the Literary Disco podcast
  • Brian Slattery - Arts editor for the New Haven Independent and a producer at WNHH radio

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Colin McEnroe and Chion Wolf contributed to this show.
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Jonathan is a producer for ‘The Colin McEnroe Show.’ His work has been heard nationally on NPR and locally on Connecticut Public’s talk shows and news magazines. He’s as likely to host a podcast on minor league baseball as he is to cover a presidential debate almost by accident. Jonathan can be reached at jmcnicol@ctpublic.org.
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