1984 | Ch. 17.6 - The Party Makes You Forget You Forgot

Banned Camp: Banned Books, Comedy, and Free Speech vs. Censorship - A podcast by Jennifer Davis and Dan Schulz – satirical storytellers, critics of book bans, and irreverent humorists exploring banned literature, challenged books, and other cultural controversies.

In this episode of Banned Camp, Jennifer and Dan read the next section of Goldstein’s manifesto—and it gets bleak. Orwell explains how the Party rewrites reality so often that people forget they ever believed anything else. Jennifer recounts a formative memory about civil rights and force. Dan loses it over Orwell’s ode to giant butts. Things To Listen For: Julia’s boob gets a brief cameo.Robot’s log includes a genuinely haunting thought about forgetting the truth.Beowulf Rochlen brings...