The hosts explore the joy of discovery in storytelling and discuss the dilemma of spoiling specific story beats. They also tackle the question of whether to have rowdy friends over for a party and consider how it might affect their non-rowdy friends.
There's a reason why words like "Orwellian" and "thoughtcrime" have stuck in the public consciousness for more than 65 years, and that reason is George Orwell's 1984.
A denser, more complex read than Orwell's also-famous Animal Farm, 1984 is a story about systemic government oppression and the dark side of humanity. We lighten up the proceedings a bit with talk about not one but TWO Hank Williams Jr. songs, the wonders of modern technology, and criticism of criticism of criticism.