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Which Dystopia Is It Anyway?

Connecticut Public Radio | By Jonathan McNicol
Published May 30, 2017 at 1:00 PM EDT
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So, it turns out the world didn't end last week. Or the week before that. Or the week before that.

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.

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  • 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, which originally aired on January 24, 2017.
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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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