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This episode features an essay from Jill Lepore’s ‘The Deadline.’
Why are there so many stories about the end of the world these days? Jill’s essay “No, We Cannot,” elaborates a political theory of dystopian fiction. And then, after the essay, Jill and Ben talk about the use and misuse of the genre.
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This episode features an essay from Jill Lepore’s ‘The Deadline.’
Why are there so many stories about the end of the world these days? Jill’s essay “No, We Cannot,” elaborates a political theory of dystopian fiction. And then, after the essay, Jill and Ben talk about the use and misuse of the genre.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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