What does it mean to say “two plus two equals four” when power demands you repeat the opposite?

In this episode, Olivia Troye sits down with Oscar-nominated director Raoul Peck (I Am Not Your Negro, Exterminate All the Brutes) to discuss his powerful new film ORWELL: 2+2=5. Together, they unpack George Orwell’s enduring warnings about propaganda, surveillance, and authoritarian playbooks—and why they matter now more than ever.

Olivia reflects on her own experience inside government, working under an authoritarian-minded presidency, and how Peck’s film forced her to confront the fragility of truth and democracy.

This is a conversation about courage: why it matters, how easily it can disappear, and why citizens, not leaders, ultimately decide whether democracy survives.

🎧 Listen in for a timely discussion that connects Orwell’s words to the realities of 2025, and a call to action we can’t afford to ignore.

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