Episode · The Rubin Report · 2023-04-23
Books mentioned on Growing Up with Communists & America's Final Stage | Richard Dreyfuss | POLITICS | Rubin Report
Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" talks to Richard Dreyfuss, the author of "One Thought Scares Me…" and an Academy Award-winning actor, about the dangers of political partisanship; why tribalism around
Richard Dreyfuss discussed Spartacus by Howard Fast, Animal Farm by George Orwell, and 1984 by George Orwell.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Spartacus
Discussed“you're talking about some book that was he wrote Spartacus that's a that's a pro-communist book what are you nuts”
Where to get it
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Animal Farm
Animal Farm by George Orwell is a classic allegorical novella that uses a farmyard setting to satirize the corruption of socialist ideals and the rise of totalitarianism following the Russian Revolution.
Discussed“and I and I don't want anyone to really care if you're a communist and you've written a brilliant book like Animal Farm or 1984. do you really think you're gonna be poisoning the the brains of your children”
Where to get it
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1984
1984 by George Orwell is a classic dystopian novel that explores totalitarianism, surveillance, state control, and the manipulation of truth.
Discussed“and I and I don't want anyone to really care if you're a communist and you've written a brilliant book like Animal Farm or 1984. do you really think you're gonna be poisoning the the brains of your children”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
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