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"The Road" is the Ultimate Dystopia

"The Road" is the Ultimate Dystopia

FromAlienating the Audience


"The Road" is the Ultimate Dystopia

FromAlienating the Audience

ratings:
Length:
94 minutes
Released:
Oct 22, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Cormac McCarthy's "The Road" is simultaneously the most beautiful and hideous post-apocalyptic prose ever written. It follows a father and his son as they make their way through hellish wasteland, witnessing the horror of civilization's last wheeze en route. Josh Jennings joins to discuss.
Released:
Oct 22, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Andrew Heaton and an army of nerds plunge deep, deep into films, books, and TV shows to ask: what's science fiction really about? What is The Twilight Zone really exploring? What are the underlying themes of Star Trek? What is the worldview of Star Wars? Also sometimes Heaton performs comedy on other planets.