Children of the Future Age


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Season 2, Episode 9

David and Perry discuss the film Children of Men and the recent Miles Franklin Award winner, Ghost Cities by Siang Lu.

  • Introduction (8:57)
    • AFL Grand Final (2:14)
    • 2025 Ned Kelly Awards (3:13)
    • Reading slowdown and film watching (3:17)
  • Discussion (33:15)
    • Children of Men, directed by Alfonso Cuarón (film) (18:50)
    • Ghost Cities by Siang Lu (13:04)
  • What else we’ve been watching (20:17)
    • Alien: Earth, Season 1 (TV series) (7:43)
    • Singin’ in the Rain, directed by Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen (film) (4:55)
    • The Bear, Season 4 (TV series) (0:45)
    • Weapons, directed by Zach Cregger (film) (6:49)
  • Windup (1:31)

Children of the future age,
Reading this indignant page,
Know that in a former time,
Love, sweet love, was thought a crime.

William Blake, “A Little Girl Lost”

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