This week's episode features an interview with writer/director Stephen Merchant, and two predictions for the price of one.
For the first, Nik explores how The Office predicted a grim trend in work culture. And for the second, we chat with Stephen about how his comedy Extras predicted the way people act on social media today.
Finally, as a special bonus, he also throws in a fiction prediction of his own...
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Catch 22 in 2019 (ft. Andy Hamilton)
Neil Gaiman on 'Good Omens'
1984 in 2019, Part II
Podcast Special: "We are all handmaids now"
1984 in 2019, Part I
How 'The Simpsons' predicted the cacophony of American politics
The novel that predicted the sinking of the Titanic
The 18th century prison that predicted the rise of our global surveillance society
The 1979 Stephen King novel that predicted Donald Trump's rise
Introducing Fiction Predictions
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