The local New York NPR radio, WNYC, has a book club program, where they have a relevant guest come on.
They just did a good one on
1984, in case anyone here is interested. The guest was George Packer, who's in a good position to draw relevant parallels.
The Leonard Lopate Show, WNYC
Surveillance State, Real and Imagined: Reading George Orwell's 1984
The Leonard Lopate Show: Surveillance State, Real and Imagined: Reading George Orwell's 1984 - WNYC