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0🎙️ Episode Highlights:
- 00:00 A deep dive into Hubert Selby Jr.'s harrowing 1978 novel Requiem for a Dream
- 01:12 Set against the backdrop of post-60s America, the book unpacks addiction, capitalism, and broken dreams
- 01:55 Connects with other powerful works like Dopesick, Empire of Pain, and Invisible Child
- 03:00 Explores how the story reflects the growing epidemic of isolation and substance abuse in modern America
- 04:26 A cinematic and literary reckoning with the question: what happens when the dream fails you?
