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Book Riot - The Podcast

BONUS: The Handmaid's Tale Phenomenon

Book Riot - The Podcast

Riot New Media Group, Inc

Arts, News Commentary, News, Books, Tv & Film

4.3965 Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2019

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Jeff and Rebecca talk about how The Handmaid's Tale has become a cultural icon and also give their thoughts on the sequel, The Testaments. This episode is sponsored by: Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner Tidelands by Philippa Gregory This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:24.4

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0:30.0

All right, we're back with another bonus episode.

0:35.0

This time we're talking about the Handmaid's tail phenomenon on the occasion of the publication of Margaret Atwoods I guess long wonder we

0:47.3

didn't even know there let's put it this way the testaments came out it wasn't a

0:52.3

long lead time we had knowing it was coming out,

0:54.9

nor were there many whispers.

0:56.0

It had been so long since the Hands Made's tale itself.

0:58.6

I don't think it's not in the next Game of throne's level of anticipation.

1:03.9

No one was really waiting on it.

1:05.2

People wondered about it, but we didn't,

1:07.3

suddenly we had one.

1:08.4

And here we are.

1:08.8

Long wanted, shortly waited.

1:11.5

Awated, shortly awaited. Yeah, we had about a year's notice this was happening.

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