Daina Reid on directing episodes of The Handmaid's Tale Season 6 (Interview)

Eyes On Gilead: A Handmaid's Tale Podcast

SBS Audio

The Handmaid's Tale, Tv & Film, Podcast, Podcasts, Tv Shows, After Shows, Sbs

4.7 • 650 Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Director Daina Reid joins Fiona and Haidee in the Eyes On Gilead Zoom room for a deep dive on her episodes of The Handmaid's Tale through the years, including 'Holly', and the penultimate episodes of Season 6. She offers amazing insights and easter eggs, and we go deep, because of course we do. Advance apologies to Team Nick: Daina is here to set the record straight about his motives. Enjoy this extra special treat as you await the drop of our farewell live podcast episode.

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0:10.0	Great Minds is a podcast from SBS that guides you through different meditation styles from around the world.
0:17.4	Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
0:24.6	Thank you. Listen wherever you get your podcasts. It's a really great to get to go back and finish it off.
0:29.0	And we're all friends now.
0:30.9	It's just, it was such a fantastic thing to have the opportunity to do.
0:36.6	You know, I just love doing episode eight.
0:38.9	We had such a great time.
0:46.9	Welcome to Eyes on Gilead, an SPS podcast dedicated to The Handmaid's Tale. There is a lot going on in
0:57.4	this show and we think it helps to talk it out. I'm Fiona Williams and I'm head of curation at SBS
1:03.1	on Demand and today I'm joined by a friend, colleague and fellow resistor, Haiti Island, channel
1:09.5	manager of SPS On Demand.
1:11.4	Hi, hi, Haiti.
1:13.4	Now, Natalie Hambly and Sana Khadar can't be with us today,
1:16.9	and they're kind of gutted about it, but here in spirit, girls,
1:20.2	because we are back with a bonus episode.
1:22.7	We know you love our bonus episodes.
1:24.4	We love them too.
1:25.3	And in the wake of the finale of The Handmaid's Tale,
1:29.3	we have a special interview with Dana Reid, Australian director, director of many of the big
1:36.4	episodes that we've loved so much through the years. Absolutely. I think director of your
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