Ep 396 - The Testaments, by Margaret Atwood

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Books, Literature, Craig Getting, Podcasts, Andrew Cunningham, Comedy, Arts

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

To put it mildly, a lot of stuff has happened since we released our episode on The Handmaid's Tale back in 2014. Among that stuff is the release of The Testaments, the 2019 sequel to the original book and a companion piece of sorts to the Hulu television series.

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0:00.0	This is a headgun podcast.
0:06.0	While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well-told
0:10.3	tale, they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary.
0:16.5	Plus these are books you should have read by now.
0:30.0	What's up my beer at the beer store?
0:44.3	Yeah.
0:45.8	And I picked a beer.
0:46.9	It's a dogfish head 75 minute, which tastes like 90 minute, but doesn't hurtfully knock
0:53.0	you out for the entire next 24 hours.
0:56.8	And she told me that they don't make it anymore.
0:59.5	Oh no.
1:00.5	And I'm like, that's fine, but why do I need to know?
1:03.2	I don't know if this is the intro to the podcast.
1:07.0	It's just a thing that happened.
1:08.2	Well, good over to you.
1:09.2	It's a podcast about the books you've been meaning to read.
1:10.7	My name is Craig.
1:11.7	My name is Andrew.
1:13.1	And sometimes you just gotta know when a thing's going to go away, Andrew.
1:17.6	You just gotta like taste the ephemeralness and relish it.
1:24.7	And no, you'll never have it again.
1:27.1	I can't.
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