Eyes on Gilead - 'The Testaments' Book Club

Eyes On Gilead: A Handmaid's Tale Podcast

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

4.7 • 650 Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2019

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Margaret Atwood has returned to the story of 'The Handmaid's Tale' with her new book, 'The Testaments', and the team from Eyes on Gilead is reuniting for a book club edition of the podcast. Join Fiona, Natalie, Haidee, Sana (and yes, Baby Greta), as they examine: How does the story wrap up? Is it a fitting fall for Gilead? Can we ever look at certain characters in the same way, as we watch future seasons of 'The Handmaid's Tale'? THIS EPISODE CONTAINS MAJOR PLOT SPOILERS FOR 'THE TESTAMENTS'.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Eyes on Gilead, the book club.
0:12.6	She said you could believe in Gilead or you could believe in God, but not both.
0:19.4	We, of course, are a podcast dedicated to The Handmaid's Tale, but we've got a very lengthy wait for season four of the TV series, and Margaret Atwood has just released a sequel to her iconic book.
0:29.1	One question about the Handmaid's Tale that came up repeatedly is, how did Gilead fall?
0:36.5	The Testaments was written in response to this question.
0:40.3	So, of course, we couldn't resist delving back into this weird world one more time this year.
0:45.0	I'm Fiona Williams, and I'm managed our online coverage of movies and TV here at SBS.
0:49.2	And I'm rejoined by my fellow resistors, Natalie Hambly of SVS Voices.
0:54.1	Hi. Sona Kadar of SVS Voices. Hi.
0:54.8	Sona Kadar of ABC Live.
0:56.5	Hello.
0:57.4	Haiti Island of SBS On Demand.
0:59.4	Hi.
0:59.9	Hello.
1:00.7	And one very unsnoosy baby Greta, who has had a growth spurt in a month since we've been here.
1:06.8	So, as I say, we have just read The Testaments, the 400-page tome that wraps it all up, wraps up all of the handmade's tail.
1:15.0	And I should say at this point, if it's not obvious, we're doing a book club about this book.
1:18.9	So we're going to get into the detail of the plot.
1:20.9	So if you haven't read the Testaments and you plan to read the Testaments, hit pause, go and read the book or listen to the audio book
1:28.4	with hand out, and come back and rejoin us because we are going to get into the nitty-gritty
1:32.6	on this epic book. So a recap for those who have read it, the Testaments takes place more
1:38.8	than 15 years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale and theocratic regime of the Republic
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