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Getting an interview with Margaret Atwood was a lesson from the handmade's tale.

Atwood and I spoke at the same event, but the host organization prevented me from talking to her,

even threatening me a little. Nevertheless, I persisted. Atwood was brilliant and funny at the event.

You can tell if a person is smart by her level of wit. The more acerbic, the smarter. Atwood is

off the charts. After being thwarted at the event, I told the story to my best friend in Canada, Amber

MacArthur.

She knew both Atwood and her agent and helped make the interview happen a few weeks later.

So this is Margaret Atwood, writer, poet, speaker, and predictor of the future, two-time Booker

award winner.

By the way, this podcast contains a touch of profanity. Yes, that's right, Atwood Let an F-bomb fly. She is an inspiration

to everyone who is trying to resist a dystopian, theocratic, fascist society. All I can say is

thank God, the living, sympathetic, empathetic, inclusive,

truthful God for Margaret Atwood. This is Guy Kawasaki, and this is remarkable people. And now,

here is Margaret Atwood. Would your English teacher in high school say I knew Margaret Adwood would be this kind of writer, this kind of success?

Okay. I had a couple of English teachers in high school. Would any of them think that?

Okay, so my favorite was called Miss Florence Medley.

Miss Florence Medley had long white floating hair,

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