Recode Decode: Behind the scenes of 'The Handmaid's Tale'

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2017

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

"The Handmaid's Tale" creator and showrunner Bruce Miller talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new adaptation of the dystopian Margaret Atwood novel, which recently debuted on Hulu. Miller discusses the aptness of the show's political themes, and why he's excited to tell stories beyond the ones explicitly laid out in Atwood's text. He also chats about the impact that tech companies like Netflix, Amazon and Hulu have had on Hollywood, and weighs the benefits of TV's golden age against the risk that viewers might start to get impatient as they binge through high-quality content faster than it can be made. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Recode Radio presents Recode Decode coming to you from the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:07.0	Hi, I'm Kaira Swisher, Executive Editor of Recode.
0:11.0	You may know me as the future leader of the Republic of Not Gilead,
0:15.0	but in my spare time I talk tech and you're listening to Recode Decode,
0:18.0	a podcast about tech and media's key players, big ideas and how they're changing the world we live in.
0:23.0	You can find more episodes of Recode Decode anywhere you listen to podcasts.
0:28.0	We're on Apple Podcast, Google Play Music, tune in,
0:30.7	Stitcher SoundCloud and more, or you can just visit recode.net slash podcast for more.
0:37.0	Today in the Red Chair is Bruce Miller, the creator of the new adaptation of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale,
0:43.0	which recently debuted on Hulu.
0:46.0	He previously has written and produced for shows like Eureka, Alphas and the 100,
0:50.0	Bruce, welcome to the show.
0:52.0	Thank you so much for having me.
0:54.0	I gotta say, I'm gonna be fan at you.
0:56.0	I watched the first three episodes and they were astonishing.
0:58.0	I've never seen such great television and I've seen a lot of great television.
1:02.0	Well, thanks.
1:04.0	I just was very moving and still into this idea of how good television has gotten recently.
1:09.0	And we're gonna talk about why that is and what's happened in the television industry,
1:12.0	especially this is on Hulu, not on a network, and how you produce differently,
1:16.0	or if you do it all.
1:17.0	But let's talk a little bit about your background.
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