Warren Littlefield on The Handmaid's Tale Season 6 and The Testaments (Interview)

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

🗓️ 2 May 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

In a special bonus episode, The Handmaid's Tale's executive producer Warren Littlefield (The Littlefield Company) joins Fiona for a wide ranging chat about: how the production has approached this final season; why Eric Tuchman and Yahlin Chang took over as joint showrunners for season 6; how The Handmaid's Tale might intersect with its spin-off series, The Testaments; and the '90s sitcom character he inspired.

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0:00.0	And that was all developed during the Obama years.
0:10.0	And then we were probably making episode four.
0:14.3	And we stayed up all night and we watched the election.
0:18.8	And number 45 happened.
0:22.1	And all of a sudden, there was a new sense of what we were about.
0:31.5	Welcome to Eyes on Gilead, an SPS podcast dedicated to The Handmaid's Tale.
0:40.5	There is a lot going on in this show, and we think it helps to talk it out.
0:45.0	I'm Fiona Williams, and I'm head of curation at SBS On Demand, and I'm John by my friends, colleagues and fellow resistors.
0:52.4	Haiti Island, channel manager of SBS On Demand.
0:55.4	Hello.
0:56.6	Natalie Hambly, journalist turned gemologist.
0:59.4	Hello.
1:00.2	And Sana Khadar, host of All In The Mind podcast on ABC Radio National.
1:04.5	Hi.
1:05.5	Hello.
1:07.0	We usually gather to recap episodes of The Handmaid's Tale,
1:10.6	and we are absolutely still watching along as this final season premieres to the world, and we'll have another one for you very soon.
1:17.9	But you know how much we love to drop a bonus episode when we have a special guest, and we've got a very special one today.
1:25.1	We have The Handmaid's Tales executive producer, Mr. Warren Littlefield, in the Zoom
1:30.5	room, ready to chat. And so I recognise that we have a diverse audience from all over the world
1:36.8	who may not be fully aware of Warren Littlefield's career, but for a generation of pop culture
1:43.1	junkies such as myself, who were in their teens
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