Podcast Episodes featuring Margaret Atwood
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Word Balloon Comics Podcast - February 04, 2020 19:41 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 431 ratings1 on 1 interview show featuring the creative minds behind Comics TV Film Novels & Animation. Hosted by Chicago Pop Culture expert, John Siuntres
Margaret Atwood: Mirth and Writing Magic with Canada's Favorite Author
Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People - December 25, 2019 08:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 365 ratingsHave you ever wondered how Margaret Atwood writes books? In this episode of Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People podcast she explains her tactics and techniques.
Best Of Think: A Conversation With Margaret Atwood
KERA's Think - December 23, 2019 17:30 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 755 ratingsIn 1985, the world met Offred, the protagonist of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” a dystopian world in which fertile women are forced surrogates to the religious ruling regime in Gilead. Now the characters return in a much-anticipated sequel. Novelist Margaret Atwood joined host Krys Boyd in Sep...
Best of Think: A Conversation With Margaret Atwood
KERA's Think - December 23, 2019 17:30 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 755 ratingsIn 1985, the world met Offred, the protagonist of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” a dystopian world in which fertile women are forced surrogates to the religious ruling regime in Gilead. Now the characters return in a much-anticipated sequel. Novelist Margaret Atwood joined host Krys Boyd in Sep...
Episode 6 - Writers Rebel, with Margaret Atwood
Extinction Rebellion Podcast - November 02, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsThis is the Writers’ Rebellion: Are You Here For This? The Extinction Rebellion Podcast is back to normal length; with an episode perfect to kick back to during the post rebellion regenerative period. It features a feast of stories and poems from the Writers' Marathon in Trafalgar Squar...
Margaret Atwood Tells The Rest Of The Story
KERA's Think - September 23, 2019 19:38 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 755 ratingsIn 1985, the world met Offred, the protagonist of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” a dystopian world in which fertile women are forced surrogates to the religious ruling regime in Gilead. Now the characters return in a much-anticipated sequel. Novelist Margaret Atwood joins host Krys Boyd to talk...
The Economist asks: Margaret Atwood
The Economist Podcasts - September 12, 2019 15:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★ - 2.8K ratingsThe author of “The Testaments” and “The Handmaid’s tale” debates whether her novels are speculative fiction and how women's rights have evolved since she began writing in the early 1960s. Anne McElvoy asks Margaret Atwood whether she benefitted from a “Trump bump”, if #MeToo is an invincible wea...
Margaret Atwood On The Enduring Resonance Of 'The Handmaid's Tale'
1A - September 10, 2019 20:09 - 35 minutes ★★★★ - 4.1K ratings"These kind of regimes don't last," Atwood told us. "One of the things that interested me about Gilead is we know it falls apart ... but we're not told how. So I was interested in exploring how." Want to support 1A? Give to your local public radio station and subscribe to this podcast. Have ques...
Margaret Atwood on Canada, Writing, and Invention (Live at Mason)
Conversations with Tyler - April 24, 2019 11:55 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2.1K ratingsMargaret Atwood defines the Canadian sense of humor as “a bit Scottish,” and in this live conversation with Tyler, she loves to let her own comedic sensibilities shine. In addition to many other thoughts about Canada — it’s big after all — she and Tyler discuss Twitter, biotechnology, Biblical h...
Margaret Atwood on Canada, Writing, and Invention
Conversations with Tyler - April 24, 2019 11:55 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2.1K ratingsMargaret Atwood defines the Canadian sense of humor as “a bit Scottish,” and in this live conversation with Tyler, she loves to let her own comedic sensibilities shine. In addition to many other thoughts about Canada — it’s big after all — she and Tyler discuss Twitter, biotechnology, Biblical h...
Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale
Bookclub - June 03, 2018 15:15 - 59 minutes ★★★★ - 205 ratingsMargaret Atwood discusses her dystopian masterpiece The Handmaid's Tale with James Naughtie and a group of readers. This edition celebrates Bookclub's 20th anniversary and includes contributions from former alumni of Bookclub such as Ali Smith, Eimear McBride and Evie Wyld; as well as the readin...
James Comey’s Self-Justification Is Just ‘Not Good Enough’—Jonathan Freedland, plus Lawrence Wright on Trump and Texas and Margaret Atwood on ‘The Handmaid’s Tale'
The Nation Podcasts - April 25, 2018 22:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 290 ratingsJames Comey’s monster best-seller, A Higher Loyalty, is “a plea for exculpation,” says Jonathan Friedland, but its self-justifications are “not good enough.” Jonathan is a columnist for The Guardian and a best-selling author. Also: How long will Texas remain a red state? Lawrence Wright says dem...
Author Margaret Atwood Says ‘The Harvey Weinstein Moment’ Will Last
Nerdette - November 22, 2017 06:01 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratings“I think it’s going to last more than a moment,” said the celebrated author on this week’s Nerdette. “But how much more than a moment, it remains to be seen." Nerdette co-host Greta Johnsen talks with author Margaret Atwood about the recent TV adaptations of her novels Alias Grace and The Hand...
MARGARET ATWOOD with Toby Nelson - ZOH054
Zeroes on Heroes - November 14, 2017 15:58 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsALWAYS THE HANDMAID. NEVER THE TALE! This edition of ZOH features hilarious comedian and actress, Toby Nelson (@awyastark), sharing her love for author and Canadian, MARGARET ATWOOD! In this episode, we discuss speculative fiction vs. science fiction, powerful female characters, and voracious re...
9/6/17: An opening in Prop 13, Margaret Atwood as NIMBY heel, and an interview with Carol Galante
Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Podcast - September 06, 2017 17:18 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 294 ratingsEvery week, Los Angeles Times housing reporter Liam Dillon and CALmatters' data reporter Matt Levin chat about the latest developments in California housing policy and interview a key housing newsmaker. This week, Matt and Liam discuss the Margaret Atwood NIMBY controversy (3:00), why the housin...
9: With Apologies to Margaret Atwood
Oh No! Lit Class - May 25, 2017 20:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 142 ratingsIn this episode, we abandon our integrity, dignity, and tagline so that we can jump on The Handmaid’s Tale bandwagon…and then mention the TV show maybe once. Instead, we learn why RJ shouldn’t be allowed to talk about authors who are still alive, pitch an idea for an action/adventure spin-off, a...
Margaret Atwood: ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ in the Age of Trump
The Nation Podcasts - April 26, 2017 17:13 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 290 ratingsThe Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel about the US after a right-wing coup has installed a theocratic regime, is now a ten-part series on Hulu. The TV version is shocking, scary, and surprisingly relevant in Trump’s America. In this interview, she recalls how and why she wrote th...
Margaret Atwood on Shakespeare in the 21st Century and on YouTube
Library Talks - October 18, 2016 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 307 ratingsFour hundred years after William Shakespeare’s death, Margaret Atwood retells one of his most beloved plays, The Tempest, with a dark and fantastical interpretation in her new book, Hag-Seed. This week on the podcast, Atwood is joined in conversation by celebrated actress Fiona Shaw for a discus...
1887: A 2015 Interview with Margaret Atwood
Rick Kleffel:Narrative Species–The Agony Column - November 30, 2015 19:00 ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsMargaret Atwood discusses The Heart Goes Last
Margaret Atwood with Neil Gaiman: 92Y Talks Episode 58
92NY Talks - September 17, 2015 23:45 - 44 minutes ★★★★ - 211 ratingsIn December 2014, 92Y's Unterberg Poetry Center celebrated the 75th birthday of writer Margaret Atwood. The event included a conversation with Atwood and fellow author Neil Gaiman. In this episode of 92Y Talks, the two literary titans discuss her invention of the LongPen, books in the digital ag...
Margaret Atwood on feminism, science fiction and the future of books
Nerdette - November 19, 2014 21:15 ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsAuthor Margaret Atwood is the queen of speculative fiction. We discuss feminism, the future of books and her latest collection of stories: Stone Mattress. Also: Why she loves duct tape. All that plus your nerd confessions.
1547: A 2013 Interview with Margaret Atwood
Rick Kleffel:Narrative Species–The Agony Column - October 28, 2013 03:00 ★★★★★ - 13 ratings"There isn't a general agreement about what normal and good is."
746: A 2009 Interview with Margaret Atwood
Rick Kleffel:Narrative Species–The Agony Column - October 12, 2009 02:00 ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsSpace Squids and Talking Cabbages
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World Book Club - April 08, 2003 15:19 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 332 ratingsThe Handmaid's Tale is a dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. The novel explores themes of women in subjugation, and the various means by which they gain agency. Presenter: Harriett Gilbert.
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Bookclub - May 02, 1999 15:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 205 ratingsJames Naughtie and a group of readers talk to Margaret Atwood about Cat's Eye, her highly successful novel depicting the agonies of childhood cruelty.
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