{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/60c1f183fb410600123a96ef/67bdd0b0408c42b28a8bb573?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 65 - The Handmaid's Tale","description":"<p>Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal.</p><p><br></p><p>This season, we are only looking at banned and controversial texts. In our sixty-fifth episode (which coincides with International Women's Day), we examine Margaret Attwood's dystopia about far-right misogyny, <em>The Handmaid's Tale </em>(1985). Turkey basters and Orwell klaxons at the ready!</p><p><br></p><p>Cover art © Catherine Wu.</p><p><br></p><p>Episode Theme: Gabriel Faure, 'Pie Jesu', <em>Requiem</em>.</p>","author_name":"Abigail Boucher and Daniel Jenkin-Smith"}