The Margaret Atwood Episode
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- The Margaret Atwood Episode
Margaret Atwood is the author of more than 50 books of fiction, poetry, critical essays, and graphic novels. Her work has been published in more than 45 countries. The Testaments, her most recent novel, is a co-winner of the 2019 Booker Prize. It is the long awaited sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, now an award-winning TV series.
Margaret’s other works of fiction include Cat’s Eye, finalist for the 1989 Booker Prize; Alias Grace, which won the Giller Prize in Canada and the Premio Mondello in Italy; the Blind Assassin, winner of the 2000 Booker Prize; the MaddAddam Trilogy; and Hag-Seed.
Ms. Atwood is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, the Franz Kafka International Literary Prize, the PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Los Angeles Times Innovator’s Award. Together with her late husband Graeme Gibson, Margaret was also awarded the Nature Canada Award for Conservation Advocacy.
In this episode, Margaret shares her thoughts on religion, history, politics, abortion… and asks me to join her cult.
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What a treasure she is.
She really is! Thanks for watching.
WOW! Watching now! JUST WOW!
Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed our chat.
Thank you so much for this treasured artist
It was absolutely my pleasure. Thanks for watching.
Handmaids Tale, 1984, Scientology, Jehovas, fundamentalist Islam and Christianity... will mankind progress beyond these nightmares to a world of equality and science and justice or will we descend to a 6th century tribal warfare mentality?
I hate to say it but my money is on option #2
Great question! Thanks for watching.
A very enjoyable and informative interview
Thank you very much! I was slightly star-struck LOL
Great interview!❤
Thanks!
Most unfortunate business.
Got 'em.
Old friend - there it is.
Ogilvie White
Mid
NDP
I'm not Charest!
Why do we fall?
My god….seeing a trump add juxtaposed onto a podcast of Margaret Atwood is about dystopian and oddly very appropriate!
Eeeek! Definitely not an ad that was sponsored by me! LOL
So much disillusionment 😢
Thank you for the fantastic interview. What a brilliant woman. Her insights are incredible. I'm in awe.
Glad you enjoyed it! It was an honor to speak with such an icon.
Loved this interview! It was so interesting.
Glad you enjoyed it! Margaret is a fascinating person.
You are a fantastic host Janice🥰 Ur own experience in fundamentalism has given u a very specific perspective on Gilead. and you are always filled with deep insights on the human experience. ❣ That excellent work of fiction is too dangerously close to reality for too many trapped in high control religious communities all over the world. I'm so glad that people are finding the way out, and finding help at cort💖❣
Thanks so much, Carol. Glad you enjoyed our conversation. Thanks for your support!
What an amazing conversation!
Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you so much for sharing this conversation.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the encouragement.
That was wonderful. Can someone explain to me why Margaret said that "a number of people have been very interested in the book of Job for very good reason" - What is the reason?
The fictitious account of Job had god allowing major calamities to befall Job in order to prove his faithfulness to god. People today reference "the patience of Job" when terrible things happen and they still don't give up. Does that help at all?
@@ComeToCORT Yes, thanks. I knew Job was long-suffering, but I don't see much suffering or even patience in the US today. I don't see how people identify with Job really. He was the focus of a divine bet. Not your 'everyman' kind of situation.
@@faithfaraday Thanks for watching and commenting.
@@ComeToCORT But of course! :)
Would love to see Margaret talk about Eastern Orthodox Christianity and the chucrch split of 1054.
That would be interesting! Thank you for watching.
Fantastic interview, Mags is the best too :)
She sure is! Thanks for watching.
In the ascent out of the Dark Age the church was draconian. The fear was the occult; the dark occult, which at that time had an opportunity and an opening to go mainstream. Even St. Teresa had to defend herself before her bishop and blame her woman’s mind and a weak heart as an explanation of her trances which if misinterpreted could have her burned at the stake. I have heard of encounters with some dark occultists which still exists even now. It does not go away entirely. The idea of its being mainstream is horrific. So the Church was draconian at a vulnerable time in the psychic evolution of the western mind prior to the Age of Reason. Ms. Atwood doesn’t address this and may not know about it. That said, imposing religious belief today when we are in The Age of Reason is horrific, also free will is a given. Ms. Atwood is absolutely right about that. Human behavior cannot be controlled except by laws that the majority, if not all, agrees on.
Interesting reflection. Thanks for watching and sharing.
Brilliant ❤
Agreed! Thanks for watching.
Hutterite communes have been going for 500 years. Plenty of practical skills. Attractive? I guess so for their adherents and followers.
Thanks for watching.
what an amazing interview!
Thank you very much!