The Handmaid’s Tale Podcast

Wendy, Daphne, and special guest Amye discuss The Handmaid’s Tale S6E4, “Promotion". Lawrence balances family life as he takes a big step while June's plans are challenged by Luke and Moira's desires for rebellion.

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Next up: The Handmaid’s Tale S6E5 “Janine”. Once you’ve seen them, let us know your thoughts!

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Welcome back, Handmaid’s Tale fans! In this episode of the podcast, Wendy, Jason, and Daphne break down the first three episodes of the last season of The Handmaid’s Tale on a marathon podcast covering the episodes “Train”, “Exile” and “Devotion”. The season sets a tense, emotionally charged tone as key characters’ grapple with trauma, power, and resistance.

 

The article discussed in the Mayday section of the podcast can be found here: https://www.wired.com/story/natal-conference-matchmaking/

 

The link to the Handmaid’s Tale: Mayday group discussed in the podcast can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1878842649553408

 

Next up: The Handmaid’s Tale S6E4 “Promotion”. Once you’ve seen them, let us know your thoughts!

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Like a lot of you, we weren’t sure we were ready for another season of The Handmaid’s Tale, but going back through the events of the series for this recap, we were reminded of two things: 1. This show has moved on from the first couple of season when the characters couldn’t do much to react to their situation, and into a place where they’re fighting back, and that feels good. And 2. It’s just such a good show, and despite the current situation, it’s easy to get lost in. And we want to know how it ends!

So join Wendy and Jason as we refresh you on everything that’s happened up until now, and explain how we’ll be approaching the podcast given what’s happening in the United States and in the world right now. 

Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.

Links:

• Take action against the Trump administration: Indivisble.org 
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Next up: The Handmaid’s Tale S6E1-3 “Train”, “Exile”, & “Devotion”. Once you’ve seen them, let us know your thoughts!

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Hey all, after a two-year break (!) we wanted to talk to you about how we think the world has become more like The Handmaid’s Tale since last we spoke, and what we can do to fight back, stop things from going further in that direction, and even reverse what’s already happened. 

Podcastica doesn’t usually get political, but among all our podcast listeners we think (and hope) that you’re the right audience to hear this. If you have thoughts about anything we said, we want to hear.

Write to us at [email protected]. 

Links:

• Check whether you’re registered to vote, register if you’re not, and learn how to vote in your state: vote.org 
• Donate: actblue.com or votesaveamerica.com/donate 
• Volunteer: votesaveamerica.com/volunteer or votefwd.com 

Thank you all!

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In addition to some listener feedback about The Handmaid’s Tale season 5 finale, here’s an interview with the brilliant Bruce Miller, showrunner of The Handmaid’s Tale. Surprise!

We talked about: 

• How culpable (or not) Serena was in the creation of Gilead

• What it was like for Yvonne Strahovski to play different sides of Serena this season

• Yvonne’s relationship with Elisabeth Moss

• Whether the show might give us more backstory on Mark Tuello in the future, and the nature of the relationship between Mark and Serena

• Bradley Whitford directing an episode this season

• How the directors, writers, actors, sound designers, and others work together to create the show

• What Bruce wants music to accomplish in the show

• Whether Wendy was right that Nick punching Lawrence in the face was staged

• The nature of Nick and Rose’s relationship

• How situations in the real world can inspire the story of the show

• His thoughts on Mrs. Wheeler

• What kind of show he’d like to produce next

• And more!

Thanks so much to all of you who watched and listened along with us this season. We love you guys! We may be back for some bonus episodes between seasons, and otherwise, we’ll definitely see you for season 6. Cheers :)

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What a rollercoaster ride of a finale, harsh, raw, artfully done, and deeply affecting. Listen as Daphne, Wendy, and Jason break it down, and we’ll be back later in the week to answer your feedback and maybe something more….

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Since we’ve been getting more and more great comments and voice messages from you guys, we thought let’s split out feedback into its own episode and give you more time and consideration. Hope you enjoy!

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Daphne, Wendy, and Jason would all appreciate it if you’d subscribe to our standalone Handmaid’s Tale podcast and help us move it up in the search results.

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Everyone’s reaching for their goals this ep, as Serena clashes with Mrs. Wheeler (aka Serena 2.0) and then makes a break for it, the United States attempts a raid on Hannah’s “wife school”, and Lawrence makes a proposal. 

You can find our contact info and all our other shows at: podcastica.com 

Daphne, Wendy, and Jason would all appreciate it if you’d subscribe to our standalone Handmaid’s Tale podcast and help us move it up in the search results.

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• Thank you!

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June and Serena’s parallel lives continue as they both struggle with whether to enter a dangerous situation to be near their children. Happy to welcome back our friend Dianna as guest co-host!

You can also hear Dianna talking about The Walking Dead on the Aim for the Head podcast at https://aimfortheheadpodcast.libsyn.com 

You can find our contact info and all our other shows at: podcastica.com 

Daphne, Wendy, and Jason would all appreciate it if you’d subscribe to our standalone Handmaid’s Tale podcast and help us move it up in the search results.

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• Thank you!

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Wow. Incredible episode this week, eh? Enjoy the podcast :)

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Daphne, Wendy, and Jason would all appreciate it if you’d subscribe to our standalone Handmaid’s Tale podcast and help us move it up in the search results.

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For anyone who’s favorite character was Commander Warren Putnam (so, that’s no one), this was a sad episode. We were fascinated seeing how Luke handled a bit of the Gilead treatment, and Serena too, for that matter.

Happy to welcome our friend Kelly on with us for this episode. 

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Luke’s such a great singer, and it’s really nice to see June and Luke relaxing together and enjoying each other. What could go wrong? 

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This week it seems Serena and the ideals of Gilead seem to be gaining a foothold in Canada. NOOOOOO!!!!!! Does Serena ALWAYS get what she wants…?

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A bit of a quieter episode this week, but no less enthralling, with events that we suspect will loom large over the remainder of the series, like June connecting with a certain rebellious group and Serena getting a new job. Plus, some fireworks between Serena and Mark (so you know Wendy is happy).

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How does Serena seem to conduct everyone in two countries like an orchestra? Oy. She’s so bad (and we're counting the days until she gets her comeuppance). Join us!

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By her f#@%ing hand, we (Daphne, Wendy, and Jason) are back and thrilled to be podcasting about The Handmaid’s Tale again, and to have all of you watching and listening along with us! Some surprising twists and turns in this first episode as the season begins to take shape.

Here are some quick video recaps of the first four seasons in case you need a refresher. We didn’t make these, but we watched them to get caught up.

S1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPZezHOw6yw 

S2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h474eRUSdc0 

S3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CSpNJ6mhck&t=300s 

S4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVFE_mWzUSc

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We’re beyond thrilled to welcome The Handmaid’s Tale showrunner Bruce Miller to the podcast. Unsurprisingly, he was a pleasure to talk to, and of course had a lot of fascinating things to say about the making of this incredible show.

A few of the things we talked about:

• Margaret Atwood’s involvement in the series

• The attention to detail that goes into creating the world of Gilead

• An answer to people who say the show is too brutal

• Whether he can get into the heads of every character

• His thoughts on our podcast

• And much much more!

Enjoy!

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Wow. WOW! What an incredibly intense finale. Dark? Yes. Cathartic? We thought so. 

We had such a great time podcasting about Handmaid’s Tale this season - because of the high quality of the show, and because of all the fantastic engagement with you guys! Thanks for being a part of it all with us, and we’ll see you for season 5.

Next on House Podcastica: Our next series will be the upcoming Disney+ show, What If? Which explores how the MCU would be altered if certain events had occurred differently, like if Loki wielded Thor's hammer. It’s an animated show, beautifully done by the looks of the teaser trailer, and features Westworld’s Geoffrey Wright as The Watcher (kind of this show’s Rod Serling) and a bunch of the Marvel move actors like Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Sam Jackson, Michael B. Jordan, Jeff Goldblum, Karen Gillan, Josh Brolin, and a bunch more. Looks like even Chadwick Boseman did one before he passed away. So, if you’re watching that, we’ll be there to help you geek out on it :) It comes out in August so we might cover a movie or two in the meantime.

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More unexpected, crazy events this week, like June reuniting with Nick, the return of Esther, and f%#ng Fred getting a reprieve, among other things. We’re incredibly thrilled to have the amazing Rima of Strange Indeed guesting with us this week!

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So fascinating to see how June’s presence in Canada impacts the people around her — Luke, Fred & Serena, Emily and the women of the support group. Even with June safely out of Gilead, the show is as captivating — and troubling — as ever, with no easy answers, but lots to talk about.

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