Mayday: The Handmaid's Tale Podcast

Ireland is a country at a crossroads. The 8th ammendment of Ireland's constitution makes abortion Illegal in all but some very extreme cases. Sarah Magliocco, reporter for the Irish website SHEmazing.net joins us to tell us about Ireland's troubling history with women's rights, the lengths women must go to obtain an abortion, and the latest efforts to repeal the 8th Ammendment and give Irish women full body autonomy.

Mayday is back from Summer Vacation with a super-sized episode featuring interviews with two amazing women! First you get a sample of our amazing interview with Ane Crabtree,  the Emmy Nominated Costume Designer for The Handmaid's Tale. Then we have Mary Wissinger, author of the children's book series "Science Wide Open" which focuses on women in STEM join us LIVE in studio!

Did you know Sarah got arrested once?! Well, now you do. Tiana, Sarah, & Justin host Mayday - Pumpkin Spice Edition! This show is a blast. We catch up on all of the month's Handmaid's Tale happenings, news about the show, Season 2 talk, Emmy domination, HB40 protests, Saved by the Bell, ALF, an amusing GenX vs Millenial debate, and Sarah tries (and mostly fails) to normalize the word "straddling." 

WARNING: You will want to fly to Ireland and take Dierdre Flynn's class. She teaches a module all about dystopian novels and talks to us about teaching The Handmaid's Tale. Plus, she gives us info on an entire academic conference about The Handmaid's Tale TV show! Sign us up. She discusses the importance of silence in The Handmaid's Tale. VERY interesting stuff. 

On Friday, 9.22.17, the U.S. Secretary of Education rescinded the "Dear Colleague Letter", Obama era Title IX guidance provided to schools about how they were to handle incidents of sexual assault. What is Title IX? Why was this done? What does it mean moving foward? Show contributor Delia Harrington joins Mayday to explain it all and to provide some analysis and opinion on the matter.

Part three of our three part interview we call "20 Minutes with Warren Littlefield." Warren Littlefield, Executive Producer for The Handmaid's Tale & Fargo & former President of NBC joins Mayday to talk all things Handmaid's Tale, including Ann Dowd & Elisbeth Moss' powerhouse performances, hate being a live and well in America, and the importance of being ally for the resistance.

Part two of our three part interview we call "20 Minutes with Warren Littlefield." Warren Littlefield, Executive Producer for The Handmaid's Tale & Fargo & former President of NBC joins Mayday to talk all things Handmaid's Tale, including Bruce Miller's passion for the project, his first reading of Atwood's book, embracing risk and more.

Part one of our three part interview we call "20 Minutes with Warren Littlefield." Warren Littlefield, Executive Producer for The Handmaid's Tale & Fargo & former President of NBC joins Mayday to talk all things Handmaid's Tale, including Alexis Bledel's Emmy win, the importance of production design, all about the shows 13 Emmy nominations, what drew him to the production, and the new reality in the wake of the Trump presidency.

Ane Crabtree joins Tiana and Justin for an interview that you're sure to enjoy. Ane joined Mayday on the heels of her first Emmy nomination to talk and what was scheduled to be a 30-minute interview turned into 1-hour plus. Ane and co. cover a wide variety of topics ranging from her creative process and experiences on The Handmaid's Tale and other shows, her feelings on the Handmaid's protests across the country, to race, politics, childhood and more!

A family friendly podcast hosted by father/daughter duo Justin & Ari! Follow us on Twitter/Facebook at @ducktalestalk for updates!

Sarah Illiatovitch Goldman joins us to talk about the Handmaid's 4 HB40 protest happening on August 9th at the Chicago office of IL Governor Bruce Rauner. Listen for details.

We were interviewing Ane Crabtree one day before a protest by a Handmaid's Tale protest that works with NARAL MO. We took the opportunity to ask her what she would say to the women that are dressing as the Handmaids at these protests. Hear what she had to say here

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