Mayday: The Handmaid’s Tale Podcast

Organization: The Little Bit FoundationWebsite: www.thelittlebitfoundation.orgRosemary Hanley is the Executive Director of The Little Bit Foundation, an organization committed to removing the borders between children and education in St. Louis, MO. This year The Little Bit Foundation will provide services to over 11,000 children in St Louis City and some county schools and is continuing to thrive and grow. Please enjoy part 2 of our interview with Rosemary Hanley as she discusses Little Bit, and how her receiving an Ellis Island Medal of Honor will effect the organization moving forward.

Part 2 of the Mayday: The Handmaid's Tale Podcast Season 2 Wrap Up show! We answer more of your questions about the show, ourselves, and more! Has Serena made a complete arc? Do you think there are parts of society that compare to Gilead? Can June survive the Waterfords after this? Plus much more!

Organization: The Little Bit FoundationWebsite: www.thelittlebitfoundation.orgRosemary Hanley was being nudged, that's how she puts it. She was being nudged to do something more, something for others, something to help those less fortunate in the city that she calls home and loves, St. Louis, MO. That nudge led to a coat drive which snowballed and 17 years later has Rosemary Hanley leading The Little Bit Foundation, an organization committed to removing the borders between children and education. This year The Little Bit Foundation will provide services to over 11,000 children in St Louis City and some county schools and is continuing to thrive and grow.Rosemary Hanley was part of this years 2018 class of recpients of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. The Ellis Island Medal of Honor as described on their website is presented to "individuals who have made it their mission to share their wealth of knowledge, indomitable courage, boundless compassion, unique talents and selfless generosity with those less fortunate."

Thank you! We can't believe it's over already. Season 2 of The Handmaid's Tale is in the books and we had a blast. Thank you to all of you for listening and for making this podcast so much fun to do. This episode is our Season 2 Wrap up show! It's part 1 of 3 - featuring YOUR questions for US! We love doing this so much and we hopte to do more of it in the future. STAY SUBSCRIBED TO MAYDAY! We do not take a hiatus and will have more great content coming your way...dont miss it.

Amanda Brugel talks all things Rita with Justin & Tiana! Sometimes you things just work out perfectly. We tried to setup this interview for a couple of dates but couldn't work out a day that worked. So we decided to do it so that it would release after the finale....and WOW did we luck out! Rita helps June get the baby out of Gilead and finally takes that heroic turn that we had all been wishing she would take. Amazing stuff! Enjoy!

BOOM! There it is and there you have it! The finale to The Handmaid's Tale on HULU! Episode 13 "The Word" packed a huge punch...literally. We now know the fate of June and her baby. Emily finally has someone show her a kindness in Gilead, but not before leaving Auny Lydia bloodied on the floor! Serena finally comes to terms with the true nature of the world that she helped to create and learned the price for those that defy it. Meanwhile Fred learns that it's always the quiet ones you have to worry about as Rita and the Martha network save the damn day! What a great end to a great season. A little hope...a little fire...and a whole bunch of questions! Let's talk about it!

The Handmaid's Tale on HULU leaves us once again with no idea where the show is going. Episode 12 "Postpartum" followed up the highly emotional, very different episode "Holly" in which June gives birth to her daughter. Writer Eric Tuchman is a veteran TV writer with a history of writing for strong female characters. He brings us an episode in which things unfold and reveal the depths of the flaws in Gilead's society and the toll that it takes on all involved. "Postpartum" sets in motion events, the long term effects of which are not yet known and sets up a finale that could go in any direction. We take a deep dive into "Postpartum" with the man who wrote it. Enjoy!

We caught up with Sydney Sweeney a couple of week's ago to discuss her character Eden. The Handmaid's Tale brought Eden into the fold as Nick's child bride and has forced viewers to confront some very uncomfortable topics along the way. Sydney Sweeney joins us to talk about joining the cast after season one, what she thinks about those contreversial story lines and how she flips the switch from Sydney to Eden. Enjoy!

With two episodes to go in season 2 June once again finds herself in the Waterford house for tour number three. Every relationship is full of moving parts and volatile emotions as we head into the finale with more questions than answers. We finally get the answer to "Who is in the pool!?" as Eden and Isaac play star crossed lovers and end up paying the ultimate price. Meanwhile Serena has what she's always wanted but it may not quite be what she bargained for. We also get our Bradley Whitford sighting as Emily is stationed with Commander Lawrence, the "architect of Gilead's economy" who is.....a bit of a mystery. Bottom line...there is one episode after this and we have ZERO idea as to where it's going.

We could listen to Warren Littlefield talk all day long about television. The man is a legend in the business having resided over NBC during one of the most remarkable runs for a TV network ever. He also happens to be the Executive Producer for The Handmaid's Tale on HULU! Working side by side with Bruce Miller to deliver one of the most talked about, relevant, well produced television shows in recent memory. Jennifer White with Slacker radio sat down with Warren Littlefield to talk about success, poltiics, race and more. He's the TV zen master, enjoy the interview!

The Handmaid's Tale on HULU follows up one of their most intense and violent episodes with something entirely different. In S2/E11 - "Holly" we essentially get a one woman show as Elisabeth Moss absolutely puts one of the best performances of her run on The Handmaid's Tale. As June finds herself in the middle of nowhere, having just seen Hannah and Nick taken away, she steels herself and focuses on the two things she can control. Herself, and the baby. The only break in the Elisabeth Moss show comes in the form of an epic meltdown of a scene with Fred and Serena. It it small but it is mighty! Yvonne Strahovski leaves no doubts as to whether she should be at the top of all the award nomination lists as she somehow manages to plunge us further into the depths of Serena's pit of misery. This is the kind of episode that makes you appreciate everything about this show as HULU and Co. somehow raise the bar yet again.

Yahlin Chang joins Mayday to discuss that gutwrenching episode of The Handmaid's Tale....because she is the one that wrote it! We try to get into the mind of the woman that created one of the most bleek episodes of television we've seen in a long time. Listen, learn, and laugh...no really...she's pretty great and funny and was a blast to interview!

Kate Kelly from EqualityNow.Org talks to Mayday about their new campaign #HopeLivesInEveryName.Equality Now has partnered with HULU and The Handmaid’s Tale to illustrate that even though the show is fiction, the violence women and girls face in the series is reality for millions around the world. Kate discusses the issues in the Handmaid's Tale that are fiction in the show but are reality for millions of women around the world. Please listen and share this interview and pass along the good work that Equality Now is doing to help millions of women and girls.

The Handmaid's Tale on HULU is the baby of Bruce Miller a longtime television writer and producerwho serves as the show's creator and showrunner. Bruce knows all! You know that thing that happened that made you freak out? Yeah, he made that happen. Or that thing that made you cry or laugh or just cover your eyes. Yep, all that comes from Bruce and his amazing creative team. We had the pleasure of interviewing Bruce and having him answer some of your burning questions (thank you social media followers!) as well as discussing being a man running a show that focuses on the opression of women, and a ton more including a chat about his father's influence on his work, just in time for Father's day. Take a listen and enjoy! You're gonna learn alot.

The Handmaid's Tale on HULU S2/E10 - The Last CeremonyThis was your not so friendly, or subtle reminder that Serena and Fred are straight up evil.Eeeeeeeeeeeeeevil.