Despite Studs off day (in my opinion) Atwood's description of her book, and the various historical and cultural threads she wove together is fascinating, and available at WFMT's archive. studsterkel.wfmt.com/programs/mar...

Margaret Atwood discussing "The Handmaid's Tale" | The WFMT Studs Terkel Radio Archive

Margaret Atwood discusses her book "The Handmaid's Tale" and the real life and biblical events that inspired it. The show also includes two interludes with Erich Fromme discussing "Escape from Freedom...

Studs doesn’t get sci-fi, Ebert doesn’t get video games—even when Chicago’s old-timers are wrong, they’re wrong in a better way than other cities’ old-timers lol