Margaret Atwood on tyrannies and the fragility of freedom

Margaret Atwood is perhaps one of the greatest living writers today. Her novel "The Handmaid’s Tale" and its continuation, "The Testaments," are seen by many as prophetic.This is a conversation about dangers and hopes, about human nature, the classics, and the challenges of dark times.Host: Volodymyr Yermolenko, a Ukrainian philosopher, the chief editor of UkraineWorld, and the president of PEN Ukraine."Thinking in Dark Times" is a podcast by UkraineWorld, an English-language media outlet about Ukraine based in Kyiv.You can support our work at https://www.patreon.com/c/thinkingggThis podcast relies increasingly on crowdfunding.You can also support our volunteer trips to the front-line areas of the Russian war against Ukraine via PayPal at [email protected]. We are trying to help both soldiers and civilians.