The Handmaid’s Tale: could it happen in real life?

The politics and science of fertility today.

An episode of the Beyond Today podcast, hosted by BBC Radio 4, titled "The Handmaid’s Tale: could it happen in real life?" was published on September 10, 2019 and runs 18 minutes.

September 10, 2019 ·18m · Beyond Today

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Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale , originally released in 1985, has become a modern-day phenomenon thanks to the recent TV series and explosion of feminist politics. Its sequel The Testaments was released this week with a Harry Potter-esque book launch on Monday, which saw fans queuing round the corner to get their hands on a copy.We hear from Deborah Frances-White of The Guilty Feminist about how close Margaret Atwood’s story gets to reality. And Marnie Chesterton from Crowdscience gives us the facts behind the real-life global fertility crisis.Producers: Jessica Beck and Philly Beaumont Mixed by Nicolas Raufast Editor: John Shields

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Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale , originally released in 1985, has become a modern-day phenomenon thanks to the recent TV series and explosion of feminist politics. Its sequel The Testaments was released this week with a Harry Potter-esque book launch on Monday, which saw fans queuing round the corner to get their hands on a copy.

We hear from Deborah Frances-White of The Guilty Feminist about how close Margaret Atwood’s story gets to reality. And Marnie Chesterton from Crowdscience gives us the facts behind the real-life global fertility crisis.

Producers: Jessica Beck and Philly Beaumont Mixed by Nicolas Raufast Editor: John Shields

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