their wide-ranging conversation was conducted before that leaked draft majority opinion published by politico that would overturn roe v. wade. atwood addressed that bombshell in a piece for the atlantic entitled, i invented gilead, the supreme court is making it real. i thought i was writing fiction in the handmaid s tale. joe spoke with her about ukraine to the influence of the far right on society. i wanted to ask you about the time period that your essays cover, 2004 to 2020. i try to explain to my children how boring our life was. i was born basically in a middle-class family in the middle of the postwar world, and my children had been through a couple economic crashes, been through 9/11, been through a pandemic. you write about all of this.
on this day after thanksgiving, we continue with some of our favorite conversations over the past months including joe s interview with author margaret atwood and the scary parallels between her world of the handmaid s tale and reality. plus roger bennett stopped by with his book on the greatest soccer legends of all times. but first, he s the beloved star of star trek, a recent space traveler, and a link legend. and now william shatner is on his next big project, the release of his new book entitled boldly go: reflections of a life of awe and wonder. in a collection of fascinating and inspiring essays, shatner reflects on the key events from his 91 years of life focusing on our fragile bond with nature and celebrating the joy that comes from always being open to learning new things. we spoke with him last month.
fact that they need to get it together, read the universal declaration of rights, stop picking on people for being different, and honor the idea of democracy, which means that if you re a citizen you should be able to vote. you also talk about your write progress says, which i know a lot of novelists, a lot of writers will be fascinated by. there was a moment in i m a huge beatles fan and there was a moment in peter jackson s documentary get back with george harrison ghost to john lennon and said you tell me when i sit down and begin to write a song i need to end it while sitting there. that s not the process for handmaid s tale where you came
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