There's nothing like the canadian arctic. You should go with ta group called adventure canada, which is small. I quit philosophy because it was the age of logical positivism. And that wasn't the part that i was interested in. So i did not want to end up in logicalpositivism in my fourth year of Philosophy.
Margaret Atwood defines the Canadian sense of humor as “a bit Scottish,” and in this live conversation with Tyler, she loves to let her own comedic sensibilities shine. In addition to many other thoughts about Canada — it’s big after all — she and Tyler discuss Twitter, biotechnology, Biblical history, her families of patents, poetry, literature, movies, and feminism.
Is it coincidence that Atwood started The Handmaid’s Tale in West Berlin during 1984? Does she believe in ghosts? Is the Western commitment to free speech waning? How does she stay so productive? Why is she against picking favorites? Atwood provides insight to these questions and much more.
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Recorded April 9th, 2019 Other ways to connect