People just scared. I was down here running in and out of radio stations, ah, with people saying, you know, there's your car. Seattle kept its book store open. Do you think the western commitment to free speech is waning? Yes. We'd we've forgotten what that kind of thing looks like so the the messages. If you go in for censorship, in shutting people down, the next person that's going to happen to will be you.
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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