Margaret Atwood | Full Episode 5.27.22 | Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

Margaret Atwood | Full Episode 5.27.22 | Firing Line with Margaret Hoover | PBS

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Firing Line with Margaret Hoover | PBS

2 жыл бұрын

In this updated episode with new footage from a March interview, “The Handmaid’s Tale” author Margaret Atwood discusses what a post-Roe v. Wade America could mean, her dystopian classic and the feminist protests it has inspired, and the hit Hulu series currently in production for a new season.
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FIRING LINE WITH MARGARET HOOVER airs on PBS. Launched in June 2018, Firing Line maintains the character of the original series by William F. Buckley Jr., providing a platform that is diligent in its commitment to a balanced exchange of opinion. In weekly 30-minute episodes, host Margaret Hoover engages in a rigorous exchange of ideas with political leaders, cultural luminaries, thought leaders and activists who represent a wide range of ideas and perspectives. New episodes are available Fridays here on KZfaq at 8:30 pm ET.

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@mellow5123 Жыл бұрын

Excellent discussion. Can't get enough of Atwood. What a clear headed mind.

@enatp6448 Жыл бұрын

Important discussion... Margaret has some relevant insights about democracy and totalitarianism.

@theunknowncommenter725 Жыл бұрын

She is a crazy old bag who actually thinks that Star Wars predicted 9/11.

@sherryripepi6024 2 жыл бұрын

Knowledge is power. Understanding is wisdom. This is an educational video.

@elenivargis126 Жыл бұрын

So agree Feminism is a subset of Humanism = important point!

@theunknowncommenter725 Жыл бұрын

In other words it's a prideful worship of self and leads all to ruin.

@StumpCreekSentinel 2 жыл бұрын

It is so very enlightening to listen to such a conversation that delves deep into the reality which Margaret Atwood foresaw whenever she observed the societal paradigms related to the State's ethics in maintaining a patriarchal authority.

@neeleynonea Жыл бұрын

Vv v

@ninemoonplanet Жыл бұрын

I thoroughly enjoy seeing and hearing Margaret Atwood. She's able to see the minutiae and the wider perspective simultaneously. Living through autocrats, bullies, and still having some optimism is a remarkable feat in itself. The MADDAM trilogy is another, a series of books depicting how "technology" can be very bad, can distort human and all species life into some things truly grotesque. Her books are deep, sometimes disturbing, but as she says" there's a hole ahead in the road" to warn about going down the road to a place that could be ruinous. Don't.

@bjpafa2293 8 ай бұрын

Congrats, madam, thank you so much for your art & 😊insight. 🙏

@peterdollins3610 Жыл бұрын

Great woman.

@iamjane9628 2 жыл бұрын

Another great episode. Thank you Margaret Atwood and Margaret Hoover!

@louiemumbler3222 2 жыл бұрын

Wowwhat a iinteresting & lovely mind

@orpheus9037 Жыл бұрын

As talking heads go, Atwood really is one of the best - she gives great interviews.

@nuageceleste3554 Жыл бұрын

She certainly has that “je ne sais quoi” , powerful and understated simultaneously.

@jamesfrangione8448 2 жыл бұрын

In a word, timely. Another great installment.

@christopherdean2893 2 жыл бұрын

When fiction becomes nonfiction

@theunknowncommenter725 Жыл бұрын

In the middle east.

@Gretabpooh Жыл бұрын

That's because the right decided her book and 1984 were instruction manuals instead of fiction.

@brianlawrence5173 Жыл бұрын

Such a refreshing interviewer after watch Buckley.

@jacobzaranyika9334 2 жыл бұрын

Love your work Mama Atwood. I studied your book "Surfacing" in high school for my "A" Level.

@62426637 Жыл бұрын

The Lives of Others was a fine film. 2014 I believe

@jacobzaranyika9334 2 жыл бұрын

Yes - she is Canadian.

@joeyfotofr Жыл бұрын

"What does a post Roe v. Wade United States look like?" We don't know yet but it looks much different in November than it did in May, because the American people stood up & fought back. As to the rest... We'll see...jt

@bearjanman 8 ай бұрын

Ask Atwood WHAT IS A WOMAN? The hard question they never ask her.

@riod.s.2267 2 жыл бұрын

So, when does the money come rolling in? Are we waiting for the checks before we take to the streets in great numbers? Or has the lull of the warming pot put too many of us to sleep?

@roughhabit6496 Жыл бұрын

No original Firing Line host , no Ronald Reagan, no bringing down the Berlin Wall.

@isaiahbasaldua924 Жыл бұрын

Margaret Atwood is very enlightening in her points of view. I think she is an important figure who is attempting to understand the world we live in.I do believe she is a dying breed of well meaning old school liberals. She is trying to voice good things but she offers no solutions. Such is the error of classic liberalism.

@abigailpip112 10 ай бұрын

Very interesting. a thoughtful response to questions. I don't think aborttion (aka Roe v Wade) is a feminist issue, killing babies should not be legal in most cases, There are lots of methods of contraception which should be made available to all classes and income groups if they want them, if it's necessary to charge for them then charge rich people much more so as to pay for the poorer people (The origional principle of social welfare) Mothers should get paid for raising children. It's the most important job to raise the next generation who will have to take responsibilty for the world. To farm out this work as is currently done in most western countries is very dangerous. We are already seeing the fruits of this with the number of children suffering from eating disorders, depression etc. and the gang culture which provides "family for youngsters in some neighbourhoods. All of this is disconection, If we had a more caring society these problems would be fewer.

@bjpafa2293 8 ай бұрын

Handmaid's tail in NOT a dystopia. It doesn't fit on a concept. Distopya us void of hope. On the contrary, a novel around multiverse or possible futurs... Canada is, actually, a líder Of the free world. In a way, if you are in lead, doing, how come? USA, Nicolai C in Romania 🇷🇴, forget the dead of night. Not a Dystopia. Best regards, good riddance! ❤