The Ofcast: A Handmaid's Tale Reader: Recent Episodes
Elsie Eigerman and Max Marriner
Elsie Eigerman has read Margaret Atwood's best-selling novel "The Handmaid's Tale" six times - Max Marriner has never read it once. Every Tuesday, Elsie and Max recap one of the most talked-about books of the 1980's one chapter at a time, discussing the storytelling and symbolism that defines Atwood's magnum opus. Praise be.
Elsie and Max wonder about previous Offreds, attacks from the past, and... sex challenges?!
In this week's definitely not delayed episode, Max and Elsie discuss the weather in Gilead and the shocking twist at the end of the chapter.
Elsie and Max are joined by two special guests to talk about the newly released graphic novel edition of The Handmaid's Tale. The first thirty minutes are spoiler-free!
The Ofcast spends the night with Offred, as Elsie and Max pay witness to three different memories from our hero's shadowed past - what do these flashbacks tell us? How does the delicate art of duck-feeding play into them? And what does an old PlayStation game have to do with anything? Memory Lane becomes a much darker place to visit on the luckiest episode of The Ofcast!
On this happy-go-lucky episode of The Ofcast, Elsie and Max arrive at the most pleasant and positive image described in The Handmaid's Tale so far: public execution! Isn't that wholesome?
As it turns out, Elsie and Max aren't the only ones visiting the Republic of Gilead. In this chapter, Offred comes in contact with a group of tourists from overseas, as a tragic cycle of totalitarian rule is given a proper introduction.
On a very steamy episode of The Ofcast, Elsie and Max explore the true depths of Gilead's anti-sexual atmosphere, and the kind of power its most controlled citizens can wield in the wink of an eye.
As Elsie and Max continue their first day with Offred, she comes face-to-face with a familiar public figure from her childhood.
Welcome to the Republic of Gilead. Elsie and Max take their first steps into Offred's journey in The Ofcast's series premiere, learning the novel's dystopian setting and language.
Elsie and Max explore Offred's severed nostalgia as she recounts an experience from her foggy past.
Welcome to The Ofcast! Hosts Elsie Eigerman and Max Marriner introduce themselves as they gear up for the literary journey ahead of them.