Margaret Atwood on tyrannies and the fragility of freedom

May 7, 2025
This is a conversation about dangers and hopes, about human nature, the classics, and the challenges of dark times.
  • Margaret Atwood is perhaps one of the greatest living writers today. Her novel "The Handmaid’s Tale" and its continuation, "The Testaments," are seen by many as prophetic.
  • Host: Volodymyr Yermolenko, a Ukrainian philosopher, the chief editor of UkraineWorld, and the president of PEN Ukraine.

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