The Handmaid鈥檚 Tale: could it happen in real life?
The politics and science of fertility today.
Margaret Atwood鈥檚 dystopian novel The Handmaid鈥檚 Tale , originally released in 1985, has become a modern-day phenomenon thanks to the recent TV series and explosion of feminist politics. Its sequel The Testaments was released this week with a Harry Potter-esque book launch on Monday, which saw fans queuing round the corner to get their hands on a copy.
We hear from Deborah Frances-White of The Guilty Feminist about how close Margaret Atwood鈥檚 story gets to reality. And Marnie Chesterton from Crowdscience gives us the facts behind the real-life global fertility crisis.
Producers: Jessica Beck and Philly Beaumont
Mixed by Nicolas Raufast
Editor: John Shields
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