Episode 2 - The Penelopiad

Maddie and Tim take a look at Margaret Atwood's "The Penelopiad", a play which both of them are very, very unfamiliar with. With a handful of millennia between today and when the Odyssey was first whispered, they discuss the questions and problems that come up when attempting to weave a new tale from a familiar story. (Speaking of weaving, peep the shitty editing Maddie did this time around - Suitors, eat your heart out.) Auction house for Atwood's copy of Double Persephone: https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/title/double-persephone/author/margaret-atwood/first-edition/ Guardian interview with Atwood and Phyllida Lloyd: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2005/oct/26/theatre.classics Seanna McKenna on Margaret Atwood's The Penelopiad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAm4QvLhCKY Margaret Atwood at Hay Festival 2006: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgVj8DECrP8 BLACKPINK "STAY [ENGLISH COVER]" by Shimmeringrain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9K305OrPlg

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Theater majors/former theater majors breaking down plays, musicals, playwrights, history, and other theatrical topics while trying to drink enough to forget the enormous amount of student loan debt looming over their heads.