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