{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"#044 - The Handmaid's Tale Season 2","description":"The Gribshnobler returns from hiatus with LadyMsGee for our discussion of season 2 of the TV series The Handmaid's Tale, based on the dystopian (maybe science fiction) novel by Margaret Atwood.&amp;nbsp; Do we think this season holds up in comparison to the book and first season? Listen to find out!&amp;nbsp; Along the way, you'll also hear&amp;nbsp; X-Ray Spex, The Plasmatics, and The Luminaries play some punk and indie rock. Note: This episode has an explicit rating for language and subject matter. Correction:&amp;nbsp;We did not play any X-Ray Spex songs in our first Handmaid episode, instead we played &quot;No One's a Little Girl&quot; by The Raincoats. The Handmaid\u2019s Tale\u2019: The Season 2 Finale Showed Us What Resistance Can Look Like, But Needs to Swing Big In Season 3 by Liz Shannon Miller -&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/handmaid-tale-season-2-finale-020000810.html?fbclid=IwAR2vsbRIny44lOuboXu3Cfb7sD50m77kQe0TGSO9gm7T_SbQBMB2qxmXx9k The Handmaid\u2019s Tale\u2019 Season 2 Is Brutal and Not Much Else by Margaret Lyons https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/07\/11\/arts\/television\/handmaids-tale-season-2.html?fbclid=IwAR2ahq6m6BayFUitPQf5-li-wAPUwstHUxqhzSy3vrQbjQi8K_CdMFRtVgg DOES&amp;nbsp;THE HANDMAID\u2019S TALE&amp;nbsp;WANT US TO EMPATHIZE WITH IVANKA TRUMP? by Rachel Vorona Cate -&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/lithub.com\/does-the-handmaids-tale-want-us-to-empathize-with-ivanka-trump\/?fbclid=IwAR0ffz7HZIt9D7vg9Ilm-ANVNC7JCgEPAx1Hf8pScadaZ51uBoTHpEOqcNM The Handmaid\u2019s Tale\u2019 Season 2: What to Read About That Divisive Finale -&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/07\/12\/arts\/television\/the-handmaids-tale-season-2-finale-roundup.html?fbclid=IwAR0EdKJPHPHcipLJmL1XwDcKl5mMGIP0UATGT_RlPp1wCviHmg7Zg0ZrZ_I The Handmaid\u2019s Tale&amp;nbsp;Recap: No Escape by Hillary Kelly https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/2018\/05\/the-handmaids-tale-recap-season-2-episode-4-other-women.html?fbclid=IwAR392PFN3UhF7b37kg8H60h3BqcdHUd1ngaMwkxMD9K1UKeRw4Ua-44AdtA Quit Calling Me a Monster by Jory Johns &amp;amp; Bob Shea:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Quit-Calling-Monster-Jory-John\/dp\/0385389906\/ref=sr_1_1_twi_har_2?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1543546431&amp;amp;sr=8-1&amp;amp;keywords=quit+calling+me+monster &amp;nbsp; Music in this Episode &amp;nbsp; 1. The Plasmatics: A Pig is a Pig from the album Beyond the Valley of 1983 http:\/\/www.plasmatics.com\/ https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tM0Nxuz1hp4 &amp;nbsp; 2. X-Ray Spex: I Live Off Air&amp;nbsp; from the album Germ Free&amp;nbsp;Adolescents http:\/\/www.x-rayspex.com\/ &amp;nbsp; 3. The Luminaries: Handmaid's Tale from the album So Called Glamour https:\/\/wearetheluminaries.bandcamp.com\/ http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/wearetheluminaries https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theluminaries &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"The GribCast","author_url":"http:\/\/gribcast.libsyn.com\/webpage","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/7740899\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/27229673"}