Welcome to the Republic of Gilead. Elsie and Max take their first steps into Offred's journey in The Ofcast's series premiere, learning the novel's dystopian setting and language.

Chapter 1: The Haunted Gymnasium

Elsie Eigerman has read Margaret Atwood's best-selling novel "The Handmaid's Tale" six times - Max Marriner has never read it once. Every Tuesday, Elsie and Max recap one of the most talked-about books of the 1980's one chapter at a time, discussing the storytelling and symbolism that defines Atwood's magnum opus. Praise be.

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