“We talked about what was going on in West Berlin. What the police state was like. Also just the ideas of escape. The idea where people tried to jump over a wall, fly over a border, you know, somehow risking their lives to escape. That kind of desire for flight is in the main character, Offred. ”

“Her vast knowledge. Not only of history, but how history informs our present. And that’s a potent mix. And then you stir it up in the Margaret blender, and it comes out at you, and it’s also pretty wildly entertaining!”