The Testaments S1E8 "Broken"
5/13/20262 hr 3 min
Announcement: Sex-ed class sign-ups are today. Teachers are Aunt Vidala and Daisy, you're choice ;) PS This show is such an interesting and unique mix of coming-of-age wonder and discovery, tension, humor, and dystopian darkness, and this episode delivers on all of it. We’re very much enjoying watching it and podcasting about it, in case you can’t tell. And we thank all of you for listening along! Mentioned: THR interview with Ann Dowd (Lydia) Mabel Li (Vidala): https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/the-testaments-aunt-lydia-june-agnes-ann-dowd-interview-1236580179/ Next up: The Testaments S1E9 “Marat Sade”. Let us know your thoughts! You can email or send a voice message to testify@podcastica.com. Or check out our Handmaid’s Tale: Mayday Facebook group, where we put up comment posts for each episode, at facebook.com/groups/thtmayday. Or join our Discord where you can leave comments and chat with hosts and other listeners: https://discord.gg/6WUMt3m3qe Check out our other podcasts: If you like our coverage of The Testaments, we cover many other shows on our network at podcastica.com. Digging our podcast? A quick, free, and easy way to show support and help bump us up in the charts is to give us a rating or a review: On Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-handmaids-tale-podcast-the-testaments/id1610222002 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5MbAApyqlk3gLJUTHNnIH9?si=74013f9e35c64f0e Or just search for “Podcastica Testaments” wherever you get podcasts. Show support and get ad-free episodes and a bunch of other cool stuff: patreon.com/jasoncabassi Or go to buymeacoffee.com/cabassi for a one-time donation. Thank you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 00:00
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Jason· Host0:55
[electricity crackles] Hmm? Ah. [electricity crackles] Hmm.
Speaker 31:01
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Speaker 41:02
[instrumental music plays] So, um, do you wanna know what sex is?
Speaker 51:12
[sniffs] Yes, I do. Tell me everything.
Speaker 41:18
Well, everything's quite a lot in this case, but, um, men have a penis, and it gets hard when they get turned on. Well, like, aroused. And when it's