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Podcast: Mongabay Newscast
Episode: Margaret Atwood talks about birds, ecology, and her graphic novel series
Description: Award-winning iconic writer Margaret Atwood recently tackled a medium she is not as well-known for: comic books. Her superhero series Angel Catbird "was a conservation project from the get-go," she tells us in this edition of the podcast, being an effort to shine a light on the plight of wild birds and the house cats who love to stalk them, plus other ecological themes. We also discuss her smash hit "The Handmaid's Tale" and other 'possible futures,' as she calls them. Then we speak with Tyler Gage, a co-founder of the beverage company Runa and author o...