Despite having, in point of fact, covid for the second time in three months when I recorded this one, I think this episode is where the podcast starts to really hit its stride. It's interesting listening to this again, actually, because there's a bunch of stuff in this that I do end up carrying through the whole novel and the whole podcast. In fact, there's stuff here that's kind of essential to understanding my maybe heterodox understanding of the infamous final scene of the book...

How's THAT for a season teaser?

Content warnings for the contents of The Grapes of Wrath, including bestiality jokes.