There's a lot of types of guy in The Grapes of Wrath. I talk about some of them. Also, I dig a bit into how I think Steinbeck humanizes his types of guy even when using them for comic relief, and struggle a bit with my own feelings on the tension between giving people dignity, and not simply excising messy, upsetting realities from our art and discourse.
Towards the end of the episode I continue the discussion from episode 5 about homeless encampments in Seattle and talk about some of the grim conditions, so cw for that from about 58 minutes or so onward.
This episode was originally published on my patreon last year for $3 backers.
