Why people recommend it
John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men is a classic American novella about two displaced migrant ranch workers, George and Lennie, who dream of owning their own land during the Great Depression. The book was discussed on several podcast episodes, drawing attention to its place in education and its philosophical themes. On an episode of The Book Review, Gilbert Cruz brought up the novella as a common text assigned in schools, while Satie Stein recalled reading it as a freshman and finding the experience upsetting and almost traumatic. Later, on Timcast IRL, the host mentioned the title as an example of a classic work targeted by school boards for censorship. Additionally, Jack Posobiec referenced Steinbeck's story during a debate on Timcast IRL while discussing whether a lack of intelligence absolves someone of evil actions, specifically alluding to the character Lennie and his actions in the narrative.
Who recommended it
- James Smith Discussed
- Gilbert Cruz Discussed
- Satie Stein Discussed
- Jack Posobiec Discussed
- Andrew Doyle Discussed
James Smith — 3 mentions
Critiqued
“getting my teachers to expect me to [ __ ] enjoy reading of mice and men for instance that's the worst [ __ ] book i've ever read maybe why the why the [ __ ] is that in school curriculum you can feel me getting annoyed about this”
Critiqued
“getting your teachers to expect me to [ __ ] enjoy reading of mice and men for instance that's the worst [ __ ] book i've ever read”
Critiqued
“getting your teachers to expect me to [ __ ] enjoy reading of mice and men for instance that's the worst [ __ ] book i've ever read”
Gilbert Cruz — 2 mentions
Discussed
“You know, John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, for example, you have I remember reading Grapes of Wrath, but I feel like Of Mice and Men is one that is so commonly read...”
Discussed
“You know, John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, for example, you have I remember reading Grapes of Wrath, but I feel like Of Mice and Men is one that is so commonly read...”
Satie Stein — 2 mentions
Discussed
“I do remember reading of Men and it made I found it almost traumatic. I remember that.”
Discussed
“I do remember reading of Men and it made I found it almost traumatic. I remember that.”
Jack Posobiec — 2 mentions
Discussed
“you mean like enough Mice and Men when Lenny kills that girl I I don't know I guess was Lenny evil I mean Steinbeck”
Discussed
“you mean like enough Mice and Men when Lenny kills that girl I I don't know I guess was Lenny evil I mean Steinbeck”
Andrew Doyle — 2 mentions
Discussed
“if you're quoting from a text if you're teaching of mice and men by steinbeck in which the word occurs frequently”
Discussed
“if you're quoting from a text if you're teaching of mice and men by steinbeck in which the word occurs frequently”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker — 2
Discussed
“but under his administration they banned The Adventures of Huck Finn To Kill a Mockingbird and ofm Men”
Discussed
“but under his administration they banned The Adventures of Huck Finn To Kill a Mockingbird and ofm Men”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- The Great Gatsby
- A Farewell to Arms
- As I Lay Dying
- BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA
- Beloved
Other mentions (13: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing
“of Men by John Steinbeck.”
Passing
“of Men by John Steinbeck.”
Passing
“I'm telling you. Of mice and men. That's interesting.”
Passing
“Of mice and men. That's interesting. Like you want to be hugged to death. Yeah. Kill me like he killed her. Not like not not the shooting. No. Kill me like the little mouse.”
Passing
“It's like Lennie of Mice and Men but don't do but you do you have to like if you believe in the death penalty.”
Passing
“it could be they're concerned about a book being sexually explicit or maybe they're concerned about the treatment of race in Of Mice and Men”
Passing
“it could be they're concerned about a book being sexually explicit or maybe they're concerned about the treatment of race in Of Mice and Men”
Passing
“Yeah, because we’re f*cked up like Lenny from ‘Of Mice and Men’! You could do that to a puppy! Two puncture wounds to the neck before passing out, recall said, ‘Leave Monty alone; bring him back to his brother and sister; let him be happy.’”
Passing
“you're like of a mice and men yeah that's how you're painting me within 10 minutes of this you're a lenny and of mice and men”
Passing
“you're like of a mice and men yeah that's how you're painting me within 10 minutes of this you're a lenny and of mice and men”
Passing
“You're like yeah you're like of a mice and men Yeah that's how you're painting me within 10 minutes of this You're a lenny and of mice and men That's how you do”
Passing
“you're like of a mice and men yeah that's how you're painting me you're like a lenny and of mice and men that's how you get that's exactly how you described me”
Passing
“you're like of a mice and men yeah that's how you're painting me you're like a lenny and of mice and men that's how you get that's exactly how you described me”