Book · 1939 · Labor camps
The Grapes of Wrath
(Centennial Edition)
#143 of 16,672 books, ranked by how many different people bring it up on podcasts
- mentions
- 22
- people
- 16
- podcasts
- 10
- episodes
- 18
- critical mentions
- 0
I mean read the grapes of Roth by yes I have John Steinbeck um you know these are better descriptions of economic reality than the economics textbooks.
What they say about it
- References the Dust Bowl and migration“the dust bowl in oklahoma”4
- Praises as a great novel“one of the greatest American novels”2
- Shouts out the book2
- Remembers reading the book“remember the remember”2
The best things said about it
The his only competition there really is probably Jack London if you read The Grapes of Wrath for all of grapes of wrath's imperfections he has written one of the greatest American novels because he's done something that we forget which is he's shown us the Dignity of the poor the Dignity of the outcasts.
Dana Gioia How I Write · Feb 2025 Shout out to Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath hugely that's that's the book that that really hipped me to this whole struggle and this whole structure you know.
I adore that book.
Well remember the remember uh grapes of wrath uh the john steinbeck novel is the oh they came from the dust bowl in oklahoma.
Michael Shellenberger The Joe Rogan Experience · Mar 2022 Having you ever read Grapes of Wrath dude if we that book was a half chapter away from them eating a bowl of boiled placenta that's right.
Duncan Trussell This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von · Jun 2023 Where and when it comes up
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How it comes up
16 people who brought it up
- Dana Gioia2 mentions · 1 rec
- Isabel Wilkerson1 mention · 1 rec
- Matt Frederick1 mention · 1 rec
- Richard Werner1 mention · 1 rec
- Alexandra Alter2 mentions
- Michael Shellenberger2 mentions
- Ben Bowlin1 mention
- Duncan Trussell1 mention
- Dwight Garner1 mention
- George Will1 mention
Joe Rogan1 mention
Marianne Williamson1 mention
Why people recommend it
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck is a classic American novel depicting the hardships of Oklahoma families migrating to California during the Great Depression. Dana Gioia spoke about the book on How I Write, calling it one of the greatest American novels for its compelling portrayal of the dignity of the poor and the outcasts, despite any structural imperfections. Similarly, Matt Frederick on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know credited Steinbeck's work with introducing him to the broader struggles of workers caught in oppressive corporate systems. Isabel Wilkerson shared on The Book Review that she read the novel deeply, using it as a foundational template and inspiration for her own writing. Other commentators, including Seyed Mohammad Marandi on Breaking Points, Ben Bowlin and Oz Woloshyn on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, and Trevor Wallace on This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von, invoked the novel to discuss historical and contemporary themes of mass migration, economic depression, desperate labor demands, and unforgettable dramatic scenes in literature. Across multiple podcasts, speakers consistently highlighted the novel's enduring emotional and historical resonance regarding poverty, displacement, and human resilience.
Every mention
Dana Gioia the his only competition there really is probably Jack London if you read The Grapes of Wrath for all of gr… 2
Discussed
“John Steinbeck, if you read The Grapes of Wrath, for all of Grapes of Wrath's imperfections, he has written one of the greatest American novels”
Recommended
“the his only competition there really is probably Jack London if you read The Grapes of Wrath for all of grapes of wrath's imperfections he has written one of the greatest American novels because he's done something that we forget which is he's shown us the Dignity of the poor the Dignity of the outcasts”
Isabel Wilkerson but the book that I would point out as the one that I've read most deeply is a book that has some challenge… 1
Recommended
“but the book that I would point out as the one that I've read most deeply is a book that has some challenges because it has some problematic aspects to it but it is The Grapes of Wrath and I mention The Grapes of Wrath because this was the book that showed me that writing the warmth of the Suns”
Matt Frederick shout out to Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath hugely that's that's the book that that really hipped me to this w… 1
Recommended
“shout out to Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath hugely that's that's the book that that really hipped me to this whole struggle and this whole structure you know”
Richard Werner I mean read the grapes of Roth by yes I have John Steinbeck um you know these are better descriptions of ec… 1
Recommended
“I mean read the grapes of Roth by yes I have John Steinbeck um you know these are better descriptions of economic reality than the economics textbooks”
Alexandra Alter she basically filed the suit because she said that Gail Steinbeck was interfering with her plans to sell th… 2
Discussed
“she basically filed the suit because she said that Gail Steinbeck was interfering with her plans to sell the film rights for East of Eden and Grapes of Wrath”
Discussed
“but stepen Spielberg has optioned The Grapes of Wrath and I it looks like that could if this ever gets resolved go forward”
Michael Shellenberger well remember the remember uh grapes of wrath uh the john steinbeck novel is the oh they came from the dust… 2
Discussed
“well remember the remember uh grapes of wrath uh the john steinbeck novel is the oh they came from the dust bowl in oklahoma”
Discussed
“remember the remember uh grapes of wrath uh the john steinbeck novel is the oh they came from the dust bowl in oklahoma”
Ben Bowlin So, the Okeis is a term we're shouting out the book uh Grapes of Wrath uh which examines the mass migration… 1
Discussed
“So, the Okeis is a term we're shouting out the book uh Grapes of Wrath uh which examines the mass migration of people from Oklahoma who were called Okeis in a porative way by the media of the time.”
Duncan Trussell having you ever read Grapes of Wrath dude if we that book was a half chapter away from them eating a bowl o… 1
Discussed
“having you ever read Grapes of Wrath dude if we that book was a half chapter away from them eating a bowl of boiled placenta that's right”
Dwight Garner I miss not talking about The Grapes of Wrath. I adore that book. 1
Discussed
“I miss not talking about The Grapes of Wrath. I adore that book.”
George Will when the Dust Bowl and the depression this one-two punch hit Oklahoma in John Steinbeck's Great Depression… 1
Discussed
“when the Dust Bowl and the depression this one-two punch hit Oklahoma in John Steinbeck's Great Depression novel Grapes of Wrath the Joad family got up and moved”
Joe Rogan cuz if you go back you know to the beginning of the 20th century and those poor people that were surviving… 1
Discussed
“cuz if you go back you know to the beginning of the 20th century and those poor people that were surviving through the depression and you ever read any books on the depression Grapes of Wrath”
Marianne Williamson Grapes of Wrath yes Grapes of Wrath is one of the the top 100 1
Discussed
“Grapes of Wrath yes Grapes of Wrath is one of the the top 100”
Oz Woloshyn The factory started in Huarez in the in the '60s, but it was in the mid '9s after NAFTA was signed that the… 1
Discussed
“The factory started in Huarez in the in the '60s, but it was in the mid '9s after NAFTA was signed that they really boomed. And you had just this tremendous demand for labor. And a bit like during the the Grapes of Wrath time, there were recruiters going into the interior and saying, 'Come to Huare.'”
Seyed Mohammad Marandi It's sort of like uh The Grapes of Wrath, where people went to California, who moved towards California, ev… 1
Discussed
“It's sort of like uh The Grapes of Wrath, where people went to California, who moved towards California, even though things weren't all that great over there, either.”
Shaan Puri well so i'm also just finished reading this really great book uh do you know who giant steinbeck is no of c… 1
Discussed
“well so i'm also just finished reading this really great book uh do you know who giant steinbeck is no of course you do grapes or wrath”
Trevor Wallace Um I mean there are a couple scenes in pu Grapes of Wrath that kind of like 1
Discussed
“Um I mean there are a couple scenes in pu Grapes of Wrath that kind of like”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker3
Discussed
“Let's say you get word through the grapevine, just like in grapes of wrath that someone is hiring a tremendous amount of workers out west, right?”
Discussed
“Shout out to Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath, hugely, that's the book that really hipped me to this whole struggle and this whole structure, you know?”
Discussed
“Grapes of Wrath and Kill a Mocking Bird not I think the issue is”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (14: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing
“I remember reading Grapes of Wrath, but I feel like Of Mice and Men is one that is so commonly read...”
Passing
“It's not going to get you through the Great Depression. Yeah, no, it's not.”
Passing
“that's how bad it's people don't understand when it goes from grapes to Grapes of Wrath man”
Passing
“Yeah, you can adapt, you can adjust! Have you ever read Grapes of Wrath, dude? That book was a half chapter away from them eating a bowl of boiled placenta!”
Passing
“even like in Grapes of Wrath, remember that book, they breastfed their kids in Grapes of Wrath”
Passing
“even like in Grapes of Wrath / yeah / remember that book / They breastfed their kids in Grapes of Wrath / They breastfed the adults at the end”
Passing
“you know i read grapes of wrath and uh and at the certain point things get so bad they're breastfeeding each other”
Passing
“I mean if they could survive the Depression The Grapes of Wrath [ __ ] in you know the Spanish flu we're gonna be fine”
Passing
“I mean if they could survive the Depression The Grapes of Wrath [ __ ] in you know the Spanish flu”
Passing
“I don't know if you saw any the videos of it but it looked like I don't know it looked like The Grapes of Wrath like dust storm”
Passing
“and in readin [ __ ] Grapes of Wrath at the same time if he did it”
Speaker This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von No Dirty Carrots | This Past Weekend 2019-03-26 Listen at 1:08:42
Passing
“I mean it's like at the end of Grapes of Wrath that lady they got a lady with breasts and she's breastfeeding her own family”
Passing
“not even for sexual reasons but more for like grapes of wrathy type of necessity you know um I remember getting a [__] out here in the desert one time getting a little bit of oral uh some oral pleasure”
Passing
“we're most familiar with them through the novels of John Steinbeck uh The Grapes of Wrath and an earlier one which is Obama's favorite steinback novel in dubious battle which actually figures in olmstead's narrative”