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John Horgan and George Johnson discuss, with reference to Katherine Boo’s Behind the Beautiful Forevers and John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath. Plus: Things bite back.
Recorded:Dec 31
Posted:Dec 17, 2012
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