82. Eve Made in the USA: Steinbeck's EAST OF EDEN, Part 1 (S6E6)
82. Eve Made in the USA: Steinbeck's EAST OF EDEN, Part 1 (S6E6)  
Podcast: In Walks a Woman
Published On: Fri Aug 21 2026
Description: In this 600+ page, semi-autobiographical epic by John Steinbeck, the Genesis story unfolds a little in Connecticut and a little in the Salinas Valley in California. Adam (Steinbeck's not subtle) meets a beautiful woman with a complicated but mysterious past...and he instantly makes her into the woman he wants her to be: his Eve. What could go wrong? REFERENCES:Kate Manne Down Girl: The Logic of MisogynyThe Kurt Vonnegut story mentioned is “Adam” from his 1968 collection Welcome to the Monkey House