East of Eden
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East of Eden

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 7, 202622 min
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A new series on Netflix is taking a bold crack at the American classic. Maybe you read John Steinbeck’s East of Eden in school. Or maybe you’ve seen the very loosely-adapted film starring James Dean. Anchored by a fantastic Florence Pugh performance, this new adaptation follows multiple generations of the Trask family. The series is an epic retelling of their story that offers a fresh perspective for new audiences. Looking for more adaptations of classic literature? Check out these episodes: Little House on the Prairie ‘Lord of the Flies’ gets the Netflix treatment Only Gui...

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Sloan and Faith Salley about the journalists who were banned this week from the White House.

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This week on Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, we talk with our panel, Josh Gombelman, Dulce Sloan and Faith Salley about the journalists who were banned this week from the White House. You think they were really sad or is it one of them days it was like a snow day as a kid? Yeah. They were probably just forgetting what stale Big Mac smells like.

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Don't miss our full conversation and the rest of our games. Listen to the Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me podcast on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts. Listen, I've been on the East of Eden is better than Grapes of Wrath train. Okay.

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For like 15 years. Sure, sure. Nobody believed me. Nobody believed me.

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