Episode 531: David Grann
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The Weyter
In The Weyter, I got very close to the essence of each of these people. And one of the things that fascinated me about them was that each had their own very distinctive ambitions and dreams. They were gravitating toward John Bokely, the gunner who on a ship could have become a captain because he wasn't from the aristocracy. So there's a genuine class struggle, even if it's not referred to in those terms on the island.
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