Podcasts that mention 📚 The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

I mean, this sounds like the kind of stuff that Upton Sinclair wrote about in 'The Jungle' like back, you know what I mean?

Matt mentions 'The Jungle' by Upton Sinclair as he draws a parallel between the horrific conditions of a pork production facility discussed by a listener and the appalling working and living conditions depicted in the book. He suggests that the listener's descriptions are reminiscent of the early-20th century meat-packing plants that Sinclair famously exposed.

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Oh man, it was like Upton Sinclair's The Jungle right before my little 13-year-old eyes.

Podcast host Josh references Upton Sinclair's 'The Jungle' to illustrate the shocking and dreadful conditions he observed at a restaurant where he worked as a 13-year-old busboy.

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They're certainly not really old, because at least in the United States, it wasn't until that book you mentioned, The Jungle, was published in 1905 that people like really sat up and took notice, and Congress acted almost immediately and passed the Pure Food and Drug Act the next year.

In this segment, podcast host Josh mentions the book 'The Jungle', highlighting its significant impact on public awareness and legislative action, specifically the passing of the Pure Food and Drug Act shortly after its release in 1905.

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That's the impact that Upton Sinclair's The Jungle had.

Podcast host Josh discusses the impact of Upton Sinclair's book 'The Jungle,' emphasizing its significant influence on the Pure Food and Drug Act.

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But my reading teacher was also the social studies teacher, and I guess that explains why all of our reading lists included Animal Farm, Hiroshima, All Quiet on the Western Front, and you know it. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is a powerful book.

In a listener's email, the hosts read about books featured on a reading list from eighth grade, highlighting 'The Jungle' by Upton Sinclair. The email illustrates the impact of the teacher’s unique approach to combining subjects, showcasing how these influential books shaped the students' learning experiences.

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Like you said, he was a hardcore socialist and a writer who wrote the very famous book The Jungle about... Well, most people who have never read The Jungle probably say, 'Yeah, it's about exposing the meatpacking in Chicago, right?'

In this segment, the podcast hosts discuss 'The Jungle' by Upton Sinclair, highlighting its critical role in revealing the unsanitary conditions of the meatpacking industry in Chicago. They explain how this influential book led to significant reforms in food safety regulations, making it directly relevant to their episode’s focus on food regulation changes.

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So after he wrote The Jungle, he wrote this like similar book; it’s non-fiction instead of fiction, I guess, but he basically writes an expose of early 20th Century media.

The guest discusses Upton Sinclair's impactful work 'The Jungle', mentioning that after this novel, Sinclair wrote a non-fiction book that serves as an expose on early 20th century media, comparing the two works.

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