Episode · This Week in Startups · 2022-01-05
Books mentioned on Elizabeth Holmes is guilty, Amazon wins over socialists, Biden sanctions China | E1352
Jason and Molly cover Theranos' Elizabeth Holmes guilty verdict (1:47), how even socialists have admitted that Amazon is the best place many people have ever worked (40:08). To wrap they dig into Biden's new sanctions against China the implications from decoupling our economies (56:16).
Jason Calacanis discussed The Jungle by Upton Sinclair.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Jungle
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is a 1906 novel that serves as a harsh expose of working conditions in Chicago's meatpacking industry during the Gilded Age.
Discussed“that frankly like if bernie and elizabeth want those to change and i think that they do they should stop talking about amazon and talk about those like put a camera in one of those factories for a day like have the new what was what's that famous book about the meatpacking industry the oh oh yeah jungle or something”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing In Cold Blood
“and you know we're talking about the famous book by um john kerry you know which by the way shout out philip seymour hoffman and um bennett miller uh who i knew in new york what a great film uh in cold blood a great book”