Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2022-02-10
Books mentioned on George Shea: Hot Dog Villain
Jamie Loftus is joined by Robert Evans to discuss George Shea the founder of Major League Eating who popularized the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.
Jamie Loftus 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“Uh, to this day it's like you know, you've got Upton Sinclair reporting on meat packing in the jungle, right? And then you've also got as recently as last year, there were those meat packing scandals”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
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