Episode · Stuff They Don't Want You To Know · 2024-12-20
Books mentioned on Listener Mail: Pork Skyscrapers, Star Wars, EMDR Therapy | STUFF THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW
Mentioned: 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 searing 1906 naturalist novel exposing the appalling working conditions, exploitation of laborers, and unsanitary practices within Chicago's meatpacking industry during the Gilded Age.
Discussed“I mean, this sounds like the kind of stuff that Upton Sinclair wrote about in 'The Jungle' like back, you know what I mean?”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Omnivore's Dilemma
“I will stand on this hill omnivores dilemma aside shout out to the author Michael Poland uh the the idea of speciesism is very real”
Passing The Omnivore's Dilemma
“Yet I hold firm; I will stand on this hill, omnivore's dilemma aside, shout out to the author Michael Pollan, the idea of speciesism is very real and is impacting a world that is still wrestling with the dwindling biodiversity on the planet right now.”