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The Jungle

Book • 1905
Published in 1906, 'The Jungle' follows the life of Lithuanian immigrant Jurgis Rudkus and his family as they navigate the brutal realities of working-class life in Chicago's meatpacking district, known as Packingtown.

The novel highlights issues such as public health hazards, extreme poverty, and the cruel treatment of workers and animals.

Despite Sinclair's intention to expose labor abuses, the public reaction primarily focused on the sanitation issues in the meatpacking industry, leading to significant legislative changes, including the passage of the U.S.

Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act.

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Mentioned in 36 episodes

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Daniel Barcay
as an example of how society confronts harms caused by industries.
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David Mamet
when discussing Chicagoan authors.
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David Mamet
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Cindy Kam
when discussing the impact of disgust on decision-making and public policy.
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Mackenzie Martin
as a book that impacted the public's perception of ground beef.
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Liv Boeree
when discussing the impact of factory farming.
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#40 - Lewis Bollard - How to End Factory Farming
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Jonah Goldberg
as the book Upton Sinclair is known for.
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Your Stuff Is Mine Now | Solo
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Blindboyboatclub
while discussing the meat industry in Chicago.
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Krystal Ball
in the context of discussing the history of American industrialization and worker treatment.
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Robert Barnes
to describe the state of the corporatized industrialization of food.
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Rund Abdelfatah
as the book Upton Sinclair was researching while based at Hull House.
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The Woman Behind The New Deal
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Phil Gramm
, discussing its inaccuracies regarding the Chicago slaughter industry.
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Reagan Rolls Over
Mentioned by Greg Mitchell, who wanted a socialist revolution led by Upton Sinclair in the United States.
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Nihilists on Parade
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Anya Steinberg
in the context of his gubernatorial campaign and the EPIC plan.
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California's 'Bum Blockade'
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Rhiannon Hamam
while discussing the impact of Upton Sinclair's novel on food safety regulations.
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Wayne Hsiung
, referencing Upton Sinclair's fieldwork in Chicago which inspired the book.
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WAYNE HSIUNG: the legal challenges of animal liberation
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Michael Moynihan
as an example of journalism from the early progressive era.
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Semafor EIC Ben Smith on populist conspiracy and new media elites | The Moynihan Report
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Larry Arnn
as a very important progressive tract that describes the meatpacking industry in Chicago and the squalor of the people who worked in it.
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Larry Arnn: The Progressive Assault on the American Idea
Mentioned by Thomas when talking about agrarian slavery.
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Continental Philosophy and Its Origins - Episode 1-10 w/ Thomas777
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Doug Mack
in the context of the Pure Food and Drug Act and food purity concerns in 1906.
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What's on the Menu in 1906? (Best of Proof Travel Edition)

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