Sep 3, 2026 · 1 hr · 15 segments
Upton Sinclair spent about seven months in the Chicago stockyards, dressed as worker, making notes about poor working conditions, corrupt bosses, unsanitary conditions, and inhumane slaughter. And in…
Jesse DukesHostChris BaggHostAnd now was one to believe that there was nowhere a god of hogs to whom this hog personality was precious, to whom these hog squeals and agonies had a meaning? Who would take this hog into his arms and comfort him, reward him for his work well done, and show him the meaning of his sacrifice? Perhaps some glimpse of all this was in the thoughts of our humble-minded Jurgis as he turned to go out with the rest of the party and muttered, "'Deve, but I'm glad I'm not a hog,'
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