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Podcast: This Day (An America 250 History Show)
Episode: Upton Sinclair's Epic Run For Governor (1933)
Description: It’s September 7th. This day in 1933, journalist Upton Sinclair launches a campaign for California governor.
Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss why Sinclair turned to politics after enormous success and influence as a muckraking journalist — and how his radical progressive campaign found a large audience.
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