130A-Jungle Book: Welcome to the Jungle

Myths and Legends

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser

Fiction, History, Arts, Books

4.8 • 25.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2018

⏱️ 34 minutes

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0:00.0	This week on Myths and Legends, it's the story of the Jungle Book, where we'll see that
0:05.1	basically every animal has a law degree and that school is so much tougher if your teacher
0:09.6	is an angry bear.
0:11.2	On the crutch of the week, if you're going to go meet with Malaysian Bigfoot, you'll
0:14.6	see why you'll want to bring your fancy cookware.
0:22.6	This is Myths and Legends, episode 130A.
0:26.4	Welcome to the Jungle.
0:31.9	This is a podcast where I tell stories from mythology and folklore.
0:35.2	Some are incredibly popular stories you think you know, but with surprising origins, others
0:39.8	are stories that might be new to you, but are definitely worth listening.
0:43.7	As I said last week, today's story is neither a myth nor a legend, though it shares many
0:48.0	elements with Myths and Legends.
0:49.7	It's been requested countless times for this podcast, not fictional, so I figured I'd
0:55.0	give it a look.
0:56.0	And I really liked it.
0:57.0	It was my first time reading the original, and I was surprised by its exploration of belonging,
1:01.9	isolation, family and justice.
1:04.5	But with talking animals, it comes from a book called, Well, The Jungle Book.
1:10.0	Published in 1894 by English writer, Rueier Kipling.
1:13.7	Kipling is born in India, educated in England, and then returned to Bombay at 16, when he
1:18.9	couldn't get into Oxford.
1:20.5	Of note, is the fact that in the text, when the animals with the jungle are referring
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