The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America

Nan
1h 23m
2022
7.5 /10 (2)

Overview

Divulges surprising origin stories of the American alcohol, gambling, sex, and tobacco industries and the ambitiously notorious entrepreneurs who built some of history's biggest fortunes on the nation's cravings.

Country : US
Languages : en
Last Air Date:2022-06-26
Created by :Not Available

Seasons

Season 1
2022-06-12

Episodes

Episode: 1Secrets & Sins
S01
E01
2022-06-12
Episode: 2Empires Lost
S01
E02
2022-06-19
Episode: 3Sin Cities
S01
E03
2022-06-26

Series Cast

James M. Reilly

August Busch

Delbert Hunt

Self - Narrator

Zach Meiser

Buck Duke

Bart Elliott

Julius Schmid

Barbara Hahn

Self - Author of Making Tobacco Bright

Sarah Milov

Self - Author of The Cigarette a Political History

Garrett Oliver

Self - Editor of The Oxford Companion of Beer

Colin Spoelman

Self - Master Distiller / Whiskey Historian

Richard Zacks

Self - Author of Island of Vice

Norman Chad

Self - Sportswriter Washington Post

Carey Latimore

Self - Associate Prof. of History

Natalia Mehlman-Petrzela

Self - Associate Prof. of History

Jesse Dupree

Self - Entrepreneur

Maureen Ogle

Self - Author of Ambitious Brew: The Story of American Beer

Samara B. Davis

Fouder Black Bourbon Society

Adam Harper

Adolphus Busch

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