The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America
★ 7.5•2022•1 Seasons•
DocumentaryDrama
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.
Top Cast
James M. Reilly
August Busch
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Delbert Hunt
Self - Narrator
Zach Meiser
Buck Duke
Bart Elliott
Julius Schmid
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Barbara Hahn
Self - Author of Making Tobacco Bright
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Sarah Milov
Self - Author of The Cigarette a Political History
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Garrett Oliver
Self - Editor of The Oxford Companion of Beer
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Colin Spoelman
Self - Master Distiller / Whiskey Historian
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Richard Zacks
Self - Author of Island of Vice
Norman Chad
Self - Sportswriter Washington Post
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Carey Latimore
Self - Associate Prof. of History
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Natalia Mehlman-Petrzela
Self - Associate Prof. of History
Jesse Dupree
Self - Entrepreneur
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Maureen Ogle
Self - Author of Ambitious Brew: The Story of American Beer
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Samara B. Davis
Fouder Black Bourbon Society
Episodes
1. Secrets & Sins
Jack Daniel pioneers American whiskey; Adolphus Busch creates an iconic beer; Buck Duke innovates the modern cigarette; Julius Schmid skirts the law selling his new condoms…all while the temperance movement rises to battle against them.
Aired: 6/12/2022
2. Empires Lost
One of the richest men in the world may lose his tobacco empire; alcohol titans fight for their lives against the growing threat of prohibition; New York City becomes ground zero in the battle to legalize contraception.
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