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The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America (2022)

Documentary, Drama

75% User score

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.

Series Cast

James M. ReillyAugust Busch
Delbert HuntSelf - Narrator
Zach MeiserBuck Duke
Bart ElliottJulius Schmid
Barbara HahnSelf - Author of Making Tobacco Bright
Sarah MilovSelf - Author of The Cigarette a Political History
Garrett OliverSelf - Editor of The Oxford Companion of Beer
Colin SpoelmanSelf - Master Distiller / Whiskey Historian
Richard ZacksSelf - Author of Island of Vice
Norman ChadSelf - Sportswriter Washington Post
Carey LatimoreSelf - Associate Prof. of History
Natalia Mehlman-PetrzelaSelf - Associate Prof. of History

Current Season

Season 1

2022 · 3 episodes

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