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Jan 2024
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Episode 52: The First Uniquely American ...

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On episode 52, Charles talks to Peter Suderman about cocktails. Among the topics discussed are: What is a cocktail? When were they invented? How have they changed over time? What is the 'cocktail renaissance'? How have laws affected their production or development? And how did Peter get into this in the first place?

The dial-up tone in the introduction was recorded by lintphishx and is used under a CC 3.0 License.

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