The people had spoken: They wanted beer, and they wanted it now, but not just for drinking. Protestors wanted the jobs that came with breweries, and the country was desperate from the money that could come from alcohol taxes. As quickly as temperance organizations sprang up in the decade before, anti-Prohibition organizations appeared in every city. But, a c ... Show More
Mar 2018
Prohibition | Interview with Lillian Cunningham | 7
<p>Do you know the record for the longest ratification period of any constitutional amendment? Lillian Cunningham did. She’s an editor with the Washington Post, host of two outstanding American History podcasts, Presidential and Constitutional, and she’s our guest today. </p ... Show More
32m 35s
Mar 2018
The Age of Jackson | Washington Burns | 1
<p>In August 1814, the White House burned. A fire that would eventually consume the entire nation in Civil War was already burning. This is Antebellum America.</p><p>This is the adolescence of the United States, when the country grew at tremendous speed, and when fundamental ques ... Show More
35m 3s
Apr 2018
The Age of Jackson | Good Feelings | 2
<p>In the summer of 1817, President James Monroe toured the country in an effort to unite the ever-growing United States, torn between bitter political battles that overshadowed national conflict.</p><p>To Monroe, the nation seemed ready “to get back into the great family of the ... Show More
31m 50s
Aug 2021
Sexism in the alcohol industry
Women in the drinks industry share their stories to try to change the way women are treated in pubs, clubs and bars. After many shared stories of harassment in craft breweries, the consensus is: enough is enough. Charlotte Cook, an experienced brewer, says the most important thin ... Show More
17m 28s
Dec 2023
Reimagining Recovery (Holly Whitaker): ADDICTION
<p>“For years, I was asking myself whether or not I was an alcoholic versus really asking myself whether or not alcohol was actually providing any benefit to me. And for me, it was just like, This realization when I stopped drinking that I had been asking the wrong question for m ... Show More
53m 24s
May 2024
This Is a Very Weird Moment in the History of Drug Laws
<p>Drug policy feels very unsettled right now. The war on drugs was a failure. But so far, the war on the war on drugs hasn’t entirely been a success, either.</p><p>Take Oregon. In 2020, it became the first state in the nation to decriminalize hard drugs. It was a paradigm shift ... Show More
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