The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America (2022)
Synopsis
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.
First Air Date: 2022-06-12
Last Air Date: 2022-06-26
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 3
Networks: History
Top Cast
- James M. Reilly as August Busch
- Delbert Hunt as Self - Narrator
- Zach Meiser as Buck Duke
- Bart Elliott as Julius Schmid
- Barbara Hahn as Self - Author of Making Tobacco Bright
- Sarah Milov as Self - Author of The Cigarette a Political History
- Garrett Oliver as Self - Editor of The Oxford Companion of Beer
- Colin Spoelman as Self - Master Distiller / Whiskey Historian
- Richard Zacks as Self - Author of Island of Vice
- Norman Chad as Self - Sportswriter Washington Post
Seasons
Season 1 (2022)
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Episodes:
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Ep. 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.
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Ep. 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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Ep. 3: Sin Cities
The invention of the luxury resort casino helps birth Sin City; a Harlem woman goes to war for what will become the state lottery system; an alluring magazine like no other is launched; one of the most famous cigarette brands in history is created.
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