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The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America

The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America

2022•1h 23m•7.5/10
DocumentaryDrama

Ratings

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7.5/10(2)

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.

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Production

Prometheus Entertainment

Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

June 12, 2022

Last Aired

June 26, 2022

Networks

History

Trailers & Videos

Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
Secrets & Sins
E1
Secrets & Sins
Air date: 2022-06-12
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.
Empires Lost
E2
Empires Lost
Air date: 2022-06-19
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.
Sin Cities
E3
Sin Cities
Air date: 2022-06-26
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.

Cast

James M. Reilly

James M. Reilly

August Busch

Delbert Hunt

Self - Narrator

Zach Meiser

Zach Meiser

Buck Duke

Bart Elliott

Bart Elliott

Julius Schmid

Barbara Hahn

Self - Author of Making Tobacco Bright

Sarah Milov

Self - Author of The Cigarette a Political History

Garrett Oliver

Self - Editor of The Oxford Companion of Beer

Colin Spoelman

Self - Master Distiller / Whiskey Historian

Richard Zacks

Self - Author of Island of Vice

Norman Chad

Norman Chad

Self - Sportswriter Washington Post

Carey Latimore

Self - Associate Prof. of History

Natalia Mehlman-Petrzela

Self - Associate Prof. of History

Jesse Dupree

Jesse Dupree

Self - Entrepreneur

Maureen Ogle

Self - Author of Ambitious Brew: The Story of American Beer

Samara B. Davis

Fouder Black Bourbon Society

Adam Harper

Adam Harper

Adolphus Busch

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