The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America

The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America

20221h 23m1 seasonDocumentary, Drama

7.5

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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Cast

James M. Reilly

James M. ReillyAugust Busch

Delbert HuntSelf - Narrator

Zach Meiser

Zach MeiserBuck Duke

Bart Elliott

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 Chad

Norman ChadSelf - Sportswriter Washington Post

Carey LatimoreSelf - Associate Prof. of History

Natalia Mehlman-PetrzelaSelf - Associate Prof. of History

Jesse Dupree

Jesse DupreeSelf - Entrepreneur

Maureen OgleSelf - Author of Ambitious Brew: The Story of American Beer

Samara B. DavisFouder Black Bourbon Society

Adam Harper

Adam HarperAdolphus Busch