The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America
TV Show2022•1sa 23dk•star7.5(2)•trending_up1
DocumentaryDrama
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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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StatusEnded
First AiredJune 12, 2022
Last AiredJune 26, 2022
Episode Runtime1sa 23dk
Seasons1
Episodes3
TypeDocumentary
Origin CountryUnited States
Original LanguageEnglish
Spoken LanguagesEnglish
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Last Episode
S1 E3 • 6/26/2022
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.
Cast
Featured Cast
James M. Reilly
August Busch
Delbert Hunt
Self - Narrator
Zach Meiser
Buck Duke
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
Self - Sportswriter Washington Post
Carey Latimore
Self - Associate Prof. of History
Natalia Mehlman-Petrzela
Self - Associate Prof. of History
