The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America (2022)

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.

The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America

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James M. Reilly

James M. Reilly

as August Busch

as Self - Narrator

as Julius Schmid

as Self - Author of Making Tobacco Bright

as Self - Author of The Cigarette a Political History

as Self - Editor of The Oxford Companion of Beer

as Self - Master Distiller / Whiskey Historian

as Self - Author of Island of Vice

as Self - Sportswriter Washington Post

as Self - Associate Prof. of History

Natalia Mehlman-Petrzela

Natalia Mehlman-Petrzela

as Self - Associate Prof. of History

as Self - Entrepreneur

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

Samara B. Davis

Samara B. Davis

as Fouder Black Bourbon Society

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Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

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