Cheers and Jeers: Alcohol in America [rebroadcast]

A new year has dawned, and we’re willing to bet that Americans
across the nation are fighting off hangovers after ringing it in
with a drink—or three. On this episode of BackStory, we’re raising
our glasses to the long history of alcohol in America. The Guys
will consider how and why the consumption and production of alcohol
have ebbed and flowed throughout the centuries. We’ll learn how rum
became the drink of choice among revolutionary troops, explore why
Native Americans were rejecting alcohol two centuries before the
rest of the country, and follow the long march toward
Prohibition.

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