The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America

The read

The series ran 1 season across 3 episodes and has finished, so there is no cliffhanger risk. Streaming on Netflix.

Synopsis

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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Key crew

• Brian BursteinWriter
• Natasha KermaniDirector

Cast

• James M. ReillyAugust Busch
• Delbert HuntSelf - Narrator
• Zach MeiserBuck Duke
• 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 ChadSelf - Sportswriter Washington Post
• Carey LatimoreSelf - Associate Prof. of History
• Natalia Mehlman-PetrzelaSelf - Associate Prof. of History

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