The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America
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Season 1
Episode 1
Secrets & Sins
Sun Jun 12 2022
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Jack Daniel pioneers American whiskey; Adolphus Busch creates an iconic beer; Buck Duke innovates the modern cigarette; Julius Schmid skirts the law selling his new condoms…all while the temperance movement rises to battle against them.
Episode 2
Empires Lost
Sun Jun 19 2022
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One of the richest men in the world may lose his tobacco empire; alcohol titans fight for their lives against the growing threat of prohibition; New York City becomes ground zero in the battle to legalize contraception.
Episode 3
Sin Cities
Sun Jun 26 2022
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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.