The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America

The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America

7.5
83 min
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.

Seasons

Sign in to track which episodes you've watched and continue where you left off

Cast

James M. Reilly

August Busch

DH

Delbert Hunt

Self - Narrator

Zach Meiser

Buck Duke

Bart Elliott

Julius Schmid

BH

Barbara Hahn

Self - Author of Making Tobacco Bright

SM

Sarah Milov

Self - Author of The Cigarette a Political History

GO

Garrett Oliver

Self - Editor of The Oxford Companion of Beer

CS

Colin Spoelman

Self - Master Distiller / Whiskey Historian

RZ

Richard Zacks

Self - Author of Island of Vice

Norman Chad

Self - Sportswriter Washington Post

Videos

The Booze, Bets And Sex That Built America | Three-Part Series Premieres June 12 at 8/7c | HISTORY