The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America

Season 12022

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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3 Episodes

E01 Secrets & Sins

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.

June 12, 2022

E02 Empires Lost

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.

June 19, 2022

E03 Sin Cities

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.

June 26, 2022

The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America

E01 Secrets & Sins

E02 Empires Lost

E03 Sin Cities

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E01 Secrets & Sins

E02 Empires Lost

E03 Sin Cities