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Prohibition
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63 minutes
Released:
Mar 21, 2022
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Description
For thirteen years from 1920, the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic drinks was banned in the USA. The age of prohibition was a rowdy time: enlivened by jazz and wild parties; darkened by violence and lawlessness. But how did it come about? Who were its heroes and villains? And how did it change the face of the country it sought to purify?
This is a Short History of Prohibition.
Written by Danny Marshall. With thanks to Daniel Okrent, author of Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition.
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This is a Short History of Prohibition.
Written by Danny Marshall. With thanks to Daniel Okrent, author of Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Mar 21, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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