The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America

★7.1 2022 1 Season Documentary

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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Actors

James M. Reilly James M. Reilly August Busch
DH Delbert Hunt Self - Narrator
Zach Meiser Zach Meiser Buck Duke
Bart Elliott 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 Norman Chad Self - Sportswriter Washington Post
CL Carey Latimore Self - Associate Prof. of History
NM Natalia Mehlman-Petrzela Self - Associate Prof. of History