About
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.
Cast
James M. Reilly
as August Busch
Delbert Hunt
as Self - Narrator
Zach Meiser
as Buck Duke
Bart Elliott
as Julius Schmid
Barbara Hahn
as Self - Author of Making Tobacco Bright
Sarah Milov
as Self - Author of The Cigarette a Political History
Garrett Oliver
as Self - Editor of The Oxford Companion of Beer
Colin Spoelman
as Self - Master Distiller / Whiskey Historian
Richard Zacks
as Self - Author of Island of Vice
Norman Chad
as Self - Sportswriter Washington Post
Carey Latimore
as Self - Associate Prof. of History
Natalia Mehlman-Petrzela
as Self - Associate Prof. of History
Jesse Dupree
as Self - Entrepreneur
Maureen Ogle
as Self - Author of Ambitious Brew: The Story of American Beer
Samara B. Davis
as Fouder Black Bourbon Society
Adam Harper
as Adolphus Busch
Seasons
Episodes
Season 1
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.
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.
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.
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