The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America

The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America
Premiere	June 12, 2022
Finale	June 26, 2022
Network/Provider	History
Style	60-minute docuseries
Company	Lucky 8, Smash Awesome Entertainment
Episodes	3
Origin	USA
Official Site	History

An extension of History's popular That Built franchise, The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America 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. Each two-hour episode is packed with scintillating historical facts, riveting drama, expert interviews and compelling characters who operate on both sides of the law. It's a little dangerous, a little taboo, and a lot of fun!

Throughout the course of nearly a hundred years in the 19th and 20th centuries, the fight over alcohol, gambling, sex, and tobacco defines the American cultural experience and helps the country come of age. It is a time when condoms are illegal, smoking is pervasive, and alcohol is made illegal then legalized again; the great debate rages between the freedom to indulge and protection from the chaos of debauchery. From the 1860s to the 1930s and beyond, this series looks at innovators like Jasper "Jack" Daniel, Adolphus Busch, Buck Duke, Julius Schmid, Stephanie St. Clair and others who bring these pleasures out of the shadows and into the mainstream to build some of the biggest commercial empires in American history. Their successes and failures also lay the groundwork for the state lottery system, the Sexual Revolution and Sin City itself.

Episodes

#	Title			Airdate
1	Secrets & Sins			June 12, 2022
2	Empires Lost			June 19, 2022
3	Sin Cities			June 26, 2022

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