Greg Jenner is joined by historian Prof Sarah Churchwell and comedian Kemah Bob in 1920s USA to follow the implementation and after effects of Prohibition. From Bootleggers, Wet’s and Dry’s, Speakeasy’s and Rum Rows, take a look at the origins of the Prohibition Laws and how a movement designed to encourage temperance backfired on the nation entirely. Produced by Cornelius Mendez Script by Greg Jenner and Emma Nagouse Research by Tim Galsworthy The Athletic production for BBC Radio 4
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Do you go to the tip?
Believe it or not, yeah, I do.
Do you go to the supermarket?
No.
You know when all the shirts started getting tight on the players and they started selling them like that to the general public?
Yeah.
Yeah.
And everyone looked like sausages.
My mate's a footballer with me, Patrick Bamford and Joe Wilkinson.
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Hello and welcome to you're dead to me, a radio four history podcast for everyone.
For people who don't like history, do like history, or people who forgot to learn any at school.
My name is Greg Jenner.
I'm a public historian, author and broadcaster, and I'm the chief nerd on the BBC comedy show Horrible Histories.
You may have heard my other podcast, Homeschool history, but that's mostly for the kids.
On this podcast, we serve up a refreshing cocktail of laughs and facts that won't leave you with a hangover the next morning.
And if you've listened to some of our previous episodes, you'll know that we're rounding off series three with five episodes on american history.
And today we are journeying back to the 1920s and early thirties to learn all about the prohibition era in the United States of America.