764: Women Brewers
The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters
American Public Media
4.3 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 9 September 2022
⏱️ 53 minutes
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This week, we're exploring the history of women and beermaking. First, Theresa McCulla, curator of The Smithsonian's American Brewing History Initiative, explains why beer is a great lens to examine American history and shares the story of Patsy Young, an early American brewer and fugitive from slavery. Then, Atinuke Akintola Diver talks about her feature-length documentary This Belongs to Us, which follows Black women brewers in the American south and finally, beer Journalist Stephanie Grant of Good Beer Hunting shares her favorite beer and food pairings. You can find her newsletter, The Share, here and on Substack.
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| 0:41.2 | I'm Francis Lamb and this is the Splendid Table from APM. |
| 0:44.4 | So October Fest, the biggest beer festival in the world is starting like any minute now in Germany. |
| 0:59.6 | But today, we're going to talk about beer with a lot less sausage and pretzels. And a lot more |
| 1:05.2 | clarity on who exactly laid the foundation from beer brewing in our country. And to start, |
| 1:10.5 | we have Theresa McCullough, she's a curator at the American Brewing History Initiative |
| 1:15.1 | at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. And you know, I've actually had the pleasure |
| 1:20.0 | of getting a personal tour of this museum. And you know, it's not actually quite like where |
| 1:24.8 | you know, Nicholas Cage would bust in and steal the constitution, but it is where the original |
| 1:29.5 | Kermit, the frog, and like where Julia Child's actual home kitchen are housed. So they take American |
| 1:36.4 | cultural history very seriously. And we're about to learn how much cultural history there is |
| 1:41.9 | that six-packed in your fridge. Painteries, so that's great to have you. Thanks so much for having me. |
| 1:47.9 | So you work at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, which is like the most |
| 1:55.1 | serious institution on the planet. So can you tell me why the museum has a beer historian on staff? |
| 2:03.2 | I mean, I literally have a story around the corner from me with a sign in the window that says |
| 2:07.8 | beer. And I think that's what most people think of it as. So tell me why this subject needs |
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