Beer
Dan Snow's History Hit
History Hit
4.7 • 13.7K Ratings
🗓️ 14 July 2022
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Pint, bottle, schooner, tinny … no matter how you drink it, beer is undeniably a part of social life here in Britain and around the world.
But how did it come to hold this position? Why has this been more true for British men than for British women? And what did beer taste like before mass production and microbiology?
Kate Lister has a pint with author, broadcaster and beer lover Pete Brown to find out.
WARNING this episode includes some fruity language
Produced by Charlotte Long and Sophie Gee. Mixed by Thomas Ntinas.
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| 0:00.0 | By their history at listeners, I probably don't need to tell you about this because everyone |
| 0:03.8 | already appears to be listening to it looking at the chart position. |
| 0:06.7 | But history has got another podcast out called Betwixt of the Sheets. |
| 0:10.8 | It's with Kate Lister, brilliant historian. |
| 0:12.5 | She's grown this podcast many times. |
| 0:14.3 | It's a history of sex, scandal, society. |
| 0:18.8 | The stuff that intrigues Kate Lister with her wonderful mind and will certainly intrigue |
| 0:23.6 | you too. |
| 0:24.6 | It's going crazy. |
| 0:25.6 | Everyone's listening to it. |
| 0:26.6 | Everyone's talking about it. |
| 0:27.6 | Join the gang. |
| 0:28.6 | Betwixt the Sheets. |
| 0:29.6 | Where do you get your pods? |
| 0:31.6 | Hello, it's me as per usual. |
| 0:34.5 | Jumping in here with what I think I'm going to have to call your fair dues warning. |
| 0:38.4 | This is a podcast about the history of sex, scandal, and society. |
| 0:41.5 | So we may be talking about sex, scandal, and society. |
| 0:44.6 | But just occasionally, we may veer into topics that shock you. |
| 0:47.9 | In which case you would have to say fair dues she did give us a warning. |
| 0:51.8 | So this is your fair dues warning. |
| 0:53.8 | We're going to be talking about naughty things. |
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