Bonus: Moonshine

Sidedoor

Smithsonian Institution

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🗓️ 4 May 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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We’re hard at work producing the next season of Sidedoor, but just in case you can’t get enough Smithsonian podcasts, we’re sharing a special guest episode of AirSpace, from the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. This story is about a truly intoxicating period of American history – Prohibition! In this episode of AirSpace, you’ll learn how banning alcohol in the U.S. gave the fledgling air travel industry the shot it needed to get off the ground. You can subscribe to AirSpace wherever you get your podcasts.

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0:00.0	Not so long ago, in a galaxy about two blocks from here, our esteemed colleagues at the
0:11.2	National Air and Space Museum told a story about pilots smuggling illegal cargo.
0:17.3	And no, I don't mean Han Solo, that stuck up half-wooded scruffy-looking nerf herder.
0:22.2	No, we're talking real-live, boot-legging pilots.
0:25.9	These hooch-smuggling flyboys inadvertently pioneered the commercial airline industry
0:30.2	we know today.
0:31.2	So, we're all working on news stories for the upcoming season of SideDore.
0:35.6	But in honor of May 4th, we're turning to our friends at the National Air and Space
0:39.0	Museum to share a favorite episode of their show, Airspace.
0:43.2	And even if you've never heard Airspace before, you might recognize a familiar voice in
0:47.2	this episode, historian Theresa McCullough.
0:50.2	She helped us tell the story of Pat's young in our episode, The Fugitive Brewer.
0:54.6	And in this episode, she turns her brew-historian expertise from the days of slavery to the time
1:00.0	of prohibition.
1:01.0	So, we hope you'll enjoy this episode of Airspace called Moon Shine.
1:06.2	And of course, May the 4th be with you.
1:11.6	Welcome to a brand new season of Airspace from the National Air and Space Museum, presented
1:16.2	by O.A.
1:17.2	I'm Emily.
1:18.2	I'm Matt, and I'm Nick.
1:19.2	In 1920s, America, flying was beginning to really take off.
1:23.7	And with returning World War I pilots and surplus planes, there was a lot of talent and
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