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PROHIBITION: WHO IS TO BLAME? (LIVE!)

The Alarmist

The Alarmist

Comedy, History, Society & Culture

4.42K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2020

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

This week, The Alarmist goes LIVE to discuss Prohibition! Rebecca is joined by Special Guest Matt Gourley, Fact Checker Chris Smith, Producer Amanda Lund and Alarmy General Clayton Early. Also, THE ALARMY themselves chime in with their opinions on who is to blame. Guest Expert, Dr. Mark Lawrence Schrad, associate professor of political science at Villanova University and the author of the forthcoming book Smashing the Liquor Machine: A Global History of Prohibition pops in to give his opinion! 


On the board this week: Alcohol Abuse, Evil Saloon Keepers, Capitalism, Women, Al Capone, Intoxicated Masculinity, Anti-Saloon League and….WHALES?


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0:00.0

This is a passenger announcement. You can now book your train on Uber and get 10% back in credits to spend on Uber eats.

0:11.0

So you can order your own fries instead of eating everyone else's.

0:15.0

Trains, now on Uber. T's and C's apply.

0:20.0

Check the Uber app. An Eriios Original.

0:25.0

I was born with a special gift.

0:30.0

The ability to mentally transform any situation into the worst case scenario in my own

0:39.2

brain. My therapist calls my gift catastrophizing.

0:45.0

And that's why I'm uniquely qualified to scrutinize and analyze history's greatest disasters.

0:51.0

And find out who's to blame.

0:57.0

They say history repeats itself.

0:59.0

Not on my watch.

1:01.0

My name is Rebecca Delgado Smith and I am the alarmist.

1:07.0

Hey Larmi! Hey Larmi! Hey, Army. Welcome to the Alarmus Live. Thank you so much for joining us today.

1:19.0

We are going to be talking about who's to blame for prohibition.

1:24.5

Now here's what you need to know.

1:28.2

In the 19th century, the United States

1:31.0

had a very big problem in their hands.

1:34.6

Alcohol.

1:38.1

While it was always a part of American life,

1:41.7

the pilgrims brought beer with them on the Mayflower.

1:44.8

By the 1830s, people consumed three times the amount of alcohol that we do today.

1:51.2

It was commonplace for men to gather at their local taverns, drink away their life

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