The sum of all beers: How the way we booze is changing

The Bunker

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News, Politics, Society & Culture, Government

4.6 • 984 Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Millennials and Gen Z are ditching the booze, while older generations are sticking to the same habits. What does this changing approach to drinking by young people mean? Professor John Holmes of the University of Sheffield joins Ros Taylor to find out what our drinking habits tell us about society as a whole. “Young people are drinking less in most high income countries. They’re either not drinking at all, drinking smaller amounts, and binge drinking less often.” “Across the Covid period, about a quarter of people drank less, about a quarter drank more.” “The Government is getting a political bonus from taxing beer less, but getting a revenue bonus from taxing wine more.” Written and presented by Ros Taylor. Producer: Jet Gerbertson. Assistant producer: Kasia Tomasiewicz. Lead producer: Jacob Jarvis. Bunker music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. Group editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Instagram | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:14.0	In the day...
1:15.0	I mean this is yours. In the Danish movie Another Round, which is currently on Netflix, Mads McKelson and a few other middle-aged men decide to spend their waking hours permanently drunk to see if life gets more exciting.
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1:38.0	Britain is a country steeped in alcohol, the pint, the Scots whiskey, the alka-pop's, but our relationship with it is... the Joining me to talk about how Boosing is changing is Professor John Holmes of the University of Sheffield.
1:56.0	He's director of the Sheffield Alcohol Research Group.
1:59.0	Welcome to the bunker, John.
2:00.0	Hi.
2:01.0	According to 1 NHS stat, about 38% of 16 to 24 year olds said they hadn't had a drink in the past year in
2:07.9	2021.
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