Was Prohibition really the Gilded Age utopia that it's made out to be? In this episode: Cocktail innovation happening in unlikely places under unlikely circumstances. We feature the Bees Knees and the Bloody Mary.Further Reading:A Spiritous Journey by Jared Brown and Anistatia Miller"A Study of the Great Immoralities: Saloons in Chicago Before WWI" Ohio State University"Bootleggers and Bathtub Gin" The Mob MuseumLost Recipes of Prohibition: Notes From a Bootlegger's Manual by Matthew RowleyProhibition's Greatest Myths: The Distilled Truth About America's Anti-Alcohol Crusade, Edited by Michael Lewis & Richard F. HammSmashing the Liquor Machine: A Global History of Prohibition by Mark Lawrence Schrad"The Dangers of Common Ownership in an Uncommon Industry" by Jessica Starns Attorney At Law, LLC"The FBI and the American Gangster, 1924-1938" The Federal Bureau of Investigation"The Man in the Green Hat" The United States SenateSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices