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Bohemians, Bootleggers, and Bogus Bottles: A History of Absinthe

11/21/2024 • 20 min

Journalist and food writer Evan Rail considers himself a beer guy, but when a mysterious bright green spirit started shaking up the scene in the Czech Republic (where he lives) in the 1990s, he knew he had to learn more. His latest book “The Absinthe Forger: A True Story of Deception, Betrayal, and The World’s Most Dangerous Spirit” looks back at the history o… Play episode

The Integratron
St. Paul Island vs. the Rat
The Internet, IRL
We want your stories of places you're grateful for!
The Wren’s Nest (Classic)
Nate DiMeo’s Personal Memory Palace
Malaria Bat Roosts
The Sul Ross Desk
San Juan Sounds (Classic)
Weed Week: The International Church of Cannabis
Weed Week: San Francisco Cannabis Buyers’ Club
Weed Week: Jirzankal Cemetery
Weed Week: Dope Lake
Weed Week: Get Inside the CannaVan
Spooky Week: The Gray Man (Classic)
Spooky Week: The Story of the Mad Gasser with Colin Dickey
Spooky Week: Places That Give Us the Creeps
Spooky Week: No More Scary Stories at Camp
Spooky Week: Elmer McCurdy’s Nine Lives
The Smallest Mollusk Museum (Classic)
Living on Mars
The South's Hidden Confessional
Aftel Archive of Curious Scents
Bessie Stringfield, Motorcycle Queen of Miami
The Divorce Colony (Classic)
The Hogs of Ossabaw Island
Skinny Houses
A Visit to the Reptile Super Show with Jacob Wysocki
The Places We Loved and Lost
The Stanley Hotel (Classic)
Phone Booth on a Roof (Classic)
The Most (and Least) Accessible Travel Destinations with Cory Lee
Spruce Pine, Global Chokepoints, and the Future of Manufacturing
Screeching Like Seagulls
Spacing Out in South Korea
It's Spooky Season! We want to hear your stories
Mini Golfing in Myrtle Beach (Classic)
Studying the World’s Largest Parrot Colony with Juan Masello
The Diefenbunker
The Goose Who Wore Nikes
An Update on California’s Jurupa Oak
Carhenge (Classic)
Small Town, Big Story: The Pennsic Wars of Slippery Rock, PA
Small Town, Big Story: Heating Up in Thermopolis, WY
Small Town, Big Story: The Giant Omelet of Abbeville, LA
Small Town, Big Story: The Storytellers of Jonesborough, TN
Enchanted Hart Haus (Classic)
Our Material World with Ed Conway
Pining for the Places We Can No Longer Eat

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