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Topic: Prohibition

Prohibition was a nationwide ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages in the United States from 1920 to 1933.

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The podcast episodes delve into various aspects of Prohibition, including the societal factors that led to its enactment, the rise of organized crime and bootlegging to circumvent the law, and the eventual repeal of the 18th Amendment.

Episode 159: Scofflaws, Moonshiners, Bootleggers, and Crime Lords explores the criminal underground that flourished during Prohibition, with notorious gangsters like George Remus, Legs Diamond, and Lucky Luciano profiting from the black market for alcohol.

Similarly, Episode 158: Prohibition - So You Wanna Be a Rum Runner? follows the story of legendary rumrunner Bill McCoy and the smuggling operations between the Bahamas and the United States.

The podcast also delves into the history of the temperance movement and the passage of the 18th Amendment in Episode 157: Temperance, Prohibition, and the Path to the 18th Amendment.

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