The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life

On this week’s show, I talk to the literary historian Bill Savage about the re-release of George Ade's 1931 classic, breezy history of drinking culture in America.

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George Ade

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Watch and hear Bill's rant against the term dive bar.

Should Prohibition be repealed? (illustration from The Old Time Saloon)

 

Direct download: The_Drunken_Odyssey_Episode_236.mp3
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