In the premiere episode of The Oxford Comment, Lauren and Michelle talk to Benjamin Carp about the drinking habits of the Founding Fathers and visit brewmaster Garrett Oliver at the Brooklyn Brewery.
Featured in this podcast:
- Rebels Rising: Cities and the American Revolution by Benjamin L. Carp
- Fraunces Tavern in New York City
- City Tavern in Philadelphia
- The Oxford Companion to Beer edited by Garrett Oliver, forthcoming Fall 2011
- Music from Ben Daniels Band – Like them on Facebook!
Special thanks to Paul Harrington, Max Sinsheimer, Grace Labatt, Pat Mack, Bill Murphy, Charles Hodgson, “Jon,” and the Super-Secret-Listening-Focus-Group-Club.
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Headline image credit: The Bostonian’s paying the excise-man, or tarring & feathering. Library of Congress.
The cities of eighteenth-century America packed together tens of thousands of colonists, who met each other in back rooms and plotted political tactics, debated the issues of the day in taverns, and mingled together on the wharves or in the streets. In
What a fantastic inaugural piece! I think the mix of history, pop culture and technical beer jargon was really effective.
Michelle, Lauren, superlative job putting this together. You are truly old souls (podcasticly speaking).
Great topic, great piece! From Benjamin Franklin to babies in a brewery. Nice.
Just about the right length to keep me mentally occupied on the way to work! And a smart move to stay clear of commenting on “weird” or “obscure” vocabulary – much better to focus on vox populi than verba obscura.
Cheers! And “bottoms up.”
Great start to your podcasting career. I’m looking forward to your next.
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