For all you teetotalers and moonshiners out there in Virginia--an 
opportunity to spill your guts:

This is to announce that production is underway for a new episode of 
"BackStory With the American History Guys," a new call-in radio show 
hosted by Virginia historians Ed Ayers, Brian Balogh, and Peter Onuf 
that brings historical perspective to the events happening around us 
every day (see www.backstoryradio.org for podcast, downloads, and 
e-newsletter). This week we're looking at the history of alcohol 
consumption in America:

"Anyone who’s glanced at a tabloid, sorted wedding photos or attended a 
frat party knows that modern Americans have a tendency to tip the 
bottle. But by history’s standards, we’re teetotalers. In the early 
1800s, the average adult male consumed the equivalent of six shots of 
whiskey per /day/. Even children imbibed! But that doesn’t mean alcohol 
has brought us together — to the contrary, it has reinforced ugly power 
structures, in the domestic sphere as well as the global one. How did 
alcohol become a state-regulated moral issue, rather than simply an 
economic one? When did we start seeing over-consumption as a disease? 
Have we grown more tolerant, or less so, over the course of our history?"

We're looking for callers who want to chat with/ask a question of the 
History Guys about this subject, as well as those who have suggestions 
about scholars or non-scholars who might make good interview guests. 
Please write me ASAP at the address below if you are interested.

Thanks!

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Catherine Moore

Research Assistant
BackStory With the American History Guys
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities Radio
145 Ednam Dr.
Charlottesville, VA 22903
www.backstoryradio.org
434-924-4403

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