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Alcohol

Alcohol

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 This series on alcohol explores its historical, scientific, and societal dimensions. The first part delves into the origins and history of alcohol, highlighting its role in ancient civilizations, cultural rituals, and its evolution over time. The second part examines the science of alcohol, its effects on the body and brain, and the balance between its benefits and risks. The final part discusses alcohol's impact on modern society, including cultural trends, public policy, economics, and mental health, while reflecting on its future in a rapidly changing world.Copyright 2025 Inception Point Ai Monde Sciences sociales
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  • Hosted by Barnaby Ellison Thatch Alcohol is a podcast that uncorks the hidden history, culture, and meaning behind humanity’s oldest social

    Hosted by Barnaby Ellison Thatch Alcohol is a podcast that uncorks the hidden history, culture, and meaning behind humanity’s oldest social
    Sep 25 2025
    1 min
  • Alcohol Rituals, Celebrations, and Sacred Traditions

    Alcohol Rituals, Celebrations, and Sacred Traditions
    Sep 25 2025
    "Alcohol" investigates humanity's universal impulse to mark sacred moments with alcohol across cultures and centuries. Host Barnaby Ellison Thatch explores how alcohol serves as a bridge between the sacred and profane, from ancient Sumerian beer offerings to modern wedding toasts. The episode examines religious traditions including Christian communion wine, Islamic symbolic poetry, Hindu soma rituals, and Japanese sake ceremonies. Thatch traces alcohol's role in life-cycle celebrations from birth to death, seasonal festivals, and coming-of-age rituals worldwide. The narrative reveals how alcohol creates sacred time, facilitates community bonding, and connects individuals to ancestral traditions, while also examining contemporary alcohol-free alternatives that preserve ritual meaning without psychoactive effects.
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    27 min
  • Alcohol, Power, and Politics

    Alcohol, Power, and Politics
    Sep 25 2025
    "Alcohol" explores alcohol's profound role as a tool of political power throughout history. Host Barnaby Ellison Thatch examines how rulers from ancient Mesopotamian kings to Winston Churchill wielded alcohol for statecraft, diplomacy, and social control. The episode traces alcohol's political dimensions through Roman banquets, medieval feudal privileges, colonial exploitation, and American Prohibition as a complex coalition of moral reformers and industrial interests. Thatch analyzes contemporary examples including Russian vodka policy, EU wine subsidies, and Islamic prohibition as markers of political legitimacy. The narrative reveals how seemingly personal drinking choices are embedded in larger power structures, demonstrating that alcohol policy reflects fundamental tensions about government authority, individual freedom, and social control across civilizations.
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    24 min
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