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EPISODE · Aug 5, 2015

The Women Behind the Whiskey

from Modern Notion · host Emma Morgenstern

This hour we’re talking to Fred Minnick, author of two books about whiskey: Whiskey Women (Potomac Books, October 2013) and Bourbon Curious (Zenith Press, August 2015). After covering a women’s military unit in Iraq as a journalist, Minnick was inspired to report on more stories about women’s history. In Whiskey Women, he recounts women’s roles…

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This hour were talking to Fred Minnick, author of two books about whiskey: Whiskey Women (Potomac Books, October 2013) and Bourbon Curious (Zenith Press, August 2015). After covering a womens military unit in Iraq as a journalist, Minnick was inspired to report on more stories about womens history. In Whiskey Women, he recounts womens roles in the whiskey industry, from the first Sumerian women to brew beer to Marge Samuels, the woman who revolutionized Makers Mark bourbon. Music this hour: “Forgiven Not Forgotten” by Jahzzar, from the album Kuddelmuddel Railroads Whiskey Co by Jahzzar, from the album Home (Excerpt) “Soldiertype (militarised)” by Ketsa, from the album What’s Without’s Within

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