It makes perfect sense that a comedy podcast would cover this week’s topic, because prohibition was a joke. If you’re not familiar with the story behind the bootlegging, moon shining, home-brewing chaos of 1920s America, you’ll want to listen to this week’s episode and learn all about the giant clusterf*** that was the 18th Amendment. ~ Join the MFFI community and vote on episode topics via DISCORD ~ In this episode: Prohibition Through the Ages The Code of Hammurabi Beer Bartering The Puritans, Pilgrims, and Alcohol The American Temperance Society Women's Christian Temperance Union Drys vs Wets Visitation Bands Carrie Nation The Anti-Saloon League Wayne Wheeler Wheelerism and Pressure Politics Prohibition and the Ku Klux Klan Blue Mondays World War 1 and the War Against German Brewers The Food and Fuel Control Act The Alcoholic Blues The Volstead Act and an Epic Mustache The 18th Amendment Connecticut and Rhode Island, Heroes Woodrow Wilson's Veto Attempt The Conundrum of Enforcement Section 29 Vine-Glo Warren G. Harding Flouts the Law Congress Flouts the Law Congress and the Man in the Green Hat Flout the Law Everyone Flouts the Law Smuggling, Brewing, Bootlegging, Bathtub Gin, Moonshine NASCAR Denatured Alcohol Al Capone The Stock Market Crash Franklin Delano Roosevelt Repeal ~ Join the Midnight Masses! Become an Insomniac by dropping a review, adding us on social media, and contacting us with episode ideas. And we now have Midnight Merch! Show your Insomniac pride and pick up a tee shirt or coffee mug to spread the word! Midnight Merch ~ Leave an Audio Message! ~ Instagram ~ Shane's Comedy Schedule and Info ~ Podcast Website ~ Episode Transcript ~ KNOWLEDGE IS POWER, AND SLEEP IS OVERRATED ~