Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
One part water, two parts yeast, grain and sugar and one distillery equals a batch of moonshine. With a permanent footnote in American popular culture, moonshine and it’s makers are an intriguing sort. Join Kojo for a discussion on the whiskey that’s been outlawed since 1791.
Guests
- Joseph Earl Dabney Author, "Mountain Spirits: A Chronicle of Corn Whiskey from King James' Ulster Plantation to America's Appalachians and the Moonshine Life" (Bright Mountain Books, Inc.) and "More Mountain Spirits: The Continuing Chronicle of Moonshine Life and Corn Whiskey, Wines, Ciders & Beers in America's Appalachians" (Bright Mountain Books, Inc.)
- Barney Barnwell Annual Moonshine festival organizer, Spartansburg, Georgia
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