Sep 21, 2020
Take a journey on the Helena Sloman, a ship en-route from Hamburg, Germany to New York City, carrying the hopes and dreams of John Phillip Nelson, a candle and soap maker who sold everything to give his family a wonderful new life in America.
Join me to hear an immigrant's story and how it lead to the most successful...
Sep 14, 2020
It is amazing how much the real estate market of 2008 and the scotch whisky industry of the 1890s have in common. Rampant speculation, inflated prices, and so many people caught up in the action that they couldn't see the coming disaster.
And at the center of the whole affair were two brothers who had taken over their...
Sep 1, 2020
Whiskey loves its firsts. From the first person to char a barrel for aging, to the first mention of whisky in the exchequer rolls, there seems an obsession with finding out where things started. And they are usually positive subjects.
But what about something like Prohibition? Which was the first state to go dry? That...