Ep 98 - Absinthe - Hallucinations, the Green Fairy, and the Belle Epoch

Join us this week to explore the myths (and mythos) that surround the famed French spirit: absinthe. We’re diving deep into the culture of art and alcoholism following the French Revolution. The artists of the Belle Epoch may have been sad bois on a lot of drugs, but we promise there will be at least one Green Fairy.

Sources

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absinthe

Science History Institute

https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/the-devil-in-a-little-green-bottle-a-history-of-absinthe

All That’s Interesting

https://allthatsinteresting.com/what-is-absinthe

The Good Life France

https://thegoodlifefrance.com/the-history-of-absinthe-the-once-forbidden-drink/

Difford’s Guide

https://www.diffordsguide.com/g/1102/absinthe/origins-of-absinthe

https://www.diffordsguide.com/g/1102/absinthe/why-absinthe-was-banned

Reader’s Digest

https://www.readersdigest.co.uk/food-drink/drinks/a-brief-history-of-absinthe

Thrillist

https://www.thrillist.com/spirits/absinthe-pastis/what-wormwood-does-to-absinthe

Keg Works

https://content.kegworks.com/blog/national-absinthe-day-learn-something-drink-something

Legal Information Institute

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/twinkie_defense

New York Times Archive

https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/harp/0714.html

BBC

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-13159863

Artsy

https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-electricity-transformed-paris-artists-manet-degas

NPR

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2012/12/17/167488498/elixirs-made-to-fight-malaria-still-shine-on-the-modern-bar

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