From the Pilgrims’ arrival at Plymouth Rock to the rise of the pandemic “quarantini,” alcohol has been a foundation of American society and culture. The Atlantic's Kate Julian explores how this tool for cohesion and cooperation eventually became a means of coping, and what history can teach us about improving our drinking habits. 
This conversation originally ran on the podcast <a href="https://www.vox.com/today-explainedhttps://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/VMP5705694065?selected=VMP9661613107">Today, Explained</a>, hosted by Sean Rameswaram. 
Further reading: <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/07/america-drinking-alone-problem/619017/">America Has a Drinking Problem</a>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;From the Pilgrims’ arrival at Plymouth Rock to the rise of the pandemic “quarantini,” alcohol has been a foundation of American society and culture. &lt;em&gt;The Atlantic&lt;/em&gt;'s Kate Julian explores how this tool for cohesion and cooperation eventually became a means of coping, and what history can teach us about improving our drinking habits. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This conversation originally ran on the podcast &lt;a href="https://www.vox.com/today-explainedhttps://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/VMP5705694065?selected=VMP9661613107"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Today, Explained&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, hosted by Sean Rameswaram. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Further reading: &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/07/america-drinking-alone-problem/619017/"&gt;America Has a Drinking Problem&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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From the Pilgrims’ arrival at Plymouth Rock to the rise of the pandemic “quarantini,” alcohol has been a foundation of American society and culture. The Atlantic's Kate Julian explores how this tool for cohesion and cooperation eventually became a means of coping, and what history can teach us about improving our drinking habits. 
This conversation originally ran on the podcast Today, Explained, hosted by Sean Rameswaram. 
Further reading: America Has a Drinking Problem

Be part of The Experiment. Use the hashtag #TheExperimentPodcast, or write to us at theexperiment@theatlantic.com.

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America Has a Drinking Problem

America Has a Drinking Problem

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