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A History Of The World In Six Glasses

Tom Standage

From beer to Coca-Cola, the six drinks that have helped shape human history. Throughout human history. certain drinks have done much more than just quench thirst. As Tom Standage relates with authority and charm, six of them have had a surprisingly pervasive influence on the course of history, beco...

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Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast

The book was referenced during conversations about coffee’s role in intellectual gatherings, the Romans adopting Greek culture, and the origins of beer, with Shane calling it a good and entertaining read and another host praising the fascinating beer story that even inspired him to consider brewing. The hosts highlighted its lively anecdotes about how beverages shaped history, noting that it was engaging though not a deep scholarly work.

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Episode: Ep 420 - The Future of Streaming is Now

The speaker really enjoyed this book and mentioned that it is a good read, and not the most in depth, but a sick read. It discusses how the Romans conquered the Greeks and the speakers mentioned a specific person, Cato, who said that the Greeks conquered them by their culture.

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I will do that book. The history of the world in six drinks is it's good. It's not the most in depth history thing, but it's a it's pretty sick, dude.

They talk about how the Romans conquered the Greeks. Then there was this one guy, I think Cato, who was like, dude, the Greeks conquered us their culture. We like conquer the Greeks and learn their culture and completely just degenerated. Like we just degenerate it completely.

Episode: Ep 418 - Street Jokin'

The speaker briefly mentioned listening to half of the book on the way up and how the invention of beer is "sick as fuck." He was impressed by the story of how beer originated in ancient times and it made him want to start brewing his own beer.

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The one book I'm reading Six Beverages That Changed The World

I mean I only listened to half I should have done better and listened to like two hours on the way up

The invention of beer is sick as fuck

I was in my head I'm like you're not gonna brew beer You should start brewing beer I got in a bug I'm like yo Can I just like brew myself a six pack Dude have you ever had someone's fucking brewed beer It's disgusting

It's like fucking 90% alcohol Just you go blind But yeah I was listening to like How they I just dude I had such a fucking It sounds so dumb But I like listening to it I realized how sick beer is Beer is sick

Episode: Ep 508 - N.A. Beerz (feat. Chris O'Connor)

This book was mentioned in relation to a discussion about coffee and its role in the history of intellectual and social gatherings. Coffee's use as a stimulant was contrasted with the prevalent consumption of beer in earlier times.

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There's that book the five beverages that changed the world and they talked about coffee

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