Prohibition in the United States
Subject in History
Prohibition in the United States has come up in 4 episodes across 2 podcasts in TMT, including Morbid, The Rest Is History. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Tom HollandEnglish actor cast as Telemachus
Holland likens the Klan's moral enforcement role to an extremely militant and violent Salvation Army.
“So they're kind of like an unbelievably militant and violent Salvation Army”
The Rest Is History: 656. The Ku Klux Klan: Birth of a Nation (Part 3) (Mar 29, 2026) · Listen from 58:24
Dominic SandbrookBritish historian, author and co-host of The Rest Is History
Sandbrook contends that Prohibition was indispensable to the Klan's success and, per historian Leonard Moore, the strongest bond among Klansmen.
“If you took prohibition out of this story, the Klan would never have been so successful”
The Rest Is History: 656. The Ku Klux Klan: Birth of a Nation (Part 3) (Mar 29, 2026) · Listen from 55:31
Coverage over time
Podcasts
- Morbid · 2 episodes
- The Rest Is History · 2 episodes
Episodes
The Haunting of Lemp MansionMorbid · Oct 8, 2026 · 47 min
Morbid hosts Alaina Urquhart and Ash Kelley recount the rise and fall of St. Louis's Lemp brewing dynasty, its string of suicides, and the alleged haunting of Lemp Mansion.
- The Pickwick Club Disaster
Morbid · Jun 15, 2026 · 47 min
Morbid hosts Alaina Urquhart and Ash Kelley recount the 1925 Pickwick Club collapse in Boston, its rescue, investigation, and trial, and call for a memorial.
666. Wine and the Birth of CivilisationThe Rest Is History · May 3, 2026 · 1 h 16 min
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook trace the history of wine through seven key moments, from Neolithic Georgia and Rome to Islam, English bottles, French terroir and the 1976 Judgement of Paris.
- 656. The Ku Klux Klan: Birth of a Nation (Part 3)
The Rest Is History · Mar 29, 2026 · 1 h 15 min
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook trace the 1915 rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan as a mass fraternal, marketing-driven, anti-Catholic movement.