Prohibition | I Don’t Know About That with Jim Jefferies #56

In this episode, the team discusses prohibition with assistant professor of Global Affairs at Trinity Washington University and award-winning public speaker, Allen Pietrobon.
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[@davee.9906]

My grandma and her sister used to make "bath tub gin" for all the people that worked at the steel mill in my hometown.

[@thegoatchild3545]

Congrats to Kelly for that response to "the Robert"!👍👍 Love the podcast, guys. 5 stars! I hope you do an episode on snakes at some point.

[@landocomando69]

Don't you mean you hope they do an episode on goats?

[@thegoatchild3545]

@@landocomando69 Where did you get that idea?

[@Jzrb2011]

5 stars from Kansas!! Love the show, have been watching Jim for years, everyone else on the show compliments him so well 😆.

[@khartist]

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[@thomasbecker8711]

Another 5 stars from Kansas!

[@acideauxrivarda3352]

Whiskey has about 110 calories per shot - I've had several friends say "I cut sugar out of my diet" and I say "So, no alcohol?" and then they stop talking to me....

[@paulcarroll627]

This episode has really blown my mind, with the sheer volume of alcohol consumed, alone per person! Wow. I thought us Aussies drank a lot but not even close !

[@robertcurtis3815]

I'm as giddy as a kid without a nappy on just freestyling in the ball pit with anticipation for this podcast every Tuesday morning! I love you guys! X

[@myyoutubeacct4880]

Wow, quite a sentence. Maybe they should invite you on the show. You have my vote. Oy, Prickhard. Make it so! Think I misspelt something there. I'll worry about that later.

[@hellyjones]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Thank you for keeping me laughing and sane during my pregnancy! Baby girl is named Casey, like the Grateful Dead song which maybe you know about now. I listen most every night to catch up on old episodes, so she might just be born already recognizing your voices 😂 Congrats on Baby Charlie-all the best to your growing family!

[@DanEaton73]

This one was excellent. Every person involved had moments of awesome. Thanks for this show and best wishes to you all for success, etc

[@fourthdownback6035]

Being told not to is so unbearable, As a non alcoholic, when I see the words Prohibition, my brains goes “How bout a beer?”

[@myyoutubeacct4880]

Yeah, I'm right there with you. Tell me not to do something and I immediately start trying to figure out how I can do that thing without being caught by the wife. And she's usually the one telling me the things I'm not allowed to do. Go figure.

[@sativarosegold3604]

@@myyoutubeacct4880 she deserves it for imposing rules on you like you're her child

[@ryneallen5458]

Holy Shit! I'm 37 years old and have lived in Live Oak, FL my entire life. Its crazy to hear you guys talk about this place. It's definitely a step back in time and not in a good way.

[@dawsonturner8321]

I hope this show goes on for at least a few more years, keep going till Jim knows about that

[@matttrafton2725]

Thank goodness government doesn't make mistakes like prohibition anymore.😂😂😂

[@davee.9906]

I love the Theme to Comment World. Awesome job.

[@buckthenarrator819]

can you do episode about native america and cowboy/wild west, after play Red Dead Redemption 2, i'm really interest to learn more about this two topic

[@noahstevens1886]

Props for muscling through that PoS

[@matttrafton2725]

European decendents killed off a lot Indians. End of story.

[@matttrafton2725]

@Emo Liberal Gonna have to come up with a word other than racist. So overused it doesn't mean anything to most conservatives anymore.

[@1WildFlower93]

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I'm loving these so much

[@nicholascecil6733]

Always nice to wake up to an upload from idkat

[@lynnwilson1797]

I'm from Utah. If you take a mormon fishing, you have to take at least 2. One will drink all your beer. More than one they wont touch it.

[@jencorea8748]

🤣😂🤣👍

[@stevedeans8773]

Loved this podcast, also have to say Kelly looks gorgeous. 😍

[@tntnyny]

Hi, from India, Jim & Crew!

[@ryanpablo6600]

Hey Jim! The first comedy show I’d ever seen was yourself and J.J. Whitehead perform at the Wilma theater in Missoula, Montana! It really facilitated my enjoyment for your comedy and you are now my favorite comedian! I am a weekly viewer of the podcast! Forest, keep grunting, Kelly keep smiling and Jack you kick ass! Don’t try to look like Dave Grohl, you are an upcoming Star in your own right

[@danielhernandez3161]

“Signed jacks mom”, lol

[@nz_anticz2389]

5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ love the podcast yous are all amazing and make the pod I think jim should do a nz tour won't take long 😀 keep it up ..and yes we need jack every week 🙌

[@olibrooke-bailey333]

In Australia many areas that come under indigenous land title are designated alcohol free zones (mostly in the outback, such as Maralinga). The Temperance Movement in Australia succeeded in moving the closing time of pubs during the early to mid 20th century from between 10-11:00pm to 6:00pm. This simply led to a phenomenon known as "the 6 o'clock swill". People, (mostly men as women generally weren't allowed into public bars then) would finish work at 4 or 5pm and then smash as many beers as they could before 6pm closing time. Sadly it led to an increase in domestic violence and severe alcohol dependence. There's a big difference between sinking 8 beers in one hour or having six or 7 over a 5 hour period. It lasted for about 30-40 years depending on the rules from State to State.

[@Eelco_de_Boer]

~ I've got my pockets full with Hawthorne's! ~

[@stonerollin3669]

Hey Jim, Do an episode about the Australian Mouse Plague... That's a fascinating nightmare.

[@owainharris]

When I was in Australia in the outback, I noticed that there were collections of beer cans on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere. I asked someone and they said it was illegal for Aborigines to drink in some remote towns, which was a law passed by local communities / elders to try and clean up drinking problems. Instead, they would get a friend to drop them off an hour from the town in the desert, where they would get wasted then walk back. (Not sure if this is true ... ??)

[@sativarosegold3604]

Alcoholism seems to be prevalent among all indigenous people for some reason so probably true

[@user-hk6zd1gi8u]

***** love the show, listen to it every Tuesday morning. Jim talks about wanting to host AGT, f*ck that. He shouldn’t have to share the stage with any nobodies like Simon Cowell or Howie Mandel. I recommend going the game-show route. For practice it would be awesome for y’all to do a episode where Jim hosts a Jeopardy game to see what Kelly, Forrest and Jack have learned.

[@myyoutubeacct4880]

Learned? I wasn't aware that they could learn anything. That's why they have an Aussie on the show. Otherwise, Jim could be doing something useful. No offense meant of course. Please, no more Yank death threats. Makes it hard for me to pleasure the wife. Oh wait, there are other issues involved in that, and no I am not going to go into details. What am I? Oprah! I don't think so!

[@marauderman54]

You think Jim Jefferies is a nobody?

[@sativarosegold3604]

Only if it has adult themed trivia and he can say 'cunt'

[@BradGryphonn]

My youngest daughter (24 now with her own bub) was born, she had pooped in the womb. It's called meconium and under a long, hard labour, of which my daughter and her mum endured, can cause the baby to stress breathe in the meconium and amniotic fluid. She was covered in yellow pasty stuff and had to be hosed off before we could hold her. We named her Merde Fromage...

[@kari7650]

This had the best Comment World song

[@liamnevilleviolist1809]

About 88 litres of whiskey per year!!! 52:34 !!! - - - Jim: "Each, each? EACH?!! 88 litres..? *wtf...what the FUCK!??!* " Jim again- 53:13 " *fuck it's more than a litre a week!* " hahaha.... wow. When Jim is shocked at the amount of alcohol/drug consumption, you know something's up!

[@morganfry3260]

Forrest's voice sounds like when you empty your toilet in jail so you can talk through the tubes.

[@JK_Clark]

Or like when pouring the gravel into a body bag to keep it from floating.

[@myyoutubeacct4880]

OK, that begs a question. Just how do you know what emptying you jail house toilet sounds like. Is this some secret area of research for you? Just asking. Oy, put the shiv away, mate.

[@myyoutubeacct4880]

Sorry, should be 'your', not 'you'. That's what I get for trying to think while typing. My apologies.

[@sativarosegold3604]

😆

[@josephberg1586]

Michael Che just admitted to bringing CROCS back :-) They are comfy

[@JK_Clark]

During Prohibition’s first year, doctors prescribed an estimated eight million gallons of medicinal alcohol- 64 million pints. In 1931, 400 pharmacists and 1,000 doctors were caught in a scam where doctors sold signed prescription forms to bootleggers. Just 12 doctors and 13 pharmacists were indicted, and the ones charged faced a one-time $50 fine.

[@wking8]

Living in Utah it's funny that people think we are a dry state. Im drinking as we speak

[@csghost100]

😂 I have 3 Breweries and 2 distillerys within 20 minutes of my home. But ya, totally dry state!

[@wking8]

@@csghost100 You downtown? I'm in draper

[@csghost100]

Ogden actually👍

[@wking8]

@@csghost100 What sorcery did Ogden allow breweries in their vicinity?

[@nathangraham5524]

UPS was not started because of the prohibition it was originally called the American Messenger service and was started in 1907 so about 10 years before any prohibition temporary or permanent was ever enacted upon the American public.

[@voodoochild24262]

No way, Forest, Live Oak! Go to Hulaween every year great music park at least there lol

[@briancattani5109]

I lived in a house in Malibu that was originally owned by Joseph Kennedy who built it for a famous actress, I believe Gloria Swanson . It was used for booze smuggling intoCalifornia. and LA, in particular. my grandfather in Illinois owned a butcher shop out in the country and every weekend had the police come down to his cellar and drink wine, Italian style zinfandel, for free so he could sell to whomever wanted it.

[@salzar4431]

Hang on, we have already done the alcohol episode; how come we don’t know how much sugar is in whiskey.

[@luansyndicas1381]

Life Hack: If you don't want someone to sit next to you on public transport, scary some water on the seat. Whenever someone goes to sit down, tell them; that way you look like their saviour while also keeping the seat empty.

[@thedebatehitman]

Just remember airplane etiquette.

[@woltervandenberg]

The main reason for the prohibition of alcohol was the fact that Ethanol was a viable substitute for oil. Your car can run perfectly fine on alcohol and you can make it from almost everything. The oil industrie had big part in making it illegal to produce ethanol to protect their financial interests.

[@bergbjorn]

I do not always go for «Nutty Professor» referances, but when I do, I do them twice.. (and Jack loses it.) -Forest.

[@MrFreddyFartface]

I'll drink to that!

[@mikejames4920]

Hey Jim and team. Watching from Argentina. You guys are great. A bodega is a wine cellar or a wine producer in spanish

[@marcbeebee6969]

8:55 hahaha #Kelly you are a legend. Robert you're on germanys list now, don't be naughty

[@daveprice01]

Another Korean Jesus? I love Jack! But down with Dumb... Love each of you guys. Thank You!

[@dash-x]

I love how in England after having a baby they’ll hand you a Guinness, as it’s good for you. My American friends are always surprised about that 😹 I’ve noticed growing up between Europe and the states, the approaches to alcohol are much different. Whilst in the states we’d have a sneak a sip, we grow up going to the pub even if for a hot dinner. My uncle in Europe would take me for a pint at 13 and it’s much more relaxed. Now, I’ve noticed In general it seems transport is much better and used more in Europe, so drink driving isn’t as big an issue which I’m sure factors in with age laws. But also the sort of health lifestyles and going to the gym and such isn’t as much a thing like it is in the states.

[@gart9680]

This week, Forrest looks like he needs a hug. Will someone please #hugForrest if they see him.

[@marcbeebee6969]

1:07:00 at the end of prohibition the alcohol was actually cheaper than before the ban. They became super efficient

[@terrismith4118]

Utah is not dry...LOL! Plenty of booze to be found.....quite legally! :) In fact, my favorite beer is brewed there and I have to boot-leg it to California!

[@terrismith4118]

And...the "zion curtain" requirement has now been abolished. (That's what we called the wall...) And depending on the type of liquor license a business has determines if you have to stay in the "restaurant" area of the facility or are free to walk about. And, you can totally get beer on Sundays at the grocery store, and order it (or other types of alcohol) at a restaurant or bar. There have been many states I've been to that don't even serve alcohol on Sundays! Crazy.

[@sativarosegold3604]

@@terrismith4118 what states are these?

[@zombietoycollector4597]

5 stars!!! My wife, Holly, and I watch your podcast on KZbin every week. We love each and every one of you guys and wish you all the best. It’s actually our anniversary this weekend, so if you could tell my wife “Happy Anniversary” for marrying this big dumb idiot, that would mean so much. Thank you for your time.

[@spooklouw8364]

You guys should do an episode on rugby

[@Frank-P]

With 88 liters a year, people were never hangover. That is actually the secret to avoid hangover: stay drunk indefinitely! Bonus: the best definition of hangover is "a punishment your body gives you for your inability to stay drunk".

[@chrisvanlaarhoven2722]

I love Canadians, they’re also easy to take care of. If your Canadian gets into an accident just give em an i.v. with 10cc of maple syrup, fixes em right up.

[@lucydog3376]

Robert made some good points...

[@paddington1670]

No alcohol in Northern Canadian territories because life sucks enough without alcoholic problems yet smuggling is still a thing. I think there's the same kind of modern prohibition in areas in Alaska as well, but im not 100% sure of it. I couldnt imagine 24 hours of darkness and cold every day of the year, sounds like hell. And let's be honest, Alaska is just a part of Canada except governed by the USA and thus have the increased problems instead of being Canadian. Ill just say, im. not. surprised.

[@yarightlmao]

Five stars...... For Kelly Bear, on alcohol they don't put any total calories on there bottles. Big business found a loop hole on putting total sugars and total carbs separate, when infact total sugars are cards, so as your total sugars plus your total carbs and that is the real total carbs. I hope that made sense I typed this up on the fly on my break

[@austinconnelly6304]

Please have him try and name every NHL team based of their logos

[@petersanderson3696]

88 litres of alcohol is about 8 oz a day. Every day. Not so much. I have worked on a house at 1 Leuty ave, right on Lake Ontario in Toronto that was a rum runners home, so scoot across the lake to Buffalo. Cheers!

[@sativarosegold3604]

To be fair ,for the average person 8 shots every day seems pretty high, for me, not so much

[@dson4570]

Beer, gin, rum, tequila, vodka, and whiskey - 0 grams of sugar

[@marcbeebee6969]

57:00 you laugh but that's why we germans have such a big beer culture. The Reinheitsgebot is the oldest food law in the world and was about how to make beer so it became safe in Germany around 1660 I think. Because the water was simply not as safe . You still see the pictures of German monks on some beers, because that was their orgin. Also beer is easier to store than water. Even the romans preferred alcoholic beverages due to the fear of water contamination

[@sativarosegold3604]

I wondered the other day due to everyone drinking in ancient times how common fetal alcohol syndrome was. I know they left defective babies to die but I couldn't find a stat on what percentage of babies that was. Though the alcohol content of their beer and wine was low even one is enough to do damage to a fetus let alone a diet of it

[@Moomeena]

You can't take away the excitement of knowing the sex of the baby when nature has taken it is course and it is born safely in your arms. You are all inpatient tee hee ;) LOVE LOVE this podcast you guys are awesome x

[@will_boner17]

This guy has a typewriter with a picture of a typewriter above it.

[@pqrstsma2011]

1:23:35 Chicago the city exists because it lies at or near the intersection of many railroads; quite possible that had something to do with the transport or accessibility to alcohol sources and the rise of Al Capone

[@ChunksPlace]

ZERO CARBS! XD Please guys, if you haven't already, do a show on calories. So many people don't get how fatloss works

[@MichaelLasotaTW]

31:00 Yes, Indonesia.

[@Yossi99]

Regarding beaches issue from previous episode no-one had problems with you guys but your guest was supposed to be a history professor who wrote a book on that subject. One would expect he should know such a simple fact

[@granthucklebottom4383]

88L is a little over 2 bottles of spirits a week.. is that not actually that much or should I be seeking help?

[@EthanBaeyens]

Fuck it’s 3am already 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@unauthrized8695]

How old were you when you found out Jack is Johnny Weeks from The Wire

[@patmossurfer6998]

Elastic Strap Cork Wedge Sandals

[@jimwalter8449]

Jim! Huge fan, HOWEVER, either you didn't calculate your alcohol consumption correctly or you weren't a real drinker (lol which I doubt) but I casually put back about a half liter of rum per day, which puts that 88 liters/year to shame lol. Did you have a low tolerance or should you run those numbers again?

[@jimwalter8449]

Hey Jack, this is a five star review ;)

[@funghouls5498]

Another fun and informative podcast. Ps, I miss the Jim Jefferies Show.

[@myleslazaro]

Jack looks like Dave Grohl if Dave Grohl had whatever condition Andy Milonakis has. 5 stars, great pod.

[@moodfm5673]

fuck sake hahahahaha

[@firstnamelastname180]

We (Aussies) are slowly getting the vaccine Jim, it's a supply issue, the elderly are getting it first, my grandparents have had their shots already.

[@hockeygrrrl8188]

Ummm, help? I'm a Patreon, but can't find the extra content, y'alls after show. Can you please help me?

[@v8holdentiger]

Check your Patreon news feed

[@hockeygrrrl8188]

@@v8holdentiger is it the ones marked "commercial free" in my emails? I'm pretty new to Patreon. Yourwetsock posted extras where I could find them and watch them on TV on KZbin, not sure where the "patreon feed" is located? Sorry 😞

[@jefflabbecomedy]

1:27:30 what was that?

[@coolsuit]

Jim you need to watch OverSimplified on youtube

[@Iroxinping]

They tested for diabetes by tasting the patients urine for sugar content. And before insulin they basically starved to death so sugar didn't kill them right away

[@rebeccaburnett8890]

The greatest beer in Australia is great northern original

[@lucydog3376]

I hope you are joking. Great Northern is piss.

[@timmiller9803]

Fed ex 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@HMS2592]

G'day Australia. First.

[@gl5009]

Thats normally my thing... noooo

[@diddy8706]

Good Night Australia! 8th!

[@HMS2592]

@@gl5009 We can share. I'll have it every second weekend. No need to involve the courts.

[@robertcurtis3815]

I'm currently cruising down the arse end of an epic bender. Sorry guys. X

[@robertcurtis3815]

@thejohnsmithyetagain possibly. Depends on the Roberts behavior. I probably did do it though and even if I didn't I guarantee I've done much worse!

[@WicckkS]

Episode on partying with bert kreshier

[@EwokPanda]

Imagine drinking an average of 5-6 shots a day, every day.

[@JK_Clark]

Cutting down is certainly an idea...

[@Matthew-ve7uv]

Yeah I can't imagine cutting down by that much...

[@iansheppard6735]

88 litres at 0.75 litres per bottle rounds up to 118 bottles a year - times 25 shots per bottle and divide by 365 days gives about 8 shots a day - or about a third of a bottle per day - seems more than do-able if you don't mind a potential painful early death - maths is fun

[@katrinabrock1910]

88 litres per year converts to a little over 8 ounces per day. In America a shot is at minimum 1.5 ounces so now I'm left wondering if American shots are larger than the rest of the world. 🤔

[@northcountrybhoy]

@@katrinabrock1910 in Scotland our shots are 35ml which is just over 1.2oz.

[@WEAPONX4S]

Good morning Morocco 🇲🇦. They got booze here grocery stores and approved bars. Sux during Ramadan Kareem ☪️. Otherwise!! Morocco 🇲🇦 is paradise!!

[@charlottequ8764]

Watching Broadwalk empire check it out Jimmy!

[@mikk4309]

You forgot about the 6oclock swill Jeffries. A very Aussie prohibition failure. It just increased violence and drunkenness. LOL

[@matttrafton2725]

Sweden had government stores for buying alcohol

[@xtinguishedgent7952]

Kelly, alcohol is processed by the body by turning it to sugar! Alcohol and sugar molecules are very similar!

[@fleshconfetti]

Whiskey has 0.1g of carbs and 0.1g of sugar, but it’s high in calories.

[@kennasa4088]

The Navajo reservation is dry and no alcohol can be bought or transported on to it.

[@herbertbisdorf2717]

Jack Daniel's is made in a dry County. You can buy it there, but not consume.

[@alho9231]

Too right! Don't get high on your own supply 😉

[@knuckles91444]

Show starts at 24:01.

[@Matthew-ve7uv]

No, it really doesn't. This isn't like a podcast by BumFuck Nobody who wants for 20 mins before getting on the guest we all came for. We came for Jim. We loved the expert th topic (usually), but we came for Jim and his friends.

[@knuckles91444]

@@Matthew-ve7uv was just trying to help people out.. you don't have to skip the intro.

[@lukenewland159]

drop scone is a pikelet or small pancake

[@nelsonbelloni6203]

Bottega is an italian word. Stands for little shop

[@Trav_Can]

Wait... is two liters of whisky a week too much?

[@pekkapohjola2727]

In Finland prohibition lasted years 1919-1932. When alkohol was legally approved to sell again: date was 5.4.1932. First stores were open at 10:00. So: 5.4.3.2.1.0. I guess you didn't know about that.

[@pauliseri935]

I can imagine the damage if Jim had a "Gender Reveal" for baby

[@jeffharristv]

118th! hello everyone!

[@trimbotee4653]

Great podcast as usual. I haven't finished it yet so it might turn out to be shit. But Kelly had two heavy hitters in a row 1) whiskey no carbs (news to me) 2) and homeless people just want to buy booze and drugs like the rest of us.

[@jojoe3193]

Prohibit coffee