Moonshine is the American Rebel Spirit

Amanda Winkler and Anthony Fisher | 3.25.2015 1:00 PM

Moonshine evokes imagery of outlaw distillers practicing their craft by the light of the moon to evade the law. But Prohibition ended in 1933. Why are illegal moonshiners still a thing?

Jaime Joyce, author of Moonshine: A Cultural History of America's Infamous Liquor, sat down with Reason TV to discuss moonshine and its cultural history.

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