History of Oktoberfest

This week on The Economist: The Week Ahead, a great 1-minute history of Oktoberfest.

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Drinking wine in prison

Last week The Moth aired one of the best episodes I've heard in a long time. Sherman "O.T." Powell tells about prison, and how to make really bad wine.

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Fine Wine & Crappy Wine

Is good wine really that good? Do you think you could even tell the difference between an expensive wine and a cheap wine? This episode of Freakonomics suggests it may not be so easy. I listened to this last night, then went to dinner and proudly ordered the cheapest glass of wine on the menu.

Listen now, or download this episode on itunes. The itunes release date was 12/15/10.