The Demon Drink

The Demon Drink

The Demon Drink podcast looks at the serious and not so serious sides of Ireland's complicated and often messy relationship with alcohol down the ages through the lens of its rich literary history.

Episodes

  1. 12/10/2021

    The Demon Drink - Episode 4 (Ireland Sober, Ireland Free)

    In the final episode of the series co-hosts Lucy Cogan and Alice Mauger look at that key period in Ireland’s history when the terrible beauty of revolutionary Ireland was about to be born. In the decades leading up to the 1916 Rising Ireland’s issues with drink were not just a medical and political problem, but increasingly a personal one: for how could a people govern a nation if they couldn't govern themselves?

    32 min

  2. 05/10/2021

    The Demon Drink - Episode 3 (Drunks, Devils and Dipsomaniacs)

    On this episode co-hosts Lucy Cogan and Alice Mauger turn to the dark side, looking at representations of alcohol consumption in Gothic novels of the nineteenth century. In the age of the lunatic asylum, when the temperance movement and doctors warned against the dangers of drink, writers like Sheridan Le Fanu and Bram Stoker probed the boundaries of insanity and addiction.

    28 min

  3. 28/09/2021

    The Demon Drink - Episode 2 (Fountains of Wine)

    This episode sees co-hosts Lucy Cogan and Alice Mauger chat about the wild excesses of the Georgian era: from raspberry whiskey to fountains flowing with wine. This was a time when Irish gentlemen gained a reputation for being drunken, duelling maniacs but was this really a fair representation? Maybe so, according to Maria Edgeworth’s scathing depiction of the Irish elite in Castle Rackrent.

    24 min

  4. 21/09/2021

    The Demon Drink - Episode 1 (Whiskey In The Jar)

    On this episode co-hosts Lucy Cogan and Alice Mauger look at the representation of all things whiskey related in Irish literature. Beginning with the origins of that beloved Irish classic, "Whiskey in the Jar", the episode takes in highwaymen, whiskey as a cure-all, shebeens, and wakes.

    26 min

  5. 13/09/2021

    The Demon Drink (Trailer).

    The Demon Drink podcast looks at the serious and not so serious sides of Ireland's complicated and often messy relationship with alcohol down the ages through the lens of its rich literary history.

    1 min
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About

The Demon Drink podcast looks at the serious and not so serious sides of Ireland's complicated and often messy relationship with alcohol down the ages through the lens of its rich literary history.

Information

  • Creator
    The Demon Drink
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    5
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Lucy Cogan and Alice Mauger
  • Show Website
    The Demon Drink