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America's relationship with alcohol dates back to the days of the Puritans, and since that time it's been a rocky one. At times drinks have flowed freely; other times, there's been serious crackdowns, the most dramatic being Prohibition. We'll ask why there's been both a culture of drinking and abstaining throughout the history of the United States and which one dominates today. Laura's guest is William J. Rorabaugh, author of "The Alcoholic Republic: An American Tradition" and professor of history at the University of Washington.