Interview: Tom Standage discusses the history of beer

From: All Things Considered (NPR) | Date: May 13, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

MICHELE NORRIS, ROBERT SIEGEL
All Things Considered (NPR)
05-13-2005
Interview: Tom Standage discusses the history of beer

Host: MICHELE NORRIS, ROBERT SIEGEL
Time: 8:00-9:00 PM

MICHELE NORRIS, host:

From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Michele Norris.

ROBERT SIEGEL, host:

I'm Robert Siegel.

And in this segment of our program, we concern ourselves with a beverage: beer. In a little bit, we will enter the world of high-end beers. But first, a few minutes devoted to the subject of beer and civilization. Tom Standage is technology editor of The Economist and author of the ...

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