This week, Dr. Tate Paulette joins Jordan to discuss beer in ancient Mesopotamia! What do we know about the origins of beer? Do we know who drank beer or what it tasted like? Did ancient Mesopotamia have a beer culture? And what's the deal with straws?Looking for more?

Check out Dr. Tate Paulette's book "In the Land of Ninkasi: A History of Beer in Ancient Mesopotamia." https://global.oup.com/academic/product/in-the-land-of-ninkasi-9780197682449Or this essay:https://aeon.co/essays/mesopotamians-found-beer-celebratory-intoxicating-and-erotic

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Guest: Dr. Tate Paulette, Associate Professor in the Department of History at North Carolina State Universityhttps://chass.ncsu.edu/people/tpaulet

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