The Political History of Smack & Crack
In the late 1970s you can’t buy heroin on the streets of the big English cities.
In the whole of Britain there’s 2000 heroin addicts. 3000 tops.
Mostly middle class.
By the mid-1980s there is 330000 heroin addicts in Britain.
Mostly working class.
Presented by the playwright of The Political History of Smack and Crack, this limited series globetrots through the history of international drug trade in the 20th Century, encompassing US prohibition, the Sicilian Mafia, World War Two, the establishment of the CIA, revolutions of the 1980s, the Golden Triangle and much more.
- Update frequency
- every 119 days
- Average duration
- 21 minutes
- Episodes
- 4
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2023
Bonus Episode: "Carl"
Bonus episode with a special guest smack bang in the middle of 1980s Manchester, UK
Written by Ed Edwards
Hosted by Ed Edwards and Eve Steele
Sound Design by Serafin Dinges
Audio Production by Se…
Part 2: The Road to 'Nam
Digging into the post-WW2 French Connection and the first Vietnam war
Written by Ed Edwards
Hosted by Ed Edwards and Eve Steele
Sound Design by Serafin Dinges
Audio Production by Serafin Dinges
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Part 1: The Birth of the Modern Mafia
Queen Vic's original hustle, the birth of the modern Mafia and fighting fascism in Europe
Written by Ed Edwards
Hosted by Ed Edwards and Eve Steele
Sound Design by Serafin Dinges
Audio Production …