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Alcohol is the most widely used drug in the world, but it is also the cause of three million deaths each year and has been linked to many other long-term illnesses. In addition, the loss of productivity due to hangovers has an outsized impact on some economies. People still want to have a good time, though, and innovators are dreaming up ways to enjoy the effects of alcohol, without the costs.
Jason Hosken, our producer, visits Brixton Brewery to speak to co-founders Jez Galaun and Xochitl Benjamin about the rise of alcohol-free beer. Natasha Loder, The Economist’s health editor, investigates the herbal drinks that claim to mimic the effects of alcohol. Plus, David Nutt, a professor at Imperial College London explains how alcohol affects the brain and why his synthetic alcohol could reduce excessive drinking and end hangovers forever.
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Previous episodes
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4509 - Babbage: Alternatives to alcohol Wed, 01 Feb 2023 - 0h
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4508 - Troubled shares, troubles shared: Adani and India Inc Wed, 01 Feb 2023 - 0h
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4507 - Drum Tower: Autocrats' pact  Tue, 31 Jan 2023 - 0h
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4506 - Not shy about retiring: strikes in France Tue, 31 Jan 2023 - 0h
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4505 - Editor’s Picks: January 30th 2023 Mon, 30 Jan 2023 - 0h
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4504 - Didn’t protect or serve: Tyre Nichols’s killing Mon, 30 Jan 2023 - 0h
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4503 - Checks and Balance: Hunting ground Fri, 27 Jan 2023 - 0h
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4502 - Tunnel, no lights: South Africa’s crumbling infrastructure Fri, 27 Jan 2023 - 0h
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4501 - Money Talks: Can Disney rekindle the magic? Thu, 26 Jan 2023 - 0h
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4500 - Bibi’s gambit: Israel’s government v its judiciary Thu, 26 Jan 2023 - 0h
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4499 - Babbage: The private Moon race Wed, 25 Jan 2023 - 0h
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4498 - Tanks, a lot: arming Ukraine Wed, 25 Jan 2023 - 0h
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4497 - Drum Tower: Slow train home Tue, 24 Jan 2023 - 0h
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4496 - Marshalling resources: rebuilding Ukraine Tue, 24 Jan 2023 - 0h
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4495 - The World Ahead 2023: The art of forecasting Mon, 23 Jan 2023 - 0h
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4494 - Feeling un-Wellington Mon, 23 Jan 2023 - 0h
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4493 - Editor’s Picks: January 23rd 2023 Mon, 23 Jan 2023 - 0h
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4492 - Checks and Balance: Incoming alerts Fri, 20 Jan 2023 - 0h
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4491 - A rarefied air: a dispatch from Davos Fri, 20 Jan 2023 - 0h
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4490 - Money Talks: How globalisation gave way Thu, 19 Jan 2023 - 0h
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4489 - Turkey stuffed? A democracy’s last stand Thu, 19 Jan 2023 - 0h
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4488 - Babbage: How to detect a deepfake Wed, 18 Jan 2023 - 0h
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4487 - Tanks-giving parade? Arming Ukraine Wed, 18 Jan 2023 - 0h
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4486 - Drum Tower: A tale of two Chinas Tue, 17 Jan 2023 - 0h
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4485 - Get down to Syria’s business: coming talks with Turkey Tue, 17 Jan 2023 - 0h
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4484 - The World Ahead 2023: Watch the mega-states Mon, 16 Jan 2023 - 0h
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4483 - What did the president stow and when did he stow it? Biden‘s mess Mon, 16 Jan 2023 - 0h
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4482 - Editor’s Picks: January 16th 2023 Mon, 16 Jan 2023 - 0h
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4481 - Checks and Balance: Electric dreams Fri, 13 Jan 2023 - 0h
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4480 - Zero-sum: the imperilled global economic order Fri, 13 Jan 2023 - 0h
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4479 - Money Talks: The new power in the North Sea Thu, 12 Jan 2023 - 0h
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4478 - Unveiled threats: Iran's patient protesters Thu, 12 Jan 2023 - 0h
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4477 - Babbage: How Elon Musk’s satellites could change warfare forever Wed, 11 Jan 2023 - 0h
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4476 - Doctors’ disorders: Britain’s overwhelmed health service Wed, 11 Jan 2023 - 0h
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4475 - Drum Tower: The new wave Tue, 10 Jan 2023 - 0h
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4474 - Unquiet on the eastern front: fighting in the Donbas Tue, 10 Jan 2023 - 0h
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4473 - The World Ahead 2023: Bigger elephant, leaner dragon Mon, 09 Jan 2023 - 0h
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4472 - Cloud coup-coup land: riots in Brazil Mon, 09 Jan 2023 - 0h
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4471 - Editor’s Picks: January 9th 2023 Mon, 09 Jan 2023 - 0h
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4470 - Checks and Balance: Speaker out of turn Fri, 06 Jan 2023 - 0h
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4469 - Bibi’s got backup: Israel’s right-wing government Fri, 06 Jan 2023 - 0h
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4468 - Money Talks: The economics of thinness Thu, 05 Jan 2023 - 0h
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4467 - Silva’s mettle: Brazil’s newish president Thu, 05 Jan 2023 - 0h
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4466 - Babbage: BioNTech's founder on the future of mRNA technology Wed, 04 Jan 2023 - 0h
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4465 - We need to balk about Kevin: Congress opens in chaos Wed, 04 Jan 2023 - 0h
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4464 - Ill news, spreads apace: covid in China Tue, 03 Jan 2023 - 0h
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4463 - The World Ahead 2023: China's challenges Mon, 02 Jan 2023 - 0h
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4462 - The dragon chasing: China and a new nuclear order Mon, 02 Jan 2023 - 0h
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4461 - Checks and Balance: Alaska, part two—thin ice Fri, 30 Dec 2022 - 0h
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4460 - In passing: the notable lives lost in 2022 Fri, 30 Dec 2022 - 0h