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Listen "Third Man Walking No. 39: Poker & Pop Culture, With Martin Harris"
Episode Synopsis
2:15 Where poker came from3:36 Gambling on steamboats5:41 Poker in the Old West -- why was poker popular despite the possibility of violence?10:35 Early poker strategy books13:13 Poker in the middle and upper classes16:02 Early club poker in Los Angeles/Gardena19:15 How fictionalized poker games help writers develop characters22:19 How poker is depicted as masculine25:54 Reality TV as a precursor to cards-up televised poker28:53 Cliched plot elements in fictionalized pokerBuy Poker & Pop Culture: twitter.com/[email protected]://www.amazon.com/Poker-Pop-Culture-Americas-Favorite/dp/1909457981/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=poker+and+pop+culture&qid=1650344635&sprefix=poker+and+pop+%2Caps%2C222&sr=8-1
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