Better Vice Club · A Learn.WitUS Curriculum & Podcast

Every commodity. Every episode.

A 21-episode podcast curriculum that teaches geography, history, economics, and ELA through the world's most culturally loaded substances: coffee, chocolate, whiskey, tobacco, kava, khat, and more.

The maps below plot every episode two ways: Episode Origins pins each commodity where its story starts, and Growing Belts shows the latitude bands and production regions where each one actually grows. Click any pin or region to open its episode.

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Each episode has subject-specific teacher packets for Geography, Social Studies, Economics, and ELA.

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Season 1: Daily Rituals

Coffee, Tea, Chocolate, Sugar, Guayusa, Kola Nut, and Kava. Seven episodes. All four subjects. Free to start.