Selected Media and Interviews
Kayla Randall, “The Best Books of 2024, as Chosen by Smithsonian Scholars,” Smithsonian Magazine, December 4, 2024
Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, “Bennachin’s West African Dishes Reflect the Soul of New Orleans Cuisine,” Eater, August 6, 2024
Kelly Spivey, “Insatiable City: Food and Race in New Orleans,” New Books Network, podcast, July 11, 2024
Liz Williams, “Insatiable City,” Tip of the Tongue, podcast, episode 227, May 20, 2024
Dean Jones, “Theresa McCulla (Insatiable City),” The Well-Seasoned Librarian, podcast, season 14, episode 2, May 16, 2024
“Five Questions with Theresa McCulla, author of Insatiable City: Food and Race in New Orleans,” University of Chicago Press Blog, May 9, 2024
Simon Majumdar, “Interview with Historian and Award Winning Author, Theresa McCulla,” Eat My Globe, podcast, April 29, 2024
Greg Kitsock, “Last Call: Craft Beer Archivist Concludes Her Work,” The New Brewer, January/February 2024
Brian Alberts, “Theresa McCulla, Formerly of the Smithsonian Institution,” Good Beer Hunting, podcast, January 27, 2024
Photo credit: Jill Redding
Hannah Ubele, “Central Machine Works Resurrects Kentucky Common Beer With Help From the Smithsonian,” Austin Chronicle, December 1, 2023
“Anchor Brewing Artifacts Now on Display at the Smithsonian,” NBC Bay Area News Tonight, October 18, 2023
“Here’s What the Smithsonian Salvaged for Preservation from Iconic Anchor Brewery,” KCBS radio, October 18, 2023
Julie Zigoris, “The history of San Francisco’s original craft brewer will live on at the Smithsonian,” The San Francisco Standard, October 17, 2023
Tony Rehagen, “This one-woman brewery brings Middle Eastern flavor back to craft beer,” Washington Post, February 10, 2023
Tony Rehagen, “How the South’s Bourbon Culture Changed Craft Beer,” Garden & Gun, December 2, 2022
Kayla Stewart, “Annie Laura Squalls and Her Mile High Pie,” Gravy, podcast, Southern Foodways Alliance, November 16, 2022
Kate Bernot, “One and Only,” Imbibe, September/October 2022
Francis Lam, “Women Brewers,” The Splendid Table, podcast, September 9, 2022
Brian Alberts, “Worth Saving: Brewery Records and the Future,” Source Material, podcast, Good Beer Hunting, May 21, 2022
Bret Kolmann Baker and Mike Morgan, “Dr. Theresa McCulla from the Smithsonian,” Brew Skies Happy Hour, podcast, May 10, 2022
Deb Freeman, “Let’s Talk About Black Brewing & Distilling,” Setting the Table, podcast, March 29, 2022
Greg Benson, “Microbrew Killed the Macrobrew Star,” Back Bar, podcast, February 1, 2022
Photo credit: Scott Suchman
Lizzie Peabody, “The Fugitive Brewer,” Sidedoor, podcast, January 12, 2022
Stephanie Castellano, “The Brides ‘Imported’ to Colonial America for Their Brewing Skills,” Atlas Obscura, September 30, 2021
Beth Demmon, “Theresa McCulla Helps Reconstruct a Life,” Good Beer Hunting podcast, Episode 87, September 24, 2021
“‘Which Came First: Beer or Wine?’” “Ask Smithsonian” column, Smithsonian magazine, September 2021
“Moonshine,” AirSpace, podcast, National Air and Space Museum, Season 5, Episode 1, September 9, 2021
Courtney Iseman, “Gin Lane vs. Beer Street — How One Artist Captured a Pivotal Century in Our Drinking History,” Good Beer Hunting, July 1, 2021
Kristen Richard, “Xenophobia, Racism and Classism: The Sinister Roots of America’s Prohibition,” Wine Enthusiast, March 8, 2021
David Nilsen, “Tending the Fires — Carillon Brewing Company in Dayton, Ohio,” Good Beer Hunting, March 3, 2021
James Bennett II, “‘We’re Reclaiming Beer Because It’s Ours,’” Eater, February 21, 2021
Kate Bernot, “What’s Going On in There? — How ‘Magic Box’ Machines Can Transform Our Alcoholic Beverages (and Threaten Our Definition of ‘Craft’),” GoodBeerHunting.com, January 6, 2021
Kristen Richard, “A Brief History of Women and Beer, from Sumerian Goddesses to the Pink Boots Society,” Wine Enthusiast, December 22, 2020
Kristen Richard, “‘Beer is What Makes us Human’: How Beer Influenced Humanity Worldwide,” Wine Enthusiast, November 20, 2020
Tara Nurin, “This Virtual Beer Summit Serves Up History That’s Anything But Dry,” Forbes.com, November 12, 2020
Andy Crouch, “Episode 23: Theresa McCulla,” Beer Edge, podcast, September 24, 2020
Bailey Berg, “How Historian Theresa McCulla is Preserving This Year in Beer,” October, August 27, 2020
Kara Newman, “The History of America’s Beer Gardens Includes Urban Expansion and Immigrant Innovation,” Wine Enthusiast, August 25, 2020
Kelly Magyarics, “Theresa McCulla Shares Insight Into The Current State Of The Beer Industry,” Northern Virginia Magazine, August 7, 2020
Courtney Iseman, “How a Beer Historian Is Documenting COVID-19’s Impact on Brewing,” Atlas Obscura, June 5, 2020
Matthew Shaer, “The Schoolteacher Who Sparked America’s Craft Brew Revolution” and Arik Gabbai, “Beer is Not Just a Drink,” Smithsonian Magazine, June 2020
Brian Alberts, “The Nation’s Beer Historian is Taking Stock,” The Reporter’s Notebook, blog, North American Guild of Beer Writers, May 7, 2020
Jimmy Carbone, “Researching Beer History: 1898,” conversation with Clay Risen, Beer Sessions Radio, podcast, Heritage Radio Network, March 5, 2020
Stephanie Williams, “A D.C. Dream Day with Smithsonian Beer Curator Theresa McCulla,” Washington Post, February 2020
Penelope Bass, et al., “The Imbibe 75: People, Places, and Directions That Will Shape the Way You Drink in 2020,” Imbibe, January/February 2020
Agence France Presse Belgique, “La soif quasi-démesurée des Américains pour les bières IPA,” Paris Match, December 30, 2019; “US Drinkers Hopped Up for IPA Beers,” France24.com, December 28, 2019
James Spencer, “A Pint at the Museum,” Basic Brewing Radio, podcast, December 10, 2019
The Brews Brothers, “How Art Helped Convince Post-WWII America That ‘Beer Belongs,’” CraftBeer.com, December 6, 2019
Tara Nurin, “‘Brewing A Revolution’ Brings Craft Beer History to the Smithsonian,” Forbes.com, November 13, 2019
Photo credit: T.J. Kirkpatrick / Redux
The Brews Brothers, “Superstar Craft Brewing Founders Talk Shared Memories at Smithsonian’s ‘Last Call,’” CraftBeer.com, November 12, 2019
Michael Stein, “Smithsonian Reveals Amazing Homebrewing and Craft Beer History,” DCBeer.com, October 25, 2019
Thomas Pellechia, “A Brewing History Update Comes To the Smithsonian National Museum of American History,” Forbes.com, October 23, 2019
Junto Media, “McCulla Welcomes Brewing Royalty for Last Call,” The DC Beer Show, podcast, October 16, 2019
Joshua Johnson, “The Past, Present, and Future of American Beer,” 1A, WAMU 88.5, October 7, 2019
Sarah Vickery, “Raise a Glass for This History Student’s Smithsonian Beer Internship,” UWM Report, September 26, 2019
Melissa Hendrickson, “How American Brewers Employed Fine Art to Sell Beer,” Smithsonian magazine, August 6, 2019
Smithsonian American Art Museum, “A Whole Lotta Beer,” Re:Frame video web series, August 5, 2019
Lauren Ober, “Schlitz Beer goes bad, then worse,” Spectacular Failures podcast, American Public Media, July 1, 2019
Todd Schulkin, “Meet Theresa McCulla,” Inside Julia’s Kitchen podcast, episode 55, The Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts, June 27, 2019
Simon Majumdar, “Beer,” Eat My Globe: Things You Didn’t Know About Your Food podcast, May 6, 2019
Rob Ferrett, “Smithsonian Archive Will Tell the Story of Brewing in Wisconsin and Beyond,” Central Time, Wisconsin Public Radio, September 24, 2018
Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, “Extraordinary Women of D.C.: Dr. Theresa McCulla, beer historian,” dcrefined, August 24, 2018
Bill Chappell, “Guinness Opens Its First U.S. Brewery In 64 Years,” All Things Considered, NPR, August 4, 2018
Sarah Jane Curran, “American Beer History with Theresa McCulla,” Beer Me! podcast, episode 26, July 24, 2018
Tina Caputo, “Theresa McCulla: The Smithsonian’s Indiana Jones of Beer History,” October, June 19, 2018
Greg Kitsock, “Out of the Past, A Record for the Future,” The New Brewer, March/April 2018
Bailey Trela, “Brew’s Clues: A Historian Investigates America’s Beer Boom,” Harvard Magazine, March/April 2018
Marty Jones, “A ‘Stirring’ Tale Behind the Father of Homebrewing’s Famous Spoon,” CraftBeer.com, January 24, 2018
Tony Cohn and Justin O’Neill, “Red, White, and Brew,” Sidedoor podcast, Season 2, episode 2, July 2017
Ari Shapiro, “How the Story of Beer is the Story of America,” All Things Considered, NPR, July 3, 2017
Kojo Nnamdi, “The Smithsonian’s New Beer Historian Might Have the Coolest Job in D.C.,” The Kojo Nnamdi Show, WAMU 88.5, June 7, 2017
Courtney Cox, “Historian Theresa McCulla Embarks on the Smithsonian’s American Brewing History Initiative,” Beer Advocate, April 2017
Olivia Waxman, “8 Questions for the Smithsonian’s New Beer Historian,” Time, April 10, 2017
Trent Johnson, “The Smithsonian Taps Theresa McCulla as Beer Historian,” On Tap, March 4, 2017
Kate Oczypok, “The Smithsonian’s Beer Historian Theresa McCulla on Why Her New Job is as Amazing as it Sounds,” Capitol File, March 3, 2017
“For the Smithsonian’s New Beer Historian, It’s All About Passion for the Brew,” NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt, February 4, 2017
Jim Vorel, “Meet the Smithsonian’s New ‘Beer Historian,’ Theresa McCulla,” Paste, February 1, 2017
Natasha Geiling, “Raise a Glass to the Smithsonian’s First Beer Scholar,” Smithsonian magazine, January 30, 2017
Greta Weber, “Best Job Ever: The Smithsonian Just Hired a Craft Beer Historian,” Washingtonian, January 30, 2017
Hanna Raskin, “Visiting historians take up issues of women and food,” The Post and Courier, June 9, 2015
“Harvard Portrait: Theresa McCulla,” Harvard Magazine, January-February 2010