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We interview esteemed author and historian Aaron Leonard and pick his brain about his new book "Meltdown Expected: Crisis, Disorder, and Upheaval at the end of the 1970s." The title really says it all.
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We discuss the 1978 film Capricorn One, conspiracy theories, how the government keeps secrets and how to fake a moon landing in six easy steps.
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We discuss the 1971 autobiography "Me and the Orgone: The True Story of One Man's Sexual Awakening" by actor Orson Bean. It's a fun journey through the therapeutic methods of Wilhelm Reich and its associated offshoots in the Wellness Movement.
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We're joined by author and film connoisseur Toby Roan to talk about his book "Another Run Through The Gauntlet" and the Clint Eastwood film The Gauntlet. It's one of Eastwood's most underappreciated (yet over the top) films and Toby knows it inside and out.
Another Run Through The Gauntlet by Toby Roan on Amazon
Toby's Blog 50 Westerns From The 50s
Toby's Blog The Hannibal 8
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We interview James Riley, author of "Well Beings - How the Seventies Lost Its Mind and Taught Us to Find Ourselves." A fascinating interview with a Cambridge scholar pulling together the various threads of the Wellness industry into a truly wild Long Seventies story.
https://www.iconbooks.com/ib-title/well-beings/
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We discuss Paddy Chayefsky's 1978 novel Altered States and the 1980 film adaptation. It's an epic story of scientific zealotry, psychedelic adventure, the power of love and 4 foot protohumans.
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We discuss Allan Arkush's 1983 film Get Crazy, a truly will and crazy cinematic experience and a spiritual follow up to his earlier film Rock 'n' Roll High School.
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We discuss Jim Jones' The Peoples Temple, it's life and tragectory which ended in tragedy.
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Round two of of Long Seventies Award Show. We're joined again by Sean from Fringe Biology Records.
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We discuss the transition from Westerns to Cop movies during the Long Seventies, focusing primarily on actors that started their career as Cowboys and ended the LS as Cops.
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We discuss Floyd McKissick's intentional community Soul City, North Carolina, its context, goals and why the project ultimately failed.
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We discuss the theory that The Amityville Horror and Alien are conceptually the same movie and why these movies terrified audiences in the Long Seventies and beyond.
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We discuss the story of the founding of the intentional community of Rajneeshpuram in the backcountry of Oregon and the crazy events that followed.
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We discuss two important films that helped revitalize the American Cold War and militarism.
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We discuss some super synth-based soundtracks and scores from Long Seventies films
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We talk about Oliver Stone's 1987 drama Wall Street, starring Michael Douglas and Charlie Sheen, and wrap up the Decade of Dystopia series.
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We discuss the rapid and sweeping financialization, corporate raiding and deindustrialization that took place during the Long Seventies and what effect it had on society.
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