Author and Filmmaker John Potash joins S.T. Patrick to discuss the ways in which the CIA has used drugs to de-radicalize musicians and activists. On this episode, Potash discusses the opium trade and how it influenced the Ivy League universities, the rise of secret societies, how and why the CIA got into the culture business, Acid Tests, Timothy Leary, Ken Kesey, Eldridge … [Read more...]
MWN Episode 041 – Witness to the Revolution
CLARA BINGHAM joins S.T. Patrick to discuss her oral history Witness to the Revolution: Radicals, Resisters, Vets, Hippies, and the Year America Lost Its Mind and Found Its Soul. Bingham's work mainly focuses on the 1969-1970 school year, which begins in August with the Woodstock concert and the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. From there, we discuss events such as … [Read more...]