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041 -- Hunter S. Thompson, Part 2: Everyday American Apocalypse

041 -- Hunter S. Thompson, Part 2: Everyday American Apocalypse

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Summary

We talk about journalist, provocateur, political analyst, wildman & drug aficionado Hunter S. Thompson and discuss why he is the perfect avatar for The Long Seventies. Part two starts with Thompson’s most famous work Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas and hits the gas from there right past the ’72 election, Zaire disaster and goes over the edge at Reagan’s invasion of Grenada. 


Source List

By Thompson, Hunter S.

  • “Why Boys Will Be Girls,” Pageant Magazine. August 1967.

  • “The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved,” Scanlan’s Monthly. June 1970.

  • “Strange Rumblings in Azatlan,” Rolling Stone Magazine. April 1971.

  • Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream

  • Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ‘72

  • The Great Shark Hunt

  • Generation of Swine

  • Kingdom of Fear

Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo by Oscar Zeta Acosta

The Revolt of the Cockroach People by Oscar Zeta Acosta

Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson,” documentary directed by Alex Gibney. 2008.

Fear and Loathing in Gonzovision,” Omnibus television series, S12E8, November 1978.

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040 -- Hunter S. Thompson: Fear & Loathing in The Long Seventies, Part One

040 -- Hunter S. Thompson: Fear & Loathing in The Long Seventies, Part One