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The Hunt for Timothy Leary
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Length:
51 minutes
Released:
Jan 22, 2018
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Podcast episode
Description
How did a former Harvard professor turned counterculture icon become an international fugitive? Authors Bill Minutaglio and Steven L. Davis explain the larger-than-life story of Timothy Leary, the middle-aged acid enthusiast of the early 1970s, who famously preached "turn on, tune in, drop out." The PEN award-winning writers of Dallas 1963, talked with Aidan Flax-Clark about their research at NYPL and remarkable true story at the heart of their newest book, The Most Dangerous Man in America: Timothy Leary, Richard Nixon & the Hunt for the Fugitive King of LSD. We'd love to hear from you! Take our short podcast survey at www.nypl.org/podcastsurvey
Released:
Jan 22, 2018
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Podcast episode
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