James Riley Interview: Author of Well Beings - How the Seventies Lost Its Mind and Taught Us to Find Ourselves
Release Date: 04/01/2024
From Stepford Wives to Valley Girls
The Long Seventies Podcast
We discuss some interesting similarities and thematic continuity between two films, 1975's The Stepford Wives and 1983's Valley Girl.
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Deep Politics -- The Yankee-Cowboy War with Gabriel Kennedy
The Long Seventies Podcast
We discuss the concept of Deep Politics and the Yankee-Cowboy War with researcher, author and biographer Gabriel Kennedy.
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The American Tao
The Long Seventies Podcast
We discuss what we call the American Tao and the oppositional and codependent yin-yang archetypes it produces in society, like The Outlaw and The Lawman.
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The Future: A History of the Future
The Long Seventies Podcast
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The Deep (1977): SCUBA Diving in Socks
The Long Seventies Podcast
We discuss the 1977 underwater treasure hunting thriller set in Bermuda, starring Nick Nolte, Jaqueline Bissett and Robert Shaw.
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Authenticity & Pseudo-Vintage Hollywood
The Long Seventies Podcast
We assess three recent Hollywood productions with vintage aesthetics for Long Seventies authenticity.
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Gabriel Kennedy Interview on Robert Anton Wilson Part Two
The Long Seventies Podcast
We continue our discussion with author and Robert Anton Wilson biographer Gabriel Kennedy, this time focusing specifically on the Long Seventies period of Wilson's life.
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Interview w/ John Stevenson: Barbadian Spouge & Afrobeat
The Long Seventies Podcast
We interview music journalist and writer John Stevenson about two of the Long 70s most interesting musical genres -- Barbadian Spouge and Afrobeat.
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Interview: Gabriel Kennedy author of "Chapel Perilous: The Life & Thought Crimes of Robert Anton Wilson"
The Long Seventies Podcast
We interview Gabriel Kennedy, author of the deeply researched and definitive #RAW biography "Chapel Perilous: The Life & Thought Crimes of Robert Anton Wilson."
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Fear City: The Tom Berenger Movie not the War on the Mafia
The Long Seventies Podcast
We discuss (in a short episode) the 1984 movie Fear City, starring Tom Berenger at his scowling best.
info_outlineWe 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.