John Strausbaugh
Award-winning history writer John Strausbaugh tells fascinating stories about the past, bringing fresh perspectives to events and characters great and small.
John Strausbaugh
The 3000 Beatnik Riot: Part Two
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John Strausbaugh
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Season 2
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Episode 7
When cops ran amok in Washington Square Park in April 1961, one of those they arrested was H. L. "Doc" Humes, novelist, inventor, and raconteur. He'd already been jailed recently for his outspoken support of the hepcat comedian Lord Buckley. He would go on to be an LSD pioneer withTimothy Leary, among many other things.
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