Don Lattin says the whole strange trip started when Leary swallowed some magic mushrooms in Mexico in 1960.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Eddie Lenihan tells a story told to him by the foreman of a road construction crew in Ireland.
Journalist David Shenk says Alzheimer's an ancient illness afflicting some 5 million Americans, and that the number of cases is sure to rise dramatically as the Baby Boomers age.
Dave Foreman started as a lobbyist for the Wilderness Society in the 1970s. Then he became a radical and co-founded Earth First! becoming America's most admired and notorious environmentalist.
Charles Monroe-Kane profiles one of the ultimate hipsters – musician and cult hero Chuck E. Weiss. With lots of music by him and inspired by him.
The mash-up is one form of remix culture.
David Hajdu is the author of “Positively Fourth Street,” a book about Joan Baez and Bob Dylan and the folk/protest music scene of the 1960s.
Bill McKibben tells Anne Strainchamps that his new Honda Civic electric hybrid car gets over fifty miles to the gallon and is just as comfortable and convenient as his old Civic.
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