Jan 15, 2019

For almost forty years the Motion Picture Production Code censored mainstream American films and limited their artistic vision. It's dissolution in the late 1960s due to changing economic and cultural pressures followed by the the institution of the voluntary Motion Picture Association of America Ratings System created...

Jan 1, 2019

The story of Steve Allen's son Brian joining a new religious group called The Love Family in Seattle, Wa. We talk deprogramming and the difficulties the American public had in the early seventies when dealing with family members that joined "cults" and religious groups. 

Book List:

Allen, Steve Beloved Son. 1982

Wilson,...

Jan 1, 2019

This is a quick intro to the podcast, explaining the focus, time period, and the concept of The Long Seventies. We also give a preview of future episode topics.