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  • Kent Fielding Talks About the Upcoming GonzoFest 11 in New Orleans

    Kent Fielding Talks About the Upcoming GonzoFest 11 in New Orleans
    2025/04/25
    Curtis and Christopher are joined by one of the organizers of the 11th GonzoFest, Kent Fielding, calling in from Alaska. Kent will be in New Orleans on May 15-18 with Christopher and Curtis at GonzoFest's headquarters, the Garden District Book Shop's Bar Epilogue located at 2727 Prytania St. in the historic Rink, plus there will be tons of other "after hour" locations. Gonzo acolytes will gather to celebrate Hunter's life and legacy with panel discussions, music, poetry, and even two walking tours of HST's favorite French Quarter haunts. It's free - you just need to get yourself there. More at gonzofest.net.
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    28 分
  • GonzoFest 2025 in New Orleans in May! The insider story on how it came to be...

    GonzoFest 2025 in New Orleans in May! The insider story on how it came to be...
    2025/04/06
    Music icon David Amram will headline and the countdown to GonzoFest begins. The resurrected festival is drawing a lot of attention to New Orleans. Four days and nights, May 15-18, based out of the Garden District Bookshop and various nightime venues, Curtis Robinson and Christopher Tidmore break down all the events and explain how it came together to honor Hunter S. Thompson and gonzo journalism. Buy the ticket to NOLA – take the ride! Check it out - events are free but you need to buy your own airfare and drinks: https://gonzofest.net/
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    23 分
  • Hunter S. Thompson's Superb Super Bowl Story

    Hunter S. Thompson's Superb Super Bowl Story
    2025/02/06
    In honor of Super Bowl LIX, Curtis Robinson and Christopher Tidmore broadcast from New Orleans, reading from the scribe himself, and realizing just how prescient Hunter S. Thompson was about NFL and politics. What would Hunter have made of Donald Trump becoming the first sitting President to go to the Super Bowl...and what bets would he have made, particularly on the commercials? And how is Steve Jobs ultimately responsible!
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    26 分
  • Jimmy Carter's Legacy

    Jimmy Carter's Legacy
    2025/01/08
    Did Hunter S. Thompson help create Jimmy Carter's Presidency? Curtis Robinson and Christopher Tidmore explore President Carter's legacy and Hunter's opinions on him, including whether Carter was a lot meaner than his reputation suggests. And it might have led to some of of Carter's greatest successes, including the Camp David Accords.
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    41 分
  • Buy the Ticket, Take the Vote

    Buy the Ticket, Take the Vote
    2024/11/21
    Christopher and Curtis deep-dive into the the sweeping Trump victory through the lens of Fear & Loathing, Campaign Trail '72. This includes many trends in common (history repeating?) and a few dangers unique to our age. Is that a reassuring sign that we've "been here before," or does it offer depressing evidence that we've actually learned virtually nothing in all those decades?
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    31 分
  • Ron Turner: Drugs, The Kentucky Derby and Gonzo Journalism

    Ron Turner: Drugs, The Kentucky Derby and Gonzo Journalism
    2024/10/22
    How the monkey getting high on Hunter's drugs led to the famed Kentucky Derby column! Ron Turner, famed Bay Area publisher, tells all, including how he used to discuss Ayn Rand with Hunter, how San Francisco created gonzo, and how the city still remains a font of creativity today. Curtis and Christopher listen at the feet of one of the fathers of gonzo, and so can you.
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    24 分
  • Fear and Malaise on the 2024 Campaign Trail

    Fear and Malaise on the 2024 Campaign Trail
    2024/10/13
    Curtis and Christopher take on the malaise of the 2024 election which brings "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail" to a new level. But worry not. Suicide is not the result. We explore some craziness along the way, and compliment "Colonel" Johnny Depp on his new art exhibit in NYC which features quite a lot of Hunter Thompson. We talk about drinking with Christopher Hitchens and the upcoming Gonzofest in New Orleans in May 2025.
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    23 分
  • Chicago Convention Redux? Hunter Clubbed By Cop at '68 Convention

    Chicago Convention Redux? Hunter Clubbed By Cop at '68 Convention
    2024/08/19
    The (oft considered) first time Hunter S. Thompson used the title “Fear and Loathing” came as a result of his attendance at the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago—when a cop pushed a billy club into him like a “spear”. Will the police act the same amidst the legions of Gaza protesters descending on the Windy City for this week’s Democratic convention? Curtis Robinson and Christopher Tidmore analyze the parallels and differences to Hunter’s experience in 1968.
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    38 分