Two old Hippies, one American and one English, talk about the latest developments over there in the good old US of A.

This is the second podcast that I have done with Paul. You may remember the first episode where we talked about living in Haight Ashbury in the late 60s.

This one does get a bit into the politics in places - it's kind of inevitable when President Trump is the subject. Stick with it - there is lots of good stuff in there - I'm hoping to be back with Paul in a while for all the latest updates.

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Thank you to my friend Rose Ellis for the music, and for helping develop the whole idea of the Talking with the Hippies project.

Love and Peace to all.

I'm back chatting with Sam. We are both big fans of Zappa and Beefheart and my plan for this episode was that we would talk about them and their music.

We started out there, but we quickly moved on.

Take a listen. There's one line in there that really blew my mind. We were talking about being creative, and I've never thought about this before, but one second something's not there, and then it is. It's as if by magic.....

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I'll come straight out with it - we go well off the tracks in this one, but I've had to leave the title as it is because we already have a Part One.

We talk about Hippy slang - What the Indians thought of the Hippies - A bit more about Glastonbury - Where did the Hippies come from - Now and the future - and other stuff.

I hope you enjoy listening to this latest episode of `Talking with the Hippies. It was great fun to make, and I'm hoping Rob and I will be back in a few weeks to explore other areas of Hippie life.

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In this episode I am talking with Rob Taylor. Rob got in touch with me in connection with research for his PhD project at Oxford University.

Normally I get to ask the questions, but in this episode my guest was the host and I got to relax and come up with the answers.

This is a two part podcast episode. Subjects include, Hippy Politics, Psychedelics, The Hippie Trail, India, Books on the scene, Hippy slang, The origins of the Hippies, Where are they all now, and more.

I really enjoyed every minute of making this episode - so many good questions - truth be told, we could have kept talking, and who knows, maybe we will.

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In this episode I chat with Sam Dodson. Sam is an artist - check out the episode art, and was once a musician in a band - check out the music - Loop Guru 1996.

I would say, definitely more than me, Sam has stuck to his creative principles. I'm paraphrasing here but it roughly goes along the lines of 'Don't follow the money, and if you need to eat.... well, something usually turns up'.

We chat about art, music, life, creative writing courses, and much much more. It's been the most enjoyable time recording and putting this episode together - I hope that you enjoy listening to it too.

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Thank you all for listening.

Love and Peace

Tom

Talking with the Hippies went live for this one, and what a great night it was. Beautiful music, Beautiful audience, and my son Josh as a guest.

We talk about what it was like to grow up on Dartmoor with two hippies for parents. We also talk about Josh's career as a comedian, and we also work in a few bits and pieces about life in general.

My thanks to Rose Ellis for helping to put this show together, and for performing at the gig, along with Simeon and Kuki, Chris and Sheila, and Fred and Marlowe.

Rose also wrote and performed the music used on this podcast episode.

My thanks to Andy at Ashburton Arts Centre for hosting the evening. Talking with the Hippies Live will be back in town on January 13th 2025. Make a note of that date, or book your ticket or whatever, and if you enjoy listening to TWTH, if you subscribe you should hopefully receive a notification of every new episode.

In this episode I'm back talking to my friend Alan Clayson about growing up in the Sixties, with the Beatles - obviously not with the actual Beatles, but surrounded by the culture that they were a huge part of.

This is by no means a comprehensive account of those days, but hopefully it might give you a flavout of those halcyon days.

In this episode I talk to Georgina Grant, who grew up as a mixed-race child in the 1960s.

Since I was very young I've always felt very sensitive about race issues. Unbelievably, this is the first time I've ever actually sat down with someone of a so-called different race and talked about it. I'm really grateful to Georgi for agreeing to do this recording with me - it means a lot.

How is racism even a thing - it just sickens me!