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SUNDAY 8/23 @ 5 PM PT
ROBERT STONE (Part Two)
with Host Tim Carpenter
The late novelist Robert Stone fully lived the Sixties. He spent time with the writer Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters, and was briefly a Vietnam War correspondent. Throughout his career, his literary work was often acknowledged with awards, including the National Book Award in 1975 for “Dog Soldiers,” about a heroin smuggling deal gone wrong. He was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 1981 for “A Flag for Sunrise,” about an American professor caught in the pre-revolution politics of a Central American country, and in 1997 for a collection of stories entitled “Bear and His Daughter.” In 2007 he wrote a memoir about his counter-culture years entitled, “Prime Green: Remembering the Sixties.” The work shares Stone’s personal story from his days in the Navy to his time in Viet Nam, along with his insights on Kesey, Neal Cassady, Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac. Experience Talks is fortunate to be able to share host Tim Carpenter’s excellent two-part interview with Robert Stone. Part Two airs this week. If you missed Part One, you can hear it on our website’s Listen Page. Read Robert Stone’s detailed obituary here.
“Jean Phelps Veloz, the icon of the Hollywood-Style Lindy to new generations of swing dancers, provides a living bridge from the Los Angeles dance scene of the 1940’s to the present-day Lindy Hop revival that has swept the United States and the rest of the world since the late 1990’s.” She’s best known for the 1944 MGM film short, “Groovie Movie,” with Arthur Walsh. In 2014, at age 90, she celebrated her birthday at the Navy Club in Bangkok. 
We’ve posted in the past both here and on Facebook/Twitter about “Still Dreaming,” Hank Rogerson and Jilann Spitzmiller’s excellent documentary about a group of older Broadway actors, musicians, and dancers who live at the Lillian Booth Actors Home just outside NYC and who bravely dive into a production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Watching their story unfold, with all of its challenges, disappointments, and triumphs, is riveting. 
Carol and Warren Reckmeyer have been happily married since June 1, 1952, and they love the sport of baseball—so much so that they have matching jerseys celebrating their anniversary. Warren’s jersey has “Together” as the name, and “19” as the number; Carol’s jersey says “since” and “52.” So, when they’re next to one another, the shirts read “Together since 1952.” And they’re not the only couple to enjoy matching shirts. 
