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LSD: Lettvin Vs Leary

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Live debate on drug use, the devil and dropping out between Timothy Leary (A Former Harvard psychology professor) and Jerome Lettvin (chemist, physician, MIT professor). Included the short film "The Psychedelic Experience" with music by Ravi Shankar. 1967. Won the Tom Phillips Award for Best Television Public Service competition sponsored by the UPI Broadcasters Association of Massachusetts.
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11/30/1967
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LSD: Lettvin Vs Leary

Interview with Derek Taylor [Part 2 of 4]

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or even if you like, Mickey Rooney. These are people who, what do they have a talus or something. Timothy Leary would … they are. But they're people who got it. It's what makes us wonderful as humans that we can spot this stuff
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Interview with Derek Taylor [Part 2 of 4]
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Rock and Roll / Shakespeares in the Alley

Interview with Derek Taylor [Part 3 of 4]

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looking to, I mean there's all kinds of pop... pop stars. Well there was Timothy Leary who we had as a pop star, but pop singers, certain pop singers were considered to be worth listening to. I mean, the Beatles obvious example, Dylan
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Interview with Derek Taylor [Part 3 of 4]
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Rock and Roll / Shakespeares in the Alley
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