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LSD: Lettvin Vs Leary
Part of From the Vault. Part of Drug Guru Timothy Leary and a Rare Interview with Steve Jobs.
11/30/1967
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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- Program
- LSD: Lettvin Vs Leary
- Program Description
Live debate on drug use, the devil and dropping out between Timothy Leary (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. (Aired later as part of NET Journal)
- Duration
00:51:06
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- LSD (Drug)
- Hallucinogenic drugs
- Television debates
- Religion and sociology
- Debates and debating in mass media
- Devil
- Sacrament and symbol
- Counterculture
- Genres
- Debate
- Topics
- Social Issues
- Creators
- Hoyt, Austin (Series Producer)
- Contributors
- Leary, Timothy (Guest)
- Hoyt, Austin (Producer)
- Lettvin, Jerome (Moderator)
- Publication Information
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Citation
- Chicago: “LSD: Lettvin Vs Leary,” 11/30/1967, GBH Archives, accessed November 21, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_0669B2FE8ADC4F80A8D89CB58D02BBC0.
- MLA: “LSD: Lettvin Vs Leary.” 11/30/1967. GBH Archives. Web. November 21, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_0669B2FE8ADC4F80A8D89CB58D02BBC0>.
- APA: LSD: Lettvin Vs Leary. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_0669B2FE8ADC4F80A8D89CB58D02BBC0