This week the boys discuss Joseph’s favorite decade: the 1960’s. They begin by touching on what life was like for everyday Americans in the ‘60s before detailing several movements (the civil rights movement, the gay rights movement, and the antiwar movement) that contributed to the decade earning the nickname “the countercultural decade.” They then talk about hippies and the elements of hippie culture that they appreciate (tie dye, flower power, rock music, and healthy living). They go on to discuss how the color baby blue stands out as the defining color of the decade, how California became the subject of many ‘60s songs after it became the largest state in the country in 1962, and how the 1963 film Charade has much funnier writing than modern CGI-reliant slapstick comedies. 

Links:

Coming Apart : The State of White America by Charles Murray

Flower Power (photograph) by Bernie Boston

Shoes as a Source of First Impressions

Joan Didion’s quote about Los Angeles

Charade (1963)

Artwork:

Aubrey Hepburn and Cary Grant in Charade (1963)

Recorded on 1/22/2025