You think you might be a bit OCD on HST? Well, Dr. John Brick is not just one of the nation's leading experts on Hunter S. Thompson, but his dissertation actually tracks the changes and rewrites to Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas. You can start with the changes from the Rolling Stone publication to the book. Spoiler alert: Lawyers get involved! And he also explores who the characters were in real life, and how/why HST edited his most famous work. Also: Dr. Brick explains how he teaches Hunter to the next generation.

Ron Whitehead, the legendary beat poet and GonzoFest founder, joins Curtis and Christopher to explain the event's origins, serve up some gonzo history and make his case that this is really, truly, no kidding the 10th and last GonzoFest... most likely.

In our first posting from GonzoFest 2024, Curtis and Christopher welcome a scholarly “guru” of modern American literature. Tulane University professor and HST expert T.R. Johnson explains how Hunter may stand as the modern American Mark Twain, and how river cities like Louisville and New Orleans help form such a character. And Dr. T.R. believes Dr. Gonzo may have recreated himself into one of the truest embolizations of American literature. Trigger warning: The term "Slave Jim" is used.

In their first post-pandemic studio gabfest, the H-G crew talks with a GonzoFest organizer about what to expect in Louisville on July 14. Plus: Why does it take Louisville so long to embrace its famous residents like Hunter and Mohammad Ali? We also wonder if this will actually be the10th and last GonzoFest – well, one of those things is clearly true but the other meets skeptics. Tickets for GF10 are on sale and going fast! FIND TICKETS AT GONZOFESTLOUISVILLE.COM.

Those many Hunter S. Thompson campus visits are always the stuff of stories, but not always with the impact you might expect. For one Appalachian American FOC (Friend of Curtis), Jeff Weddle, it seems Charles Bukowski was a much bigger deal -- but he comes around as he becomes FOC.) Also: Ignore that politically incorrect book inscription.)

It's that time of year, when the timeless Fear & Loathing at the Super Bowl gets discovered again and again. It remains a reminder that Hunter S. Thompson began, and ended, his career as a sports writer, and that he considered politics both blood sport and the way to control your environment. But don't just stop at the 1974 version!

Matthew Hahn, a 26-year-old writing 25 years ago for The Atlantic, got Hunter S. Thompson to open up about the John F. Kennedy murder, why the Internet feeds TV lust and that Nixon obit — and, oh yes, the Modern Library honoring 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.’

The Hunter S. Thompson classic "Fear & Loathing on the Campaign Trail, '72" book was published in 1973, just one of many follow-on impacts of that year on the next. For example one 1973 story involves HST, Franco Harris, ESPN Legend John A. Walsh, George Plimpton and Jann Wenner, Trigger warning: It was a different era in gambling on race.

The votes are finally mostly counted, so how did 2022 reflect the wisdom of Hunter S. Thompson's 1972 classic Fear & Loathing on the Campaign Trail, 72? Fifty years later, the trends are oddly similar including that President Nixon had only slight influence on down-ballot Republicans. So, when a seated president has little influence on other elections... well, Curtis and Christopher break it down and offer announcement at post-election-ish plans for Fear and Podcasting efforts, 2024.

Election news during October 50 years ago was such that Hunter S. Thompson more or less took a pass at writing about Nixon v. McGovern, instead musing about a certain werewolf visiting the Watergate. With a look at how the looming midterm votes are likely (or not) to mirror those of a half-century ago, Curtis Robinson and Christopher Tidmore dive into a short chapter. Also: Some predictions about Trump candidates.