Psychedelic Women

By Rainbow Valentine

Producer/Host, Rainbow Valentine was born into the inner circle of the San Francisco counterculture which didn’t seem unusual until she grew up and discovered not everyone’s family and friends were&nb... more

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The podcast currently has 23 episodes available.

Psychedelic Women episodes:

May 16, 2025 Psychedelic Women Ep 2: Convos with the Women of the Counterculture: Radiate Part 2: The Bellydancing Bohemian
After being unwittingly radiated in the biggest secret
nuclear meltdown in America, Rainbow Valentine’s mom fled to San Francisco, landing in Beatnik central of the early 60’s where she married a famous, mid-century modern jeweler with access to Stanford-made LSD, became a bellydancing sidekick to a fire-eating Holocaust survivor, made bling for rock stars plus stories about Tijuana, Lenny Bruce, Dizzy Gillespie, the Coffee Gallery, the Committee comedy troupe, Janis Joplin, Mexican wrestlers, illegal gay bars, her third husband, TV actor, Howard Hesseman (of WKRP in Cincinnati) and more.

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May 09, 2025 Psychedelic Women Ep 1: Convos with the Women of the Counterculture: Radiate Part 1: North Beach Babe
In 1959 Los Angeles there was a nuclear meltdown larger than
3 Mile Island that was covered up and never cleaned up and its tragic fallout propelled host, Rainbow Valentine’s Future Mom, Kathy Mason Lerner, to flee to San Francisco where she landed in Beatnik Central aka North Beach, SF. There shemet a Beatnik jeweler to the Jazz greats who had access to LSD made by Stanford University and RV's mom's life on the groundfloor of SF’s psychedelic revolution began. In this episode RV’s mom tells us about Janis Joplin, Pink Floyd, secret, illegal, gay bars, black-velvet paintings, the Nazi scientist who Disneyland called a hero and much more…

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April 24, 2025 Introducing...Psychedelic Women: Conversations with the Women of the Counterculture
Producer/Host, Rainbow Valentine was born into the inner circle of the San Francisco counterculture which didn’t seem unusual until she grew up and discovered not everyone’s family and friends were pot smugglers, rock stars and artists activating for peace, justice and equality. Rainbow Valentine’s mom, her friend’s moms and her mom’s friends were the bedrock of the world famous 1960’s counterculture - they were the first women in history to have access to (and take advantage of) The Pill, LSD and Rock’n’Roll. Psychedelic Women: Conversations with the Women of the Counterculture reveals never-before recorded stories of the sex,drugs and rock’n’roll of the paradigm-shifting 1960’s American counterculture.

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How many episodes does Psychedelic Women have?

The podcast currently has 23 episodes available.

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