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Jun 30, 2025 25 min

Ep. 122 - Hunter S. Thompson

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On February 20, 2005, Hunter S. Thompson -- the gonzo journalist whose hallucinatory prose and fearlessly immersive style redefined American reporting -- died by suicide at the age of 67. A countercultural icon and sharp critic of power, his work blurred the line between fact and fiction, journalism and literature. Though his voice was silenced in a single gunshot at his Colorado compound, his legacy lives on in the wild cadence of modern storytelling, in political commentary that dares to speak truth, and in every writer who chooses to dive headfirst into a story. Hosts: Derek Kaufman & Jason Beckerman

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