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May 24, 20261980
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Footage of a televised interview with Timothy Leary on the 1980's by Joan London, possibly for Good Morning America. Leary discusses his role as a philosopher, Huck Finn, and the Drug War.
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The speaker presents himself as a conventional yet highly active “performing philosopher,” describing his work as communicating and packaging ideas. He discusses psychedelics, counterculture, and drug policy, arguing for adult self-responsibility while criticizing the racial, economic, and religious dimensions of the war on drugs.
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