#15 | The Hellfire Club

#15 | The Hellfire Club

Today we’re going to be delving into one of Hunter’s most graphic and disturbing pieces, The Hellfire Club. Published in 1988, this article (rather sarcastically) laments the degeneracy and sexual misdeeds of the televangelists of the 80s, and then takes a typical Hunter turn. Last Week Tonight - Televangelists: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y1xJAVZxXg&ab_channel=LastWeekTonight Written and performed by Laura Heuston and Eamon Moses. Music and Audio by Robert Meek Hunting Hunter: A Gonzo Podcast is recorded on stolen Gadigal land. Sovereignty was never ceded and a treaty was never signed. Always was, always will be, Aboriginal land.

#14 | I Was Not A Crook

Today's episode contemplates Hunter S. Thompson's searing obituary of Richard Nixon from 1994. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1994/07/he-was-a-crook/308699/ [https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1994/07/he-was-a-crook/308699/] Hunting Hunter: A Gonzo Podcast is recorded on stolen Gadigal land. Sovereignty was never ceded and a treaty was never signed. Always was, always will be, Aboriginal land.

#13 | Highs, Lows, The Adventures of a Trip

Are we scientists? Absolutely not. So let’s take a look into the world of Psychedelics, and what it’s like going on a Trip. Will we go beyond Alice’s Looking Glass? Venture ahead and see… Sources * Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas – Hunter S. Thompson * The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman – Hunter S. Thompson * https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1990-01-03-9001170348-story.html [https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1990-01-03-9001170348-story.html] * The Accidental Life – Terry McDonnell * https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a44784/accidental-life-terry-mcdonnell-excerpt/ [https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a44784/accidental-life-terry-mcdonnell-excerpt/] * https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-feb-27-bk-hunterthompson27-story.html [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-feb-27-bk-hunterthompson27-story.html] Hunting Hunter: A Gonzo Podcast is recorded on stolen Gadigal land. Sovereignty was never ceded and a treaty was never signed. Always was, always will be, Aboriginal land.

#12 | Our Icon's Icon

This episode we look into the influence of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway on Hunter's work, and how he used their books in his own quest to write the Great American Novel. Sources: * Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by HST * The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald * Farewell to Arm by Ernest Hemingway * http://www.openculture.com/2017/06/hunter-s-thompson-typed-out-the-great-gatsby-farewell-to-arms.html [http://www.openculture.com/2017/06/hunter-s-thompson-typed-out-the-great-gatsby-farewell-to-arms.html] * https://rightreason.typepad.com/right_reason/2017/04/hunter-s-thompson-and-the-great-gatsby.html [https://rightreason.typepad.com/right_reason/2017/04/hunter-s-thompson-and-the-great-gatsby.html] * https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/502805/8-gonzo-facts-about-hunter-s-thompson [https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/502805/8-gonzo-facts-about-hunter-s-thompson] Hunting Hunter: A Gonzo Podcast is recorded on stolen Gadigal land. Sovereignty was never ceded and a treaty was never signed. Always was, always will be, Aboriginal land.

#11 | Violent Angels

A return to the world of Hell’s Angels and Biker Culture, we look at multiple instances of crime and violence in the world of the Hell’s Angels and Hunter’s involvement. Sources: * Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs written by Hunter * S. Thompson, published in 1967 by Random House.https://blankonblank.org/interviews/hunter-thompson-hells-angels- [https://blankonblank.org/interviews/hunter-thompson-hells-angels]motorcycles-fighting-violence-drinking/ Written and performed by Laura Heuston and Eamon Moses. Music and Audio by Robert Meek Hunting Hunter: A Gonzo Podcast is recorded on stolen Gadigal land. Sovereignty was never ceded and a treaty was never signed. Always was, always will be, Aboriginal land.