Beyond the Unnameable
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- Name
- Fass, Bob, 1933-2021 (Host,Former owner)
- Hoffman, Anita (Speaker)
- WBAI Radio (New York, N.Y.) (Broadcaster)
- Title
- Beyond the Unnameable
- Abstract
- 1974, between mid-February and mid-April: Bob reads from a SoHo Weekly News interview with Abbie Hoffman, who was arrested in his home for cocaine possession and intent to sell cocaine August 28, 1973. Hoffman claims that drug laws targeting cocaine as opposed to heroin are based in racism, as cocaine is not addictive and doesn't cause death. Bob has Anita Hoffman on the phone. Between phone calls regarding the date of a march on Washington to impeach Nixon, Bob plays a 1968 tape of Abbie Hoffman in the studio with him. Hoffman tells of his experience being arrested for a crime aboard an aircraft, the instance of which led to the Chicago Seven trial. Bob takes a few more calls, including one from a man impersonating Hoffman, and one from a woman objecting to playing tapes of Mae Brussell
- Mae Brussell, prisons
- Collection Name
- Bob Fass papers, circa 1960-2011
- Archival Context
- Series II: Other Radio Shows, 1965-1990. Subseries II.1: Beyond the Unnameable, 1972-1974, 1976, undated
- Subjects
- Political activists; Hippies; Drug control; United States; Hoffman, Abbie
- Format
- sound recordings
- Genre
- Radio call-in shows; Popular music radio programs
- Publication Information
- WBAI Radio: New York (N.Y.). 1974-04-17
- Date
- 1974 April 17
- Physical Description
- 1 audio file (41 minutes)
- Note (Bf number)
- BF1098
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-8wax-nc28