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Scarred for Life: Exploring the Dark Side of Pop Culture in the 70s and 80s
The speakers discuss the dense and lengthy books 'Scarred for Life' that delve into the terrifying and bleak aspects of pop culture in the 1970s and 1980s, including dystopian sci-fi, horror films, violent comics, and public information films. They reminisce about their childhood experiences of seeing Holocaust documentaries and being taught to hide under desks in case of nuclear war, while also sharing their love for vintage television shows like I Claudius and Doctor Who.