
453 - Abbie Hoffman - Part Three
The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds
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Abbie Hoffman's Later Life and Post-Incarceration Adventures
The chapter delves into Abbie Hoffman's later life, discussing his decline of a press interview due to media treatment and a fundraiser for drug addicts at Studio 54. It explores his successful debate tactics, ongoing activism, struggles with manic episodes, hospitalization, speaking engagements, and refusal to play a villain on Miami Vice. The narrative transitions to post-incarceration life, discussing his support for the Sandinistas, debates with Jerry Rubin, disappointment in Jerry's transformation, the success of first debates, and his involvement in various activism post the Chicago 7 trial.
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