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The Last of the Merry Pranksters

Bureau of Lost Culture

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Introduction

Stephen Coats traveled with the Merry Pranksters across America in 1964. The trip was inspired by Jack Kerouac's beat generation classic, "The Electric Kule Desert" In this episode he meets Ken Babs, one of the last members of the Merry Pr pranksters. He also talks about Carroi, Ginsburg, Vietnam and how nature responds to good life and dreams.

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