Tricia Romano – ‘The Freaks Came Out to Write’

Kelly speaks to journalist Tricia Romano who has published a vast oral history of the Village Voice newspaper called “The Freaks Came Out to Write: The Definitive History of The Village Voice, the Radical Paper that Changed American Culture.” 

“The paper was called the Voice, and that’s what it was. It was like a loud, open mouth.”

“It was the paper of record for the women’s movement.” 

“The whole idea of countercultural journalism as invented by the Voice.”