We discuss the 1977 documentary Pumping Iron following the epic and hilarious lives of the contestant of the 1975 Mr. Olympia competition in South Africa. Arnold Schwartzenegger vs. Lou Ferrigno. Conan vs. The Hulk. Nuff said. 

We discuss the 1976 Tayos Caves Expedition organized by Stanley Hall featuring special guest explorer astronaut Neil Armstrong, ancient metal libraries of occult knowledge, bad weather, South American bureaucracy, cave spiders, archaeological treasures and Montezuma's Revenge. 

We talk about journalist Joan Didion's second compilation of articles, published in 1979. Didion might be the harshest, most biting social commentator while at the same time managing to be perfectly nice about it. 

We talk about the 1972 film Trouble Man featuring one of the coolest private eyes in cinema history. 

We discuss David Talbot's love letter to San Francisco during  the latter half of the 20th century. 

We discuss a mysterious & little known Long Seventies aesthetic phenomenon we call The Smoothening. 

We discuss the Netflix documentary Fear City about the Feds' and NYC govt's takedown of the New York Mafia. 

We retroperspect on the last year's episodes and make some long shot predictions about 1970s history podcast episodes in the next year. 

In Feb 1981, Joey Coyle, a Philly longshoreman, found $1.2 million in cash in the middle of the road and decided to keep it. Too bad the money belonged to the Federal Reserve and they wanted it back. 

Delve into the murky world of MKUltra with discussions on psychological warfare tactics, covert operations, psychedelics, and the evolution of advertising strategies. Uncover the dark history of CIA involvement in the counterculture movement and explore themes of mind control in American Ultra. From government secrets to modern surveillance, this episode offers a captivating journey through the tangled web of mind manipulation.