We talk about the Chuck Norris classic Good Guys Wear Black and the best stretch jeans on the market. 

We discuss the Acali Experiment, an "only could have happened in the 70s" adventure/scientific experiment where a scientist sets sail on the high seas with a nubile crew of test subjects to determine how human nature will manifest in the worst of conditions. 

We talk about the movie The Towering Inferno. 

We do a Long Seventies Award show.

We have an off the cuff discussion of the Long Seventies paradigm shift from Liberalism to Neoliberalism witnessed across society and Foreign Relations. 

We talk about the 1979 film “Over the Edge.” Misunderstood miscreants, Jr. High School dope dealers, antisocial antiestablishment antimonies take on suburban america in this surreal and absurdist take on youth in America during the Long Seventies. 

We talk about the 1969 occupation of Alcatraz Island in SF Bay by the Indians of All Tribes activist group, and provide some important context and background to understand this important event. 

In this holiday Substitute Teachercast we present another educational film from the golden years of American 16mm (1969). This is “Drug Abuse: The Chemical Tomb.” The title says it all. 

We talk about the tragic but probably fictional story about 15 year old Alice and her decent into drug abuse as portrayed in the 1973 made for tv movie Go Ask Alice. 

We talk about the 1973 Oil Crisis. Obviously.