This is Episode 2 of my chat with Doctor Larch Maxey. In the first episode we talked about Larch's prison experiences. In this episode we look more closely at the philosophy of Direct Action, and also look into the actual reality of living for 27 days in a tunnel.

We recorded this episode Live, at the wonderful 'Buckfastleigh mic' on September 27th - apologies for the delay in putting it out there.

It was a joy talking with Larch, and thank you to the lovely audience who helped make this such an enjoyable evening.

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Thanks to you all for your support and never forget that the true joy in this life comes from the love within.

Love and Peace

Tom

In this episode I talk to Doctor Larch Maxey.

I met Larch just after he had been released from gaol. He was sentenced to three years for taking part in a Just Stop Oil protest.

We had great chat. It went on a long time, and even then there was clearly more that needed to be said. Part two is scheduled to be recorded 'Live' at Buckfastleigh MIC on September 9th. You are of course very welcome to come along to meet Larch and to join in the discussion.

Fifty or so years ago, on the London whole food scene, I heard the name Greg Sams. Two weeks ago up he pops on my FB page. And then he agrees to chat with me for Talking with the Hippies.

What a lovely bloke, and what a great chat. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

To read Greg's essay, 'Could Flower Power Have Saved the World', and to check out his books, go to https://www.gregorysams.com/greg-MAPS.pdf

In this episode I'm back talking with my good friend Andy Cox about conspiracy theories, or what some people know of as the truth. Some of the conversation is pretty far out, and I know some people find some of this stuff quite controversial, but I'm putting it out there anyway, because, well, why shouldn't it be heard.

It's an area of life that I don't spend much time thinking about, but I will say I am pretty convinced that to some degree, lies do get told, and to some degree, we do get manipulated by the media. It's really just a question of 'how much'.

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Thanks for that, and love to all.

In this episode of Talking with the Hippies I chat with Jackie Juno. We talk about so many things.

I don't really know what to say about Jackie. It almost feels wrong to describe her, because there's just so much going on there. I don't want to say she is one thing over another because she is so many things, but most of all she is a lovely person.

Jackie and I are so different - Love is where we are the same - I'll leave it at that.

Stick in there for the full Jackie Juno experience.

Share, follow blah blah blah - I can hardly press the keys to say all that stuff, but so many good episodes coming up, so if you don't want to miss them, stay in touch.

In this episode I speak with Paul Todd who I met on a beach in Goa in 1971.

We chat about some of the adventures we had on our way there and back. Plus of course, we talk about India. What a place, and what an experience to go through.

I think we do actually manage to capture some of the feeling of those glorious days. I hope you agree. Of course it wasn't all fun - we both came back in a pretty sorry state.

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Thank you, and Love and Peace to all

In this episode I am chatting with Andy Cox, who I first met over 50 years ago.

Andy travelled the Hippie Trail well before it was even a trail. He is one of the originals, and still, to this day, he remains as original as ever.

I just loved making this recording - we really did just let it rip -and that is pretty much what you get to hear.

Let me know what you think - we can do more.

The musician playing the 12 bar is Daniel Massa from New York State (I think). I found Daniel on Pixabay. Thanks Daniel - it's so good!

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Love and Peace to all.

Two old Hippies, one American and one English, talk about the latest developments over there in the good old US of A.

This is the second podcast that I have done with Paul. You may remember the first episode where we talked about living in Haight Ashbury in the late 60s.

This one does get a bit into the politics in places - it's kind of inevitable when President Trump is the subject. Stick with it - there is lots of good stuff in there - I'm hoping to be back with Paul in a while for all the latest updates.

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Thank you to my friend Rose Ellis for the music, and for helping develop the whole idea of the Talking with the Hippies project.

Love and Peace to all.

I'm back chatting with Sam. We are both big fans of Zappa and Beefheart and my plan for this episode was that we would talk about them and their music.

We started out there, but we quickly moved on.

Take a listen. There's one line in there that really blew my mind. We were talking about being creative, and I've never thought about this before, but one second something's not there, and then it is. It's as if by magic.....

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Thank you so much for listening.

Love and peace to all.

I'll come straight out with it - we go well off the tracks in this one, but I've had to leave the title as it is because we already have a Part One.

We talk about Hippy slang - What the Indians thought of the Hippies - A bit more about Glastonbury - Where did the Hippies come from - Now and the future - and other stuff.

I hope you enjoy listening to this latest episode of `Talking with the Hippies. It was great fun to make, and I'm hoping Rob and I will be back in a few weeks to explore other areas of Hippie life.

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xx Love and Peace to all xx

In this episode I am talking with Rob Taylor. Rob got in touch with me in connection with research for his PhD project at Oxford University.

Normally I get to ask the questions, but in this episode my guest was the host and I got to relax and come up with the answers.

This is a two part podcast episode. Subjects include, Hippy Politics, Psychedelics, The Hippie Trail, India, Books on the scene, Hippy slang, The origins of the Hippies, Where are they all now, and more.

I really enjoyed every minute of making this episode - so many good questions - truth be told, we could have kept talking, and who knows, maybe we will.

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In this episode I chat with Sam Dodson. Sam is an artist - check out the episode art, and was once a musician in a band - check out the music - Loop Guru 1996.

I would say, definitely more than me, Sam has stuck to his creative principles. I'm paraphrasing here but it roughly goes along the lines of 'Don't follow the money, and if you need to eat.... well, something usually turns up'.

We chat about art, music, life, creative writing courses, and much much more. It's been the most enjoyable time recording and putting this episode together - I hope that you enjoy listening to it too.

If you like this podcast, please remember to do all the stuff you are supposed to do including, liking it, reviewing it, subscribing to it, and sharing it.

Thank you all for listening.

Love and Peace

Tom

Talking with the Hippies went live for this one, and what a great night it was. Beautiful music, Beautiful audience, and my son Josh as a guest.

We talk about what it was like to grow up on Dartmoor with two hippies for parents. We also talk about Josh's career as a comedian, and we also work in a few bits and pieces about life in general.

My thanks to Rose Ellis for helping to put this show together, and for performing at the gig, along with Simeon and Kuki, Chris and Sheila, and Fred and Marlowe.

Rose also wrote and performed the music used on this podcast episode.

My thanks to Andy at Ashburton Arts Centre for hosting the evening. Talking with the Hippies Live will be back in town on January 13th 2025. Make a note of that date, or book your ticket or whatever, and if you enjoy listening to TWTH, if you subscribe you should hopefully receive a notification of every new episode.

In this episode I'm back talking to my friend Alan Clayson about growing up in the Sixties, with the Beatles - obviously not with the actual Beatles, but surrounded by the culture that they were a huge part of.

This is by no means a comprehensive account of those days, but hopefully it might give you a flavout of those halcyon days.

In this episode I talk to Georgina Grant, who grew up as a mixed-race child in the 1960s.

Since I was very young I've always felt very sensitive about race issues. Unbelievably, this is the first time I've ever actually sat down with someone of a so-called different race and talked about it. I'm really grateful to Georgi for agreeing to do this recording with me - it means a lot.

How is racism even a thing - it just sickens me!

In this episode of Talking with the Hippies I chat with Oliver Bosence. Olly's father was a teacher at Dartington Hall School in the 1960s, and Olly was a student there at the same time.

I was very keen to find out how he feels now about the progressive education that he received there.

We cover a lot of interesting stuff, including many of Olly's memories of what life on the estate was like at that time.

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In this episode I talk to my old friend Mark Rashid.

Mark has many strings to his bow. He is an author, a luthier, a horse trainer, a philosopher, and most important of all, a nice bloke.

We do start off chatting a little bit about horses, but hang in there - it's all very relevant to what comes next.

I hope that you enjoy the listen - I certainly enjoyed putting it together.

In this episode of Talking with the Hippies I chat to Alan Clayson, about his new book, Get Yer 'Air Cut.

I always enjoy making my podcasts, but for me, talking with Alan felt like visiting old times. Let's just say I'm pretty sure we would have been good mates had we met up in the 60s,

Give it a listen - it might just be a classic episode!

By the way, the music is courtesy of Alan's band, Clayson and the Argonauts. I had to pay 79p for it, so I hope you enjoy it.

In this episode I get to talk with smallholder and back to the land campaigner, Chris Smage.

Chris has written a couple of excellent books, A Small Farm Future, and, Saying NO to a Farm-Free Future. The titles say it all really.

I enjoyed talking with Chris. I agreed with almost everything he said - sorting out our food production and looking after the land absolutely has to be central to our well-being as a species.

Sometimes I think 90% of what we do is just a bit daft really. What have we gained from all the so called progress that we have made. But then again, without some of that progress this podcast wouldn't be happening now. I guess some of you might be thinking that would be a good thing too.

May love and peace prevail.

Best Wishes

Tom

In this episode I chat with Robert Norris, an old hippy from California.

In the 60s we grew up in the shadow of the Viet Nam war. Thankfully, Harold Wilson, the UK Prime Minister at the time, refused to get involved, so in the UK we were spared the draft. But for American kids it was serious life and death stuff. 58,220 Americans lost their lives in a war which history tells us was fought largely for the benefit of the arms industry.

This is the story of one American growing up in that shadow.