Go Ask Alice Part 3 with Rick Emerson and Carmen Maria Machado
You're Wrong About
Sarah Marshall
4.6 • 23K Ratings
🗓️ 4 July 2022
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Sarah and Carmen complete their epic trilogy by meeting Rick Emerson on the edge of Mount Doom to discuss his book, Unmask Alice, and some of the story behind the diary that has captivated America—and informed its drug policy—for half a century. Digressions include multi-level marketing, Oceans Eleven, the Great Salt Lake.
You can hear Part 1 here and Part 2 here.
Here's where to find Rick and his book Unmask Alice: LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World's Most Notorious Diaries:
Website
Here's where to find Carmen:
Website
Support us:
Bonus Episodes on Patreon
Bonus Episodes on Apple Podcasts
Where else to find us:
Sarah's other show, You Are Good
[YWA co-founder] Mike's other show, Maintenance Phase
Links:
https://carmenmariamachado.com/
http://www.rickemerson.com/
http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout
http://apple.co/ywa
https://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-about
https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/yourewrongaboutpod
https://www.podpage.com/you-are-good
http://maintenancephase.com
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to your wrong about I'm Sarah Marshall. Welcome to GoAskAlice Endgame. |
| 0:18.6 | With me today is our friend Carmen Maria Machado and with us also is Supersecret Guest |
| 0:24.0 | Rick Emerson, the author of Unmask Alice, LSD, Satanic Panic and the imposter behind |
| 0:32.2 | the world's most notorious diaries. If you want to hear some bonus episodes from your |
| 0:37.2 | wrong about you can go to patreon.com slash your wrong about and hear them there, you can |
| 0:42.0 | hear them on Apple subscriptions or you can go see one fifth of Maverick. Okay, it's time |
| 0:50.0 | for the conclusion to our story. I hope you enjoy it. I hope that solving mysteries |
| 0:56.7 | always makes you feel like there are just 100 more mysteries out there for you. |
| 1:04.2 | Welcome to your wrong about the podcast for sadistic switch hitters and those who love them. |
| 1:11.1 | With me today is Carmen Maria Machado and our secret exciting mystery guest stepping out |
| 1:17.8 | from behind the crushed velvet curtain Rick Emerson author of Unmask Alice. Hello, Carmen. |
| 1:24.0 | Hello Rick. Hello. Howdy. Hi. So Rick, tell us about your book. I bet it has a subtitle. |
| 1:32.2 | The subtitle because all books now must have subtitles that are four dozen words long. |
| 1:37.0 | The full title of the book is Unmask Alice, LSD, Satanic Panic and the imposter behind |
| 1:42.6 | the world's most notorious diaries. Can I just say here are my three favorite things. |
| 1:47.2 | LSD, the Satanic Panic and imposter's. That's it. That's all I want. Have I got the book |
| 1:53.3 | for you? And I feel like this book is about like many slices of American history. It's |
| 2:02.6 | like this cross section of mid 20th century America or a mid to late really that we get |
| 2:08.8 | by following the go ask Alice story. It's like a long thin slice of pork belly. |
| 2:14.0 | If you follow go ask Alice, it's going to take you through several decades of American |
| 2:18.2 | history, several, you know, moral panics and quasi social breakdowns and a whole cast |
| 2:23.8 | of just unbelievable characters and events, all of which are all the more astounding for |
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