It All Changed in '74 with Ron Brownstein
The Bill Press Pod
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4.7 • 601 Ratings
🗓️ 11 May 2021
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Ron Brownstein is one of the most astute political observers working today. From his perch as Senior Political Commentator at CNN and Senior Editor at the Atlantic, he's always ahead of the pack at focusing our attention on the crucial trends that become the big stories of the day. For his new book, Rock Me on the Water: 1974-The Year Los Angeles Transformed Movies, Music, Television, and Politics, he explores the life and times of the men and women who changed American Culture in hinge year of 1974. You can purchase it here.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello friends and neighbors. Welcome back to the Bill Press Pod. Well, it's been almost a year and a half now, and COVID-19 has changed our lives in many ways. Not only how we shop, how we educate our kids, how we play, how we work, how we work out, but also |
| 0:23.4 | how we spend those extra hours at home. In fact, every survey shows that Americans are reading |
| 0:30.1 | more books, watching more television, screening more films, and listening to more music than |
| 0:35.7 | ever before. So what could be better than a book about the golden age of movies, |
| 0:42.3 | television, and music with a little politics thrown in for good measure? |
| 0:46.3 | Well, we're lucky. That book is here. |
| 0:49.3 | It's called Rock Me on the Water by CNN Senior Political Analyst Ron Brownsteen, |
| 0:56.1 | a great new book on the magic hour of film, television, music, and politics in Los Angeles in 1974. |
| 1:04.9 | It's the fascinating story of a conversions of talent, all working together in the same place at the same time. |
| 1:12.4 | Names like Norman Lear, Warren Beatty, Jack Nicholson, Carol O'Connor, Mary Tyler Moore, |
| 1:17.5 | Alan Alda, Jackson Brown, Linda Ronstad, Joni Mitchell, Don Henley, Jerry Brown, |
| 1:24.6 | wow, and so many others, never seen before or since. |
| 1:29.2 | We caught up with Ron Brownstein at his home in Los Angeles. |
| 1:34.3 | Ron Brown Brownstein, hello, hello. |
| 1:35.8 | Good to reconnect with you. |
| 1:36.9 | Congratulations on the new book. |
| 1:38.8 | It's great. |
| 1:39.4 | Loved it, loved it. |
| 1:40.6 | Thank you. |
| 1:41.3 | It's so good to be with you, Bill, and to have a chance to catch up. |
| 1:44.9 | I hope you are well and looking forward to this. |
| 1:47.3 | Everything's good. Rock me on the water. First, let's talk about a little rocking on the water here in Washington, D.C. on the political scene. |
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