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Sixties counterculture: everything you wanted to know

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4.34.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Where did the term “hippie” originate? What music best reflected a generation’s disaffection with the establishment, and opposition to the Vietnam War? And how did the culture wars of the sixties shape attitudes to race, gender equality and sexual liberation? Speaking with Spencer Mizen, Alwyn Turner answers listener questions on 1960s counterculture. Subscribe to BBC History Magazine or BBC History Revealed this season and receive a book of your choice worth up to £30* at https://www.buysubscriptions.com/subscribe2022 Listeners from outside the UK can also subscribe *Book promotion only available for UK residents Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:05.0

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0:07.3

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0:10.3

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0:13.9

I was trying to manipulate you.

0:15.7

Diana, you would be chucking their clothes out of the window.

0:18.1

I know, I'd be like, are you joking?

0:20.6

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0:55.8

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1:02.1

Welcome to the History Extra podcast. Fascinating historical conversations from BBC History Magazine

1:09.8

and BBC History revealed.

1:18.2

In the 1960s, the post-war establishment on both sides of the Atlantic was challenged by

1:25.3

our youth movement that questioned attitudes on everything from sexual

1:29.1

liberation and racial equality to recreational drugs and the Vietnam War. The 60s was a tumultuous

1:36.6

period in the West's modern cultural history, one that produced riots, protests and some truly

1:42.9

unforgettable music.

1:45.1

For today's Everything You Wanted to Know episode, Spencer Mizant sat down with Alwyn Turner,

1:51.8

senior lecturer in history at the University of Chichester, to delve into 60s counterculture.

1:58.8

Arwin, thanks for joining us today.

2:01.0

Thank you, good to be here. So, Arwin, thanks for joining us today. Thank you.

2:01.7

Good to be here.

2:02.7

So, Arwin, I'm going to start with a question that appears at the very top of the list of popular

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