The Myth is a Myth and Other Stories of Vermont and Hippies

August 8, 2024: A quiz, dear listeners: In the 1970s, did the hippies A) save Vermont or B) ruin Vermont?

Or, there's C) From guest Amanda Kay Gustin: "History is more interesting when it's more complicated."

In this week's episode, we're going with "C" (as if regular listeners would be surprised). This week's guest, Amanda Kay Gustin, director of Collections and Access at the Vermont Historical Society, helps us dig into the stories around Vermont in the 1970s, the Counter Culture movement, and the myth of 50,000 hippies.

Theme music by Red Heart the Ticker: http://rhtt.net

Books and articles referenced in this episode include:

Jamestown Seventy by James F. Blumstein and James Phelan: https://openyls.law.yale.edu/bitstream/handle/20.500.13051/17840/09_1YaleRevL_SocAction55_1970_1971_.pdf?sequence=2

Taking Over Vermont by Richard Pollak: https://stevehickey.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/taking-over-vermont.pdf

Repeopling Vermont: The Paradox of Development in the Twentieth Century by Paul M. Searls: https://vermonthistory.org/repeopling-vermont

The Star that Set: The Vermont Republican Party 1854 - 1974 by Samuel B. Hand: https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780739106006/The-Star-That-Set-The-Vermont-Republican-Party-1854-1974