{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Harper Simon on &quot;The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test&quot; || Books That Changed My Life","description":"In this episode of Books That Changed My Life, host Chris Collins is joined by author, artist, and musician Harper Simon! Harper and Chris talk teenage years in New York City, sneaking into hardcore matinees, the pull of psychedelics and counterculture, and an early literary education from Allen Ginsberg himself, before diving into the Book That Changed Harper's life: The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe. Harper recalls how the wild chronicle of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters found him as a 15-year-old just beginning to explore hippie culture and the roots of American rebellion, cracking open a door to a whole way of seeing the world. The two explore the origins of New Journalism, the cross-country bus trip that birthed a movement, the Grateful Dead's acid test beginnings, and what Kesey's outlaw spirit can still teach us 60 years later about art, freedom, and the cost of becoming a lightning rod. #booksthatchangedmylife #books #library #bookrecs #bookreport #interview #podcast #chrisbulldogcollins \ud83d\udea8 Grab the coolest book &amp;amp; library tees, socks, hoodies &amp;amp; more! https:\/\/booksthatchangedmylife.org\/collections\/all ","author_name":"Books That Changed My Life","author_url":"https:\/\/www.booksthatchangedmylife.org","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/41452580\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/202387095"}