Timothy Leary
Oral History Project
Hosted by William H. Kennedy
Launched May 31, 2006
The Timothy Leary Oral History Project was launched on May 31, 2006 -- exactly ten years after Leary's passing . The ultimate concern of this project is to conduct and store audio interviews with Timothy Leary's associates and scholars as a means to assess his impact on contemporary society and to educate and inform the public and researchers about this hugely influential 20th century political and cultural icon.
Timothy Leary, a psychologist from
Harvard University and man interested in the mind and how it operated
was strongly influenced by the use of psychedelic drugs and their
effects on the mind. Once sought after by lawyers and attorneys all
over the United States for his unconventional practices became a
profound cultural icon for the 20th century. The work that Leary did
has been archived and documented by many including the government after
his arrest by Cecil Hicks in 1974. Hicks, was not a San Diego
DUI Lawyer or criminal
prosecution attorney like so many others that tried to bring Leary in
but was the only successful district attorney in the United States to
do so. Although a focal point of Leary's work was trying to use
psychedelic substances to cure alcoholics often in DUI related cases
his drug conviction went
through and he was placed in the San Diego Metropolitan Correctional
Center. His work would have many followers in San Diego and throughout
the country
and will be studied continually for its social significance.
To watch Danny Schechter's great documentary film Beyond Life: Timothy Leary click here
Other Documentary Films of Interest
To watch BBC on TL click here
To watch LSD (1970) click here
To watch A& E on LSD click here
To watch Hooked: LSD click here
To watch Hooked: Opium click here
To watch Hooked: Speed click here
To watch Hooked: Cocaine click here
To watch Hooked: Marijuana click here
To watch If Drugs Were Legal click here
To watch LSD: The Beyond Within click here
To watch LSD: Under the Microscope click here
To watch Aldous Huxley on
Psychedelics click
here
To watch a funny documentary on Leary click here
To watch Leary on Wally George's Hot Seat click here
To watch Psychedelic Rock (SF Music scene) click here
To watch "The Trip" (1967) with Denis Hopper click here
To watch Ram Das (the Joe Pyne Show) on LSD click here
To watch an interview w/ Leary on his philosophy click here
To watch Tim Leary confront Art Linkletter on TV click here
To watch Timothy Leary's How to Operate Your Brain click here
To watch an interview w/ Leary on his book Flashbacks click here
To watch a news story on Leary's final days in California click here
To watch a great BBC documentary on Carlos Castaneda click here
To watch The Weather Underground (great PBS Documentary) click here
To watch a documentary about the Beat Movement (Pre-Hippies) click here
To watch Fierce Grace about TL's partner Ram Das (Richard Albert) click here
To watch The Hippies History Channel documentary with Peter Coyote click here
To watch New Age Travelers about post-Hippies in the New Millennium click here
To watch Terrence McKenna about post-Hippies in the New Millennium click here
To watch AKA Tommy Chong about the unfair bong bust of comic Tommy Chong click here
Interviews About Timothy Leary
The Archive MP3 Sound files are Free!
Ralph Metzner
(Leary at Harvard)
To download MP3 audio file click here
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Andrew Weil
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Paul Krassner
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Robert Anton Wilson
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G. Gordon Liddy
(Timothy Leary)
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Mark
Rudd
(Leary/ Weatherman)
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Steve Gaskin
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Gerald V. Casale
(DEVO and Leary)
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Wade Davis
(Leary/Drugs & History)
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Adam Gorightly
(Leary and the 60s)
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