Peter Richardson

The OLLI program at UC Berkeley asked me to chat with Lowell Bergman about his latest topic, "The First Amendment Is NOT a Suicide Pact...

I was asked to contribute to "Hidden Voices: Americans with Disabilities in United States History," which was published by the NYC...

Yet another great class in Berkeley, this time with David Weir. We focused on the Patty Hearst story he wrote with Howard Kohn for Rolling S...

I'm teaching a course on Rolling Stone magazine at UC Berkeley's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. So far, so good. I've invit...

I was delighted to review Don Armstrong's new Ralph Gleason bio for Alta . Along with other elders like Bill Graham and Tom Donahue, Gl...

I chatted with U.S. historian Steven Hausmann about Hunter S. Thompson and Savage Journey . I thought the podcast came out quite well.

I contributed to Redemptive Dreams , a volume about California historian Kevin Starr. It was edited by Jason Sexton and published by Routled...

Delighted to participate in the tenth and final (?) GonzoFest. Seen here with Timothy Denevi, William McKeen, Margaret Ann Harrell, John Bri...

I had a blast at the opening of Theodore Roszak's archive at Stanford University. Kathryn Roszak helped us understand her father and his...

Fanatical readers of this blog know I have a high regard for Dave Zirin and his work. Important stuff, if you ask me. I reviewed his rece...