<description>&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;When I was growing up in the 1980s and 1990s, &lt;em&gt;Rolling Stone&lt;/em&gt; magazine was an indispensable resource for discovering the hip edge of American pop culture. Of course, I didn't realize at the time that the magazine had its roots in the 1960s counterculture, crafted by entrepreneur Jann Wenner as a subversive Trojan horse within the staid landscape of Cold War America. On this episode, historian &lt;a href= "https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B001JSBHVS"&gt;Charles L. Ponce de Leon&lt;/a&gt; joins me for a conversation about his new book &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href= "https://uncpress.org/9781469694399/rolling-stone-and-the-rise-of-hip-capitalism/"&gt; Rolling Stone and the Rise of Hip Capitalism: H&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href= "https://uncpress.org/9781469694399/rolling-stone-and-the-rise-of-hip-capitalism/"&gt;ow a Magazine Born in the 1960s Changed America&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; (UNC Press 2026), as we explore the magazine's complex evolution and the ironies of "counterculture" becoming "mainstream."&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Check out my '90s music podcast/video series with John Lombardo, 120 MONTHS:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://substack.com/@120months"&gt;https://substack.com/@120months&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Subscribe to Nostalgia Trap to listen to our News Trap freakouts and other bonus content:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://patreon.com/nostalgiatrap"&gt;https://patreon.com/nostalgiatrap&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description>

Nostalgia Trap

David Parsons

Ep 424 - How Does It Feel? w/ Charles L. Ponce de Leon

FEB 4, 202660 MIN
Nostalgia Trap

Ep 424 - How Does It Feel? w/ Charles L. Ponce de Leon

FEB 4, 202660 MIN

Description

When I was growing up in the 1980s and 1990s, Rolling Stone magazine was an indispensable resource for discovering the hip edge of American pop culture. Of course, I didn't realize at the time that the magazine had its roots in the 1960s counterculture, crafted by entrepreneur Jann Wenner as a subversive Trojan horse within the staid landscape of Cold War America. On this episode, historian Charles L. Ponce de Leon joins me for a conversation about his new book Rolling Stone and the Rise of Hip Capitalism: How a Magazine Born in the 1960s Changed America (UNC Press 2026), as we explore the magazine's complex evolution and the ironies of "counterculture" becoming "mainstream." Check out my '90s music podcast/video series with John Lombardo, 120 MONTHS: https://substack.com/@120months Subscribe to Nostalgia Trap to listen to our News Trap freakouts and other bonus content: https://patreon.com/nostalgiatrap