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

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: H ow 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:

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Ep 424 - How Does It Feel? w/ Charles L. Ponce de Leon is an episode from Nostalgia Trap by David Parsons.

This episode is 01:00:44 long.

This episode was published on Feb 4, 2026.

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