Hunter-Gatherers Podcast of Hunter S. Thompson Stories

Katie Clancy interviews Roger Hawk, who, along with Katie's father John, roomed with Hunter while they attended Columbia Law School in 1958. Roger recalls one night on the town in New York City when somebody challenged Hunter to a sword fight.

A LONO FIT FOR LONO For those of us who think "Curse of Lono" is perhaps HST's most under-appreciated book, walking into LONO in Los Angeles is total vindication. The tiki bar has tons of Easter eggs and insider nods to the book, and besides that it's just a flat-out great bar. It's interesting to find eateries and bars around the country that feed off the Gonzo vibe, and in this H-G edition one o...

NFL LEGEND GETS HIS GUN How does one of the founders of the National Football League's player's association end up armed to the teeth and freezing his butt off outside a rural Colorado cabin, standing guard over the world's least-likely sheriff's candidate? How did you THINK Owl Farm earned its reputation as a fortified compound? Frequent H-G producer Katie Clancy gets to the heart of the story wi...

IF THE WALLS COULD TALK Paul Levine was the former proprietor of The Howling Wolf Tavern, a political center and gathering place in Aspen where Hunter S. Thompson frequented.

SPENDING DETENTION WITH HUNTER Katie Clancy interviews Chris Kelly, who grew up in Aspen and was a student in the school where George Stranahan was principal. When Kelly was given detention, he spent the day blowing up a car with Hunter S. Thompson.

HOT RHINO FILM NEWS: Steve Nemeth is perhaps best known, at least in the years to come, as one of the founding producers of the H-G podcast, but for now he'll have to settle for his reputation as an iconic independent filmmaker. Of course, here in Gonzoland he's famously the producer of the Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas film. He is interviewed by frequent gatherer of stories Dan Dunn and our own Cu...

YO, TIM LEARY, HUNTER HERE YET? If you could overdose on proximity to 60's-era counterculture icons, then our man James Teiser would not have survived that time he met up with HST at a college speaking gig. James' father was one of the original high school buddies of HST and this is a great story although to be CLEAR we DO NOT in any way endorse the HINT of under-age drinking, even with Tim Leary.

HST IGNITES POLITICAL CAREER? Torre, Aspen's newly elected Mayor, shares Hunter S. Thompson stories, and how Hunter helped influenced his political activism.