Stephen Petrus's guest appearances

Stephen Petrus

Nostalgia Trap

NOISEXTRA - The noise podcast.

Conner Habib

Thomas Frank

Noam Chomsky

Yasmin Nair

Stephen King

Jason Wilson

Daniel Pinchbeck

Eddie Pepitone

Thaddeus Russell

Sarah Taber

Eileen Jones

Sarah Jones

Myq Kaplan

Erik Davis

Sam Yang

OwlTail

Stephen Petrus is a historian of 20th century America and author of Folk City: New York and the American Folk Music Revival. In this conversation, he tells me about discovering the world of beat poetry, folk music, and a rising "counterculture" in his younger years, and how becoming an academic historian led him to explore the complex social, political, and economic trends that created such a potent cultural moment in 1950s and 1960s New York City. 

<p>Stephen Petrus is a historian of 20th century America and author of <em>Folk City: New York and the American Folk Music Revival</em>. In this conversation, he tells me about discovering the world of beat poetry, folk music, and a rising "counterculture" in his younger years, and how becoming an academic historian led him to explore the complex social, political, and economic trends that created such a potent cultural moment in 1950s and 1960s New York City. </p>

Nostalgia Trap - Episode 94:  The Greenwich Village Folk Explosion w/ Stephen Petrus