OK Boomer! New Zealand in the Swinging Sixties
Nine To Noon
English - December 21, 2020 22:30 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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It was the time of pixie cuts, miniskirts, Beatles fanaticism, marching bands and men on the moon. The Swinging Sixties turned 60 this year - and Ian Chapman has marked it with a book jam-packed with photos, essays and funny personal experiences of the decade. Ian is an author, musician and lecturer at Otago University, and his love of pop culture led him to seek out contributors from all walks of Kiwi life for the book - which is perhaps provocatively called 'Ok Boomer'. Yes, the now infamous utterance by Green MP Chloe Swarbrick in Parliament in response to a heckler provided the inspiration for the title. Ian joins Kathryn for a walk down memory lane.