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Magazine And TV Writer Talks Mescaline, The Sopranos And Being 'The Only Girl' At The Rolling Stone

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Talk of Iowa, hosted by Charity Nebbe

For years, Robin Green was the lone woman with a name on the Rolling Stone's masthead. In her memoir, she tells all about the good, the bad and the bizarre.

If you ever wondered what the early days of Rolling Stone magazine were like, if you've ever imagined the parties and the drugs and the craziness of it, Robin Green tells all.

On this episode of Talk of Iowa, host Charity Nebbe speaks with Green about her storied career writing for the magazine and also how she came to be a writer on the critically-acclaimed show "The Sopranos."

In her memoir "The Only Girl: My Life and Times on the Masthead of Rolling Stone," Green discusses how she became the first female writer for the magazine, providing plenty of details about the wild lifestyles led by writers and editors.

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"I was with my editor boyfriend, and Hunter S. Thompson driving and Annie Liebowitz as a passenger, Hunter with his bottle of Wild Turkey between his legs as he drove and a big bag of blue pills of mescaline on the console," says Green

She says they were all popping pills like candy, and Thompson was driving with the lights off, theorizing he would be able to see the lights of the cars coming. "We were all too high to think, well what if the other car has its lights off?"

This show was first broadcast on Dec. 12, 2018.

Guest:

  • Robin Green, author of "The Only Girl: My Life and Times on the Masthead of Rolling Stone" and executive producer for "The Sopranos"
Charity Nebbe is IPR's 'Talk of Iowa' host. She also hosts IPR's podcasts 'Garden Variety' and 'Unsettled'. Since 2010, Nebbe has interviewed, conversed with, and shared ideas from guests of all backgrounds and locations, and has helped listeners better understand, appreciate, and explore their state and the world around them. Nebbe has a bachelors degree from Iowa State University.
Katherine Perkins is IPR's Executive Producer of Talk Shows and Program Director for News/Talk. Since 2014, Perkins has managed the broadcast schedule and sound of the news and information service of Iowa Public Radio, as well as has directed the long-term planning and oversight for IPR's talk shows, Talk of Iowa and River to River. Perkins has a masters degree from Sangamon State University (now the University of Illinois – Springfield).