They not only got through it, but seemed to grow stronger.   
 

Our guests talk about “the Woodstock Spirit” that made the event so much more than a mammoth, muddy concert.  There was an amazing magical energy that enveloped the producers, the crew, the performers and especially the audience. 

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Today, a three-day gathering of half a million young people, many on acid and most smoking grass,  would be a very dangerous proposition. But in 1969 at Woodstock, there was not one act of violence, no arrests.  Our guests tell of a blanket of sharing, caring and love that enveloped the scene.  Money was not the sole objective.  It was something bigger.
  

The sponsors pulled out all the stops, making sure the crowd was fed, protected and very well cared for.  The backers lost a fortune, with a smile.  It took them nearly a decade to break even, and then only from the breakthrough documentary, “Woodstock, The Movie,” which is how most of us learned what it was all about.  We’ll hear about that from one of the producers, who gives an emotional telling of the deep sense of duty the filmmakers felt, to tell the truth of that extraordinary event. 
 

It is said that Woodstock defined our generation.  We can be proud of that. That Woodstock Spirit — which seems to have eluded us in recent times — certainly worth celebrating, which is why we chose this moment to launch our podcast/conversation,  “talking’ ‘bout Our Generation,”  on the 50th Anniversary of the Festival. 
 

There are lessons to be learned.  What was that Woodstock magic that infused our youth?  Where did it go?  Can we bring it back, when we need it now more than ever?

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