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A.M. Gitlitz

A.M. Gitlitz

Writer and organizer covering counterculture and radical politics; author of I Want to Believe and Metropolitans, co-host of the This Wreckage podcast.

Sep 18, 2026

7:03
We'll get to some of those, but what aspect in particular stuck out for you as you contemplated writing a book? This is quite a feat of research and erudition that you undertook.
7:14
The centerpiece of it, I knew from the beginning, was going to be tracing the 60s Mets and the 70s Mets as well.
7:22
Their rise and their fall after 73 to, along the same time span, the rise and fall of the new left.
7:30
Yeah.
7:31
The Mets start in the spring of 1962, and so does the American New Left.
7:36
SDS had their foundational conference in Port Huron.
7:40
At the same time, the Mets had their first spring training.

15 MINS LATER

22:23
Can you tell us a little bit about that?
7:03
We'll get to some of those, but what aspect in particular stuck out for you as you contemplated writing a book? This is quite a feat of research and erudition that you undertook.
7:14
The centerpiece of it, I knew from the beginning, was going to be tracing the 60s Mets and the 70s Mets as well.
7:22
Their rise and their fall after 73 to, along the same time span, the rise and fall of the new left.
7:30
Yeah.
7:31
The Mets start in the spring of 1962, and so does the American New Left.
7:36
SDS had their foundational conference in Port Huron.
7:40
At the same time, the Mets had their first spring training.

15 MINS LATER

22:23
Can you tell us a little bit about that?
7:03
We'll get to some of those, but what aspect in particular stuck out for you as you contemplated writing a book? This is quite a feat of research and erudition that you undertook.
7:14
The centerpiece of it, I knew from the beginning, was going to be tracing the 60s Mets and the 70s Mets as well.
7:22
Their rise and their fall after 73 to, along the same time span, the rise and fall of the new left.
7:30
Yeah.
7:31
The Mets start in the spring of 1962, and so does the American New Left.
7:36
SDS had their foundational conference in Port Huron.
7:40
At the same time, the Mets had their first spring training.

15 MINS LATER

22:23
Can you tell us a little bit about that?
7:03
We'll get to some of those, but what aspect in particular stuck out for you as you contemplated writing a book? This is quite a feat of research and erudition that you undertook.
7:14
The centerpiece of it, I knew from the beginning, was going to be tracing the 60s Mets and the 70s Mets as well.
7:22
Their rise and their fall after 73 to, along the same time span, the rise and fall of the new left.
7:30
Yeah.
7:31
The Mets start in the spring of 1962, and so does the American New Left.
7:36
SDS had their foundational conference in Port Huron.
7:40
At the same time, the Mets had their first spring training.

15 MINS LATER

22:23
Can you tell us a little bit about that?

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