Is there ever a confluence of science, skepticism, and the counterculture? Nicky Garratt, guitarist for the legendary band the UK Subs, talks about the animating impulses for the rise of punk in the UK in the 1970s. He considers the potential for skeptical thought within countercultures--in contrast to contrarian thought--and discusses the results of a recent survey he conducted amongst punk about their beliefs.

The Clash's Joe Strummer embodied for many the marriage of music, radical politics, and internationalism. Joel Shalit and Craig O'Hara talk about the times in which The Clash and other political punk rock bands were spawned and examine the thorny issues that arise from the commercial success of rebel cultural groups and movements. (Encore presentation.)