Send us a textEpisode 18 — Jennifer “Sundance” Ringelsbaugh: Hunter S. Thompson, Gonzo Roots & the Hell’s Angels MythIn Episode 18, Bryan sits down with friend of the show Jennifer “Sundance” Ringelsbaugh for a deep dive into Hell’s Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga and the wild world of Hunter S. Thompson. Together they unpack the life of the man who essentially invented Gonzo Journalism—a chaotic blend of reporting, immersion, and personal narrative that changed nonfiction forever.Sundance and Bryan explore Hunter’s year embedded with the Angels, how he earned their trust, and how riding with them turned into one of the most unfiltered portraits of outlaw motorcycle culture ever written. They break down the media-driven panic of the 1960s, the headlines that built the Hell’s Angels legend, and how Thompson exposed the gap between who the club actually was and the monstrous mythology America projected onto them.From culture-shifting influence to raw, uncomfortable truth, the episode digs into the Angels' real lifestyle vs. the mythos, the contradictions that defined the era, and how Hunter’s relationship with the club ultimately spiraled into violence, betrayal, and one of the most infamous endings in literary journalism.If you love Hunter S. Thompson, biker history, media hysteria, or the murky place where journalism meets chaos, this is one of our most in-the-weeds deep-dives yet.Ride. Talk. Repeat.

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