Francis J. Gavin on how 1970s California created the modern world

What happened in California in the 1970s played an outsized role in creating the world we live in today – both in the United States and in large parts of the globe – for better or worse. Read by Helen Lloyd.

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Image: 1970s commercial airline advert. Credit: ClassicStock / Alamy Stock Photo