I dont think they were angels of course, plenty of drink, drugs, sex and fights,.... but from conversations with my folks who were beatniks, my Uncle who was a Mod and my Aunt who rode motorbikes, the overriding comments about that time was that they did plenty of dubious things, but they had a...
My parents met in the 'Whiskey' ( as my Mum and Aunt called it when they told me stories from that era) in 1961, I was her 18th birthday present in December '62, so the subject matter in discusson in the program was very relevant to my family.