The late Alan Watts, a philosopher, scholar, speaker, writer, and seminal figure in the counterculture of the Beat Generation, is getting a new publishing deal more than 50 years after his death.

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Today we hear excerpts from a talk by Alan Watts on the influx of Eastern philosophy into the American consciousness. Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 – 16 November 1973) was a British philosopher, ...

“Alan’s lectures and talks have meant a lot to me throughout my adult life,” Aziz said. So he reached out to Mark Watts, Alan’s son and the keeper of the flame — the family archivist behind the Alan ...