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Michael Barson

Michael Barson has a Ph.D. in American Culture, and is the author of more than a dozen celebrations of American popular culture, including Better Dead Than Red! , Teenage Confidential , and Lost, Lonely & Vicious . He has contributed articles to Entertainment Weekly and American Film , and to such NPR shows as Morning Edition and Fresh Air . Barson grew up in Eisenhower-era Massachusetts, but despite that is well aware how good a Shiner Bock on ice can taste.