I suspect many of a certain age connect The Beatles with this process, one major reason they're still so popular a half-century later. Like many adolescents, I used musical preference as a way to establish an identity, or at least the beginnings of an adult identify. I suspect I'd be a very different person today had I not randomly encountered that broadcast while scanning the radio dial that night. ![]() With the benefit of hindsight, it's difficult to overestimate how important that discovery was because hearing frank and explicit discussion of sexual matters helped me realize, understand, and accept my own maturation process, both physical and mental. I was in eighth grade and starting to assert personal independence. I discovered the late-night radio talk show Loveline, with Adam Carolla and Dr.
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