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Bernard Macfadden's Physical Culture City
1:19:54 - 1:27:12 (07:18)
Bernard Macfadden created Physical Culture City, a project where people could buy lots and build a city dedicated to physical fitness and healthy living. Despite initial success, the project faced setbacks, including Macfadden's personal life and the exodus of former supporters.
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The podcasters mock the weak nature of Physical Culture City, a diet-based cult compound, and its leader, Bernard Macfadden, for the cult's bland and unoriginal name.
1:19:54 - 1:20:48 (00:54)
Summary
The podcasters mock the weak nature of Physical Culture City, a diet-based cult compound, and its leader, Bernard Macfadden, for the cult's bland and unoriginal name.
ChapterBernard Macfadden's Physical Culture City
EpisodePart One: How the First Fitness Influencer Doomed Us All
PodcastBehind the Bastards
Bernard McFadden's vision for Physical Culture City was inspired by Zion City, a small city established by John Alexander Dowie in which people could live a godly life without alcohol, tobacco, pork, doctors, or vaccines.
1:20:48 - 1:22:00 (01:12)
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Bernard McFadden's vision for Physical Culture City was inspired by Zion City, a small city established by John Alexander Dowie in which people could live a godly life without alcohol, tobacco, pork, doctors, or vaccines. McFadden purchased 1,800 acres of land in northern New Jersey with the aim to create an industrial city.
ChapterBernard Macfadden's Physical Culture City
EpisodePart One: How the First Fitness Influencer Doomed Us All
PodcastBehind the Bastards
Bernard falls in love with his secretary Susie, has her write articles for a magazine he starts for his new wife Marguerite, has a child with Marguerite and continues an affair with Susie resulting in his second child.
1:22:00 - 1:24:37 (02:37)
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Bernard falls in love with his secretary Susie, has her write articles for a magazine he starts for his new wife Marguerite, has a child with Marguerite and continues an affair with Susie resulting in his second child.
ChapterBernard Macfadden's Physical Culture City
EpisodePart One: How the First Fitness Influencer Doomed Us All
PodcastBehind the Bastards
Physical Culture City, an American utopian commune founded in the late 1800s, was run by a man named Bernarr Macfadden.
1:24:37 - 1:26:02 (01:25)
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Physical Culture City, an American utopian commune founded in the late 1800s, was run by a man named Bernarr Macfadden. Most of its residents were interns, and the project failed when Macfadden abandoned his wife and was arrested for transporting obscene material through the mail.
ChapterBernard Macfadden's Physical Culture City
EpisodePart One: How the First Fitness Influencer Doomed Us All
PodcastBehind the Bastards
In the early 1900s, health fanatic Bernarr Macfadden created a fitness empire through his books, health food restaurants, and healthatoriums, which often involved fasting and starvation as treatment plans.
1:26:02 - 1:27:12 (01:10)
Summary
In the early 1900s, health fanatic Bernarr Macfadden created a fitness empire through his books, health food restaurants, and healthatoriums, which often involved fasting and starvation as treatment plans.