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The Dark Side of Physical Culture in the Early 1900s
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10:05 - 13:16 (03:10)

The physical culture movement in the early 1900s had a darker side, with some proponents using it as an excuse to starve their children and make them into celebrities for physical culture magazines.

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Bernard Nathanson's early life was marked by his father's death and his mother's emotional absence, which led him to pursue a career in medicine.
10:05 - 11:30 (01:25)
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Pro-Choice
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Bernard Nathanson's early life was marked by his father's death and his mother's emotional absence, which led him to pursue a career in medicine. Later on, he became a pro-life activist, then changed his stance when he realized that the life of a fetus did not start at conception.

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The Dark Side of Physical Culture in the Early 1900s
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Part Two: How the First Fitness Influencer Doomed Us All
Podcast
Behind the Bastards
The creator of Physical Culture Magazine raised his children to be physical fitness celebrities and used them to publish magazines about raising kids, with insufferable names, to promote his ideas of health.
11:30 - 13:16 (01:45)
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Physical Fitness
Summary

The creator of Physical Culture Magazine raised his children to be physical fitness celebrities and used them to publish magazines about raising kids, with insufferable names, to promote his ideas of health.

Chapter
The Dark Side of Physical Culture in the Early 1900s
Episode
Part Two: How the First Fitness Influencer Doomed Us All
Podcast
Behind the Bastards