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Part One: How the First Fitness Influencer Doomed Us All
1:35:14
Published: Tue Nov 09 2021
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Robert is joined by Caitlin Durante to discuss Bernarr MacFadden.FOOTNOTES: http://web.archive.org/web/20150915124002/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB123750174381989343https://sites.edb.utexas.edu/stark/publications/building-american-supermen-bernarr-macfaddenbenito-mussolini-and-american-fascism-in-the-1930s/ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/346917559_Racialized_Surrogates_in_Bernarr_Macfadden's_Physical_Culture https://sites.lib.jmu.edu/circulating/2021/01/21/circulating-physical-culture-by-catherine-keyser/ https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2015/may/08/muscular-christianity-and-american-sports-undying-love-of-violence Adams, Mark. Mr. America (p. 84). HarperCollins e-books. Kindle Edition. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/09/12/wellness-influencers-vaccine-misinformation/ https://www.americanheritage.com/true-story-bernard-macfadden#6 https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a23610/strange-tale-historic-fitness-guru-bernarrmacfadden/ https://www.historynet.com/putting-fad-macfadden.htm Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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