Maintenance Phase

Richard Simmons

Part 1: The Early Years Before building his fitness empire, America’s most bedazzled fitness guru was a guy named Milton from New Orleans. Support us:<a href="https://www.patreon.com/maintenancephase">Hear bonus episodes on Patreon</a><a href="https://www.madman.com.au/your-fat-friend/">Watch Aubrey’s documentary in AU &amp; NZ</a>, or <a href="https://www.yrfatfriendfilm.com/">watch it at home anywhere else</a>!<a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/you-just-need-to-lose-weight-and-19-other-myths-about-fat-people-aubrey-gordon/18405362?ean=9780807006474">Buy Aubrey&amp;aposs book</a><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/if-books-could-kill/id1651876897">Listen to Mike&amp;aposs other podcast</a><a href="http://tee.pub/lic/maintenancephase">Get Maintenance Phase T-shirts, stickers and more</a>Links!<a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/qtO8AAAACAAJ?hl=en">Still Hungry...After All These Years by Richard Simmons</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIQp6pYbF9E">"Hair-Do"</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwfC59fxyFs"> Anatomy Asylum Commercial</a><a href="https://www.hnoc.org/publications/first-draft/richard-simmons-new-orleanss-hometown-hero">Richard Simmons: New Orleans&amp;aposs hometown hero</a><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/speedy-history-americas-addiction-amphetamine-180966989/">A Speedy History of America’s Addiction to Amphetamine</a> Thanks to <a href="https://freesound.org/people/Doctor_Dreamchip/">Doctor Dreamchip</a> for our lovely theme song!<a href="https://www.patreon.com/maintenancephase" rel="payment">Support the show</a>

Debunking the junk science behind health fads, wellness scams and nonsensical nutrition advice.