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

Part 1: The Early YearsBefore building his fitness empire, America’s most bedazzled fitness guru was a guy named Milton from New Orleans. Support us:Hear bonus episodes on PatreonWatch Aubrey’s documentary in AU &amp; NZ, or watch it at home anywhere else!Buy Aubrey's bookListen to Mike's other podcastGet Maintenance Phase T-shirts, stickers and moreLinks!Still Hungry...After All These Years by Richard Simmons "Hair-Do" Anatomy Asylum CommercialRichard Simmons: New Orleans's hometow...

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