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Extreme: Muscle Men
Muscle Men is season one of Extreme, the BBC podcast that knows no limits. Each action-packed season tells the story of people who've pushed themselves to the very edge of what's physically or mentally possible - and in doing so, have changed the world...1980s Los Angeles. A young, amateur bodybuilder named William Dillon comes to California in search of the supersized American dream - to get absolutely jacked. But beneath the smell of sweat, pulsing disco beats, and the rhythmic clank of weights, there's a secret. Many of the bodybuilders and gym rats he meets are using steroids...
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4.4 stars from 83 ratings
SOOOO GOOD!!!
This podcast is SO well done! I thought it was incredibly informative, engaging, and professional produced! Well done creators!!!!
flyfishWV via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 09/30/24
Detailed but dull
I’ve completely lost track of why we’re hearing the day by day, hour by hour details of this drug heist from forty years ago. It’s not very exciting. Nor is it Extreme.
Nitram99 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 08/29/24
Pumped!
What makes this podcast is the music! Whoever was in charge of doing the soundtrack should be proud of themselves - it really adds to the telling of the story and sets the mood perfectly. The narrator is also very good - not being into bodybuilding myself I wasn’t sure this would grip me, but I...Read full review »
Emsicle02 via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 08/27/24
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Published 09/16/24
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When bodybuilder William Dillon moved to LA, he dreamed of getting rich quick by selling the promise of big muscles in a bottle. But in the spring of 1987, that dream has come crashing down around him. With the authorities closing in on the steroid dealing ring, and fearing for his life, it’s...
Published 09/09/24
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