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Encore: All Hail the Liver King

ICYMI

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3.8 • 678 Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Today, we’re revisiting our episode from March 9, 2022 on the Liver King, his philosophy, and his online presence. Brian Johnson, aka the Liver King, has amassed millions of followers with his bizarre yet addictive workout and raw-meat-diet videos. On this episode, Rachelle Hampton and Madison Malone Kircher comb through the king’s core tenets, his obsession with explosives, and of course his taste for liver with a side of maple syrup. Later in the show, science communicator Jonathan Jarry joins for a discussion of why we look to people like the Liver King, and why we can’t look away. Podcast production by Daniel Schroeder, Derek John, Jasmine Ellis, and Kevin Bendis. Subscribe to Slate Plus at http://slate.com/icymiplus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

The autopilot order. Now, informal, the strong urge felt at the ordering kiosk or drive-through

0:05.6

that takes over the entire body and mind and results in a person ordering a Big Mac without even

0:10.6

having to think. Related phrases, looks like I've ordered a Big Mac again. The Autopilot Order at McDonald's.

0:17.9

Surf from 11am. subject to availability.

0:32.0

Hey y'all and happy holidays. As we close out the year, we thought it would be a good time to go back and share a few episodes from 2022 that we think you might enjoy your visiting.

0:39.2

For today's episode, we're going back in time, but not just to earlier this year, which feels like maybe 10 decades ago. We're going back to ancient times when humans supposedly ate raw meat

0:47.0

and lived healthier lives. That's right, we're talking about everyone's favorite lifestyle and bodybuilding influencer

0:55.8

Liver King, aka Brian Johnson. His dietary choices made a lot of people, including us,

1:03.8

very nervous. And in recent weeks, Liver King has admitted to steroid use, proving right

1:09.8

what many already believe, that his brand or body

1:13.6

wasn't built on weights and raw liver alone. In this episode from March 9, 2022, we talk everything

1:20.5

we knew about the liver king at the time, his core beliefs, his presence online, and his love of

1:26.1

explosives.

1:30.3

And then we speak with science communicator Jonathan Jerry about why we should feel a bit suspicious about all the claims the Liver King makes.

1:35.5

And now for that episode, all hail the Liver King.

1:46.5

We just finished lecturing the cow. And because I'm the liver king and because the liver is king, we're going to take a bite out of it.

1:55.5

Hi, I'm Rachel Hampton.

1:57.3

And I'm Madison Malone Kircher.

1:58.7

You're listening to I see YMIMI.

2:00.7

In case you missed it.

2:02.1

Slate's podcast about internet culture. Madison, I have very exciting news.

2:06.6

You're taking me on a vacation back to Paris.

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