ICYMI: Encore: All Hail the Liver King

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🗓️ 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	I made you think you was real.
0:02.0	My name is Caden Sinclair.
0:04.0	Some people call us American royalty.
0:06.0	We were Liars.
0:08.0	A new series on Prime Video.
0:10.0	We were happy. We wanted for nothing.
0:12.0	Based on the best-selling novel.
0:15.0	Something terrible happened last summer,
0:17.0	and I have no memory of what or who hurt me.
0:20.0	No one in my family will tell me.
0:22.7	When you're left for dead, you want answers. We will liars. New series, watch now, only on Prime Video.
0:31.7	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
0:38.3	episodes from 2022 that we think you might enjoy your visiting. For today's episode, we're going
0:44.2	back in time, but not just to earlier this year, which feels like maybe 10 decades ago. We're going
0:51.5	back to ancient times. When humans supposedly ate raw meat and lived healthier
0:58.5	lives. That's right, we're talking about everyone's favorite lifestyle and bodybuilding influencer
1:05.5	Liver King, aka Brian Johnson. His dietary choices made a lot of people, including us, very nervous.
1:14.8	And in recent weeks, Liver King has admitted to steroid use, proving right what many already believe,
1:21.6	that his brand or body wasn't built on weights and raw liver alone. In this episode from March 9th, 2020,
1:29.5	we talked everything we knew about the liver king at the time,
1:32.3	his core beliefs, his presence online,
1:34.8	and his love of explosives.
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