Introducing, Power: Hugh Hefner

EPSTEIN: Devil in the Darkness

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True Crime

4.2 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2021

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Who was Hugh Hefner? Centerfold models, Playboy Bunnies, and other women from the Playboy founder’s inner circle, like TV personality and author Holly Madison, tell journalist Amy Rose Spiegel their side of his story. We hear how Playboy changed their lives, for better and for worse. Beyond the bunny tails are darker questions: What actually went on at the notorious Playboy Mansion? How can we square Hefner's progressive legacy with his abuse of vulnerable people? What can the Playboy saga tell us about sex and power—then and now? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Listeners, I am thrilled to bring you a sneak peek of a program I know you'll enjoy.
0:06.0	Power, Hugh Hefner, is the follow-up to the show's smash hit premiere season, Power, the Max Wells.
0:13.0	The pool at the Playboy Mansion looked great on camera, but can you imagine being in it?
0:17.0	It's time to look at the power of the man in the smoking jacket.
0:21.0	Power, Hugh Hefner, hosted by Amy Rose Spiegel of Vice, focuses on the women of Playboy,
0:27.0	the bunnies, the centerfolds, and the executives, and uses a feminist lens to examine the magazine's Playboy culture.
0:34.0	Check out this sneak preview.
0:39.0	The 30 million pound empire built around the simple principle that most people like to look at pretty girls.
0:44.0	In this case, well-trained pretty girls.
0:46.0	Hefner will be remembered as more than an elderly gent in a silk robe.
0:51.0	He changed the face of America.
0:54.0	He was the ultimate Playboy.
0:56.0	Hefner's credited with ushering in the sexual revolution in the 60s with his men's magazine.
1:01.0	He was also known for lavish parties that were thrown at the mansion.
1:09.0	Quick, take a second and picture Playboy in your head.
1:13.0	What are you seeing?
1:16.0	Bunny costumes, right?
1:18.0	Maybe the Ritzie Playboy mansion?
1:20.0	But whatever your personal vision is, I can guarantee we're all thinking about women right now.
1:27.0	Today, the way Hugh Hefner presented those women might seem cheap, hurt, sad, or out of date, or just wrong.
1:37.0	But when Playboy first launched, it was a sensation.
1:41.0	He's discovered a new formula for packaging pornography, and it's made him Playboy of the Western world.
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