Introducing Power: Hugh Hefner

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True Crime, Tv & Film, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2021

⏱️ 5 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? A Somethin' Else production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.0	Hey listeners, that a new show for you. For 50 years, Hugh Heffner sold sex to the world.
0:35.0	He was considered a pioneer of business and sexual freedom.
0:39.0	But behind the expensive pajamas and fun uncle image was a darker side.
0:44.0	Whatever you think of his journalism, activism and centerfolds,
0:47.0	we're living in a world shaped by his legacy today.
0:50.0	The second season of power from something else,
0:53.0	Dells into Heffner's story and asks, how did Heffner wield power?
0:58.0	And who were the women who tried to challenge that power?
1:03.0	A 30 million pound empire don't run the simple principle that most people like to look at pretty girls.
1:08.0	In this case, well-trained pretty girls.
1:10.0	Heffner will be remembered as more than an elderly gent in a silk robe.
1:15.0	He changed the face of America.
1:18.0	He was the ultimate playboy.
1:20.0	Heffner's credited with ushering in the sexual revolution in the 60s with his men's magazine.
1:25.0	He was also known for lavish parties that were thrown at the mansion.
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