TRAILER: BIKRAM

30 for 30 Podcasts

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4.3 • 9.8K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2018

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

In the early 1970s, a young Indian yogi named Bikram Choudhury used his Hollywood connections to launch a hot yoga empire. America's fitness obsession brought the Speedo-clad and Rolex-wearing guru wealth and fame. But the success of his yoga revolution allowed him to hide increasingly dark behavior. In 30 for 30s first serialized story, reporter Julia Lowrie Henderson delves deep into the complicated world of Bikram Yoga to find out how a community responds when its guru falls from grace. All five episodes available on Tuesday, May 22. More at 30for30podcasts.com/bikram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Looked
0:02.0	looking at the day, gahari,
0:06.0	whokari,
0:07.0	whokari
0:09.0	looking back you could say well he was in a position of power and he abused his power
0:15.1	who gave him that power?
0:25.0	This season on 30 for 30 podcasts.
0:30.0	Is Los Angeles most prominent yoga master to the stars? Would you welcome, P Picram Chaudhry? We're focusing on one story, one community, and one man.
0:38.5	Yoga means we cure all the chronic diseases.
0:41.0	Heart problem, back problem, emotional problem.
0:44.0	And this season is reported in its entirety by 30 for 30s Julia Lowry Henderson.
0:50.0	This is the story of Bickram Yoga, the yoga that dominated America, all the way back to its early days in 1970s Los Angeles.
0:59.0	Back then, he had every celebrity you can imagine.
1:02.0	Michael Jackson, Madonna,
1:04.4	Dan Reno, Karim Abdul-J Burke.
1:06.4	He is the worst student I ever had in my life.
1:10.7	It's also the story of the complicated guru behind the yoga, Bickram Chaudery.
1:15.0	His passion and his joy for life was infectious and that's what made him famous.
1:22.0	A man who became known to the outside world for his black speedo, Rolex watches, and driving intensity.
1:29.0	Determination, willpower, self-control,
1:33.0	self-control of mine, discipline.
1:35.0	He said, you come to me every day for two months,
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