Muscle Men: 2. The Guru
Extreme5 Aug 2024

Muscle Men: 2. The Guru

Historian, podcaster and fitness expert Natalia Mehlman Petrzela lifts the lid on the steroid underground - a world of risk-taking and experimentation that lies beneath the glamorous surface of life in the 1980s LA gym scene. It’s all about making it big, at any cost.

This is the scene that young bodybuilder William Dillon is initiated into, now that he’s settled into the California lifting community. He meets The Steroid Guru aka Dan Duchaine, a maverick anabolic enthusiast with a chemical fascination, who isn’t afraid to experiment on himself - or anyone else. Duchaine is a cult figure in this world - his book The Underground Steroid Handbook spread the secrets of juicing to gym rats all over the USA and beyond.

From that meeting with Duchaine, Dillon spots a big opportunity that marries his two favourite things - strength and wealth.

Featuring William Dillon, Joe Troccoli, Sandra Blackie, Dr Jeff Golini, and former bodybuilder and co-author of The Underground Steroid Handbook, Mike Zumpano.

Presenter and Executive Producer: Natalia Mehlman Petrzela Producer: Caroline Thornham Assistant Producer: Mohamed Ahmed Editor: Katherine Godfrey Production Manager: Cheree Houston Sound Design and Mix by Nicholas Alexander Original Music by SilverHawk, aka Cyrille Poirier Executive Producer: Max O’Brien Commissioning Editor: Dan Clarke

A Novel production for BBC Radio 4

Featuring clips from: ITN interview with Dr Collier - ITN productions Interview with Dan Duchaine - Bill Philips’ Muscle Media 2000 magazine Sportsnight - BBC One, BBC

Episodes are released weekly on Mondays. If you’re in the UK, you can listen to the latest episode, a week early, first on BBC Sounds https://bbc.in/3ybDcHO

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Peak Danger: 8. Only The Mountain Knows

Peak Danger: 8. Only The Mountain Knows

In the aftermath of the tragedy that claimed 11 lives, the surviving climbers leave K2 behind. As they do, they’re walking into a worldwide media frenzy.Everyone wants to know what happened? What went...

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Peak Danger: 7. No Man Left Behind

Peak Danger: 7. No Man Left Behind

As dawn breaks on a new day, it’s August 2nd 2008. There are nine climbers who are all either trapped, injured…or unaccounted for. Dutch climber Wlico van Rooijen finds himself lost and alone on the m...

3 Mar 202528min

Peak Danger: 6. Descent into Madness

Peak Danger: 6. Descent into Madness

What was first a tragedy now morphs into a full blown catastrophe. In the aftermath of the avalanche, stranded climbers are battling their way back to Camp.What they don’t know is that they’re searchi...

24 Feb 202529min

Peak Danger: 5. Love Is in the Air

Peak Danger: 5. Love Is in the Air

When Cecilie Skog met Rolf Bae, it was love at first sight. A whirlwind romance quickly followed, as they climbed the world’s tallest mountains, shoulder to shoulder. Now recently married, she and Rol...

17 Feb 202529min

Peak Danger: 4. Summit Fever

Peak Danger: 4. Summit Fever

In the chaos of the Death Zone, this group of climbers begins to splinter apart. Some have turned back but others have caught Summit Fever. They want to push upwards at all costs. Even if time is agai...

10 Feb 202528min

Peak Danger: 3. The Death Zone

Peak Danger: 3. The Death Zone

Once you get beyond 26,000 feet, your body can no longer acclimatise to the extreme high altitude. This is called the Death Zone. Cecilie Skog and her fellow climbers are in the Death Zone, their eyes...

3 Feb 202529min

Peak Danger: 2. Plan of Attack

Peak Danger: 2. Plan of Attack

The climbers at Base Camp come up with a plan to help everyone reach the top. Professional Adventurer Wilco van Rooijen and his team take one route. Cecilie, her husband Rolf and many of their fellow ...

27 Jan 202529min

Peak Danger: 1. Welcome to Base Camp

Peak Danger: 1. Welcome to Base Camp

It’s the summer of 2008. Cecilie Skog, her husband Rolf Bae and their teammates are aiming to become the first Norwegians to reach the summit of K2. When they arrive at Base Camp, they find it full to...

20 Jan 202529min

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