In the 1980s the “male exotic dancers” of Chippendales were everywhere, selling the promise of women’s liberation for the price of a few dollars in a g-string. But behind the powerful mullets, oiled pecs, and non-stop parties lies a much darker story of greed, corruption, and murder. Listen as historian Natalia Petrzela exposes one of the great, sordid, unexamined stories in American culture. The pants come off on February 10th.
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