“Cult of Body & Soul” is a docu-podcast series created & executive produed by Jess Rothschild which brings to life how the boutique indoor cycling (spinning) phenomenon SOULCYCLE captured the New York City fitness zeitgeist... Read More
From the show: Cult of Body & Soul
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“Cult of Body & Soul” is a docu-podcast series created & executive produed by Jess Rothschild which brings to life how the boutique indoor cycling (spinning) phenomenon SOULCYCLE captured the New York City fitness zeitgeist.
We will take you behind the curtain of the cult of personality that forms between instructor and rider, the elusive instructor training program, the untold story of how Julie Rice and Elizabeth Cutler founded the company and the political scandal that extinguished the public's good-will for the brand.
Featuring interviews with instructors, studio managers, front desk staff and corporate HQ employees.
Transcript
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[0:00] Unknown speaker: It was so incestuous and culty and wild and fabulous. It was every fucking color of the rainbow.
[0:16] Unknown speaker: From its inception, SoulCycle was the hottest, fastest-growing fitness studio in New York City, catering to the rich, obsessive, famous, and fame-adjacent.
[0:26] Unknown speaker: A lot of the instructors partied hard. I mean, partied hard, so the young ones would stay out all night doing God knows what, a lot of drugs, and then coming in, popping an Adderall, and then like getting on the bikes, spinning a million miles an hour. We made it this monster, this beautiful fucking monster of a whole bunch of bikes in a dark room. We were all hot and wild, and some of us homewreckers, some of us on page six. We'll explore how this cultural phenomenon captured the zeitgeist in a way nothing has before or since. We're on a bike in the dark. You're going nowhere, but we went everywhere. We went everywhere.
[1:08] Unknown speaker: Oh, well, I am so adored by this community. I can say whatever the fuck I want. I can do whatever the fuck I want. What a rush.
[1:20] Unknown speaker: Noon on Monday. It was like bracing for war. Noon on Monday is not a thing anywhere else. It never was before, and it never will be again.
[1:32] Unknown speaker: Make no mistake. It was a magical time, but they're like anything. There's always when you peek behind that curtain. This is the cult of body and soul.
[1:44] Unknown speaker: At the risk of sounding dramatic, it's euphoric. It was club culture meets fitness, meets guru, meets self-help. There was nothing like it. Never was, never will be.
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