Wrestling a Bear, a Legendary Story About the Hart Family

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In the early eighties, brett was working for his dad's company up in canada. And while that's going on in canada, there's this guy, vince mc man, who is building kind of this wrestling empire. Mc ma's onstrementality led to widespread steroid abuse in the world wrestling federation. hall cogan and other world wrestling federation stars have taken the offensive against accusations that many have been steroid abuse.

All the world’s a stage. Or, sometimes it feels that way, especially these days. In this episode, originally aired in 2015, we push through the fourth wall, pierce the spandex-ed heart of professional wrestling, and travel 400 years into the past to unmask our obsession with authenticity and our desire to walk the line between reality and fantasy.

Thanks to Nick Hakim for the use of his song "The Light".

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