The Chippendales loom large and lurid in 70’s and 80’s pop culture but it's what went on behind the scenes that will cause most shock. I expected debauchery but not all the sordid details in podcast Welcome to Your Fantasy. You wouldn’t find me anywhere near a buff oiled-up Adonis, but instinct told me to press play because you can't build an empire like that without someone getting burned. Or worse.

Owner Somen ‘Steve’ Banerjee is the (main) villain here – or is he? – and what a curious figure. Oh, you didn’t know? That’s right, the guy who started The Chippendales was a Bengali immigrant who used to pump gas and dreamed of being an unholy cross between Walt Disney and Hugh Hefner.