WEBVTT - Introducing: Camp Shame

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<v Speaker 1>Camp Shane was once the most popular weight loss camp

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<v Speaker 1>in America. It was the best summers of my life.

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<v Speaker 1>Thousands of kids and teens spent their summers at Shane

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<v Speaker 1>and together lost hundreds and hundreds of pounds.

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<v Speaker 2>I went from one sixty to one forty.

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<v Speaker 1>I lost twenty seven pounds. I've lost eighty seven point

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<v Speaker 1>six pounds in nine leaks. From the outside, Camp Shane

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<v Speaker 1>seemed like a utopia for kids who felt unwanted by

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<v Speaker 1>the real world. It was a family business whose mission

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<v Speaker 1>was to help campers change their lives. And business was good,

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<v Speaker 1>real good.

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<v Speaker 2>We were busting at the seams at that point, five

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<v Speaker 2>hundred and seventy five kids. It was a lot.

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<v Speaker 1>But beyond the profits and the accolades, Shane had some

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<v Speaker 1>sinister secrets. It was no guidance.

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<v Speaker 2>It was more or less throw a bunch of kids

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<v Speaker 2>at a place call at a fitness camp.

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<v Speaker 1>They see a bunch of kids that go in heavy

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<v Speaker 1>and they come out thin, and they're not asking any

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<v Speaker 1>other questions.

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<v Speaker 2>What I didn't know at the time know was that

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<v Speaker 2>he was grooming me. I don't know that I fully

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<v Speaker 2>understood body shame until I went to a fat camp

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<v Speaker 2>and It's why it was called Camp Shame.

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<v Speaker 1>Then, in the middle of summer twenty twenty one.

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<v Speaker 2>Camp closed, parents left scrambling.

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<v Speaker 1>The state is now investigating the sudden closure. What led

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<v Speaker 1>an acclaimed weight loss camp to suddenly close its doors

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<v Speaker 1>after fifty years in operation? What happens when the goal

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<v Speaker 1>is weight loss at any cost. I'm Kelsey Snelling. I've

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<v Speaker 1>spent over a decade uncovering the dark truth behind Camp

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<v Speaker 1>Shame and the culture that fueled it's decades long success,

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<v Speaker 1>and it turns out there's a very heavy price to shame.

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<v Speaker 1>This experience still hurts to this day.

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<v Speaker 2>It's still haunts me to this day.

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<v Speaker 1>Listen to Cam Shame starting on June fifth, on the

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<v Speaker 1>iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.