Beige Don't Age, But Grey Face Does : Herb Jeffries Part 2
About this episode
The episode explores Herb Jeffries' recovery journey through yoga and his experiences in celebrity culture.
Send us Fan Mail A plane crash, a scar across the face, and a spine injury so bad doctors push reconstruction surgery. We trace how Jeffries finds Autobiography of a Yogi, seeks out Paramahansa Yogananda at the Mount Washington ashram, and commits to months of yoga that he credits with a shocking recovery. From there, the timeline opens up into Paris nightclubs, celebrity circles, hit records, and the media machine that keeps trying to label him. We talk through the Life magazine profi...
People in this episode
Hosts: Courtney Blomquist, Marissa Rivera
Topics covered
- Herb Jeffries
- yoga
- celebrity culture
- media
- recovery
- history
Keywords
- Herb Jeffries
- yoga
- Paramahansa Yogananda
- celebrity
- media
- recovery
- Life magazine
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Life
Books & works: Autobiography of a Yogi
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