A entertaining podcast to walk to when you need something to keep you moving. Story, scandal, and steps.

This is a 15-minute guided story walk about Milli Vanilli, the lip-sync scandal that rocked the music world, and what really happened to the two men behind the illusion.

You can do this walk outside, or at home on a treadmill or walking pad. There’s background walking music to keep your pace.

You’ll wake up your heart rate and your metabolism, getting between 1,800 and 2,000 steps in without even noticing.

What we're talking about while we walk:

• The 1989 concert glitch that started the downfall of Milli Vanilli: 80,000 people, one skipping track, and one very memorable exit
• Rob Pilatus and Fab Morvan: the faces, the braids, the fantasy
• Frank Farian, the German producer who built the whole illusion from a nightclub in Munich
• The Grammy win in 1990, and the shocking Grammy revocation that had never happened once in 33 years of Grammy history
• The press conference producer Frank held alone, and how Rob and Fab found out the same way the rest of us did: from the news
• What happened to Rob Pilatus after the scandal
• How Fab Morvan eventually made peace with the music, and why he says the joy people felt dancing to it was real

And because I cannot just tell a straight story without wandering off, I also detour into:

Teaching high-impact aerobics in an aqua unitard and high-top Reeboks, my pretend 80s husband... if you’ve listened before you know exactly who that is, “Rasputin” by Boney M, possibly the greatest walking song ever recorded, and why you might catch me dancing down the street.

This walk is a little different. A little nostalgic. A little sad. A little wild.

But if you need a story to pull you through your walk today, check i out. Put in your earbuds, lace up your shoes, and go for a walk.

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If you know someone who’d love this, a fellow 80s fan, a true crime lover, or just someone who needs to move more, send them this episode.

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