In 1976 Tina Turner fled a brutal marriage with 36 cents and a gas card, surrendering her money, music rights and real estate to keep one thing: her name. This episode traces the greatest comeback in music history, from rural Tennessee to record-breaking stadiums.

We follow the mechanics of her survival, from a stolen identity and relentless abuse to a spiritual transformation and a mid-forties reinvention.

• How Ike Turner renamed and trademarked Tina Turner to make her replaceable
• Grabbing the mic to ambush the band, and the accidental recording of A Fool in Love
• Surrendering an empire in the divorce to keep the rights to her stage name
• Recording Private Dancer in two weeks and What’s Love Got to Do With It hitting number one
• Nichiren Buddhism, a new life in Switzerland, and Erwin Bach donating a kidney