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pplpod

Author: pplpod
Feed episode count: 7800
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Summary

pplpod is a podcast about people, places and lots of other stuff. Each episode takes a deep dive into the lives, choices, and legacies of fascinating figures from history, culture, music, and beyond. From icons who shaped entire generations to hidden stories that deserve the spotlight, pplpod brings you closer to the people behind the headlines and the legends. Thoughtful, engaging, and story-driven, pplpod explores what makes these lives extraordinary—and what we can learn from them today.

Episodes

Jun 27, 2026 · not_requested

How the Andes Survivors Stayed Human

Duration seconds: 1491
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2945861

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Jun 27, 2026 · not_requested

How the Aral Sea turned to dust

Duration seconds: 1549
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2945862

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Jun 27, 2026 · not_requested

How the Easter Island statues walked

Duration seconds: 1318
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2945863

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Jun 27, 2026 · not_requested

How the Great Stink Built Modern London

Duration seconds: 1313
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2945864

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Jun 27, 2026 · not_requested

How the media manufactured Jack the Ripper

Duration seconds: 1330
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2945865

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Jun 27, 2026 · not_requested

Humanity's billion year message to the stars

Duration seconds: 1425
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2945867

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Jun 27, 2026 · not_requested

Ishi the Last of the Yahi

Duration seconds: 1454
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2945869

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Jun 27, 2026 · not_requested

Mercury Rivers and the Terracotta Army

Duration seconds: 1356
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2945870

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Jun 27, 2026 · not_requested

Nine Barrels That Emptied the Mary Celeste

Duration seconds: 1488
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2945871

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Jun 27, 2026 · not_requested

Pripyat from Soviet Utopia to Battlefield

Duration seconds: 1275
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2945872

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Jun 27, 2026 · not_requested

Soviet Night Witches Flying Without Parachutes

Duration seconds: 1275
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2945875

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Jun 27, 2026 · not_requested

Spring Heeled Jack From Demon to Superhero

Duration seconds: 1220
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2945876

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Jun 27, 2026 · not_requested

Tesla's Wardenclyffe Tower From Ruin to Resurrection

Duration seconds: 1400
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2945878

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Jun 27, 2026 · not_requested

The 14 Million Pound Hatton Garden Heist

Duration seconds: 1096
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2945879

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Jun 27, 2026 · not_requested

The 1908 Blast Without a Crater

Duration seconds: 1349
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2945880

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Jun 27, 2026 · not_requested

The 200 mile crawl of Hugh Glass

Duration seconds: 1302
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2945882

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Jun 27, 2026 · not_requested

The 38 minute destruction of Zanzibar

Duration seconds: 1413
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2945883

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Jun 27, 2026 · not_requested

The 45 Year Lie About Laika

Duration seconds: 1463
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2945884

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Jun 27, 2026 · not_requested

The 5,300 year old murder of Ötzi

Duration seconds: 1564
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2945887

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Jun 27, 2026 · not_requested

The Baghdad Battery Was Actually Magic

Duration seconds: 1427
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2945889

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Jun 27, 2026 · not_requested

The Bloody Truth Behind the Oaken Bucket

Duration seconds: 1132
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2945891

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Jun 27, 2026 · not_requested

The Brutal Truth of Salem 1692

Duration seconds: 1609
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2945892

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Jun 27, 2026 · not_requested

The CIA's Secret MKUltra Mind Control Experiments

Duration seconds: 1324
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2945893

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Jun 27, 2026 · not_requested

The Dam That Survived While Thousands Drowned

Duration seconds: 1282
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2945894

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Jun 27, 2026 · not_requested

The dead man who outsmarted Hitler

Duration seconds: 1477
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2945895

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Jun 14, 2026 · not_requested

Pocahontas: The Real Political Genius Behind America's Most Mythologized Native Woman

Duration seconds: 1279
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2914785

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Jun 14, 2026 · not_requested

Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz: The Rebel Nun Who Outsmarted the Spanish Inquisition

Duration seconds: 1266
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2914787

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Jun 14, 2026 · not_requested

Frederic Chopin: The Smuggled Heart and the Music That Made a Nation Weep

Duration seconds: 1322
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2914788

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Jun 14, 2026 · not_requested

Crazy Horse: The Warrior Who Refused Every Photograph and Defeated Custer

Duration seconds: 1179
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2914789

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Jun 14, 2026 · not_requested

Akira Kurosawa: The Director Who Never Looked Away and Taught Hollywood How to See

Duration seconds: 1261
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2914792

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Jun 14, 2026 · not_requested

Greta Garbo: The Biggest Star in Hollywood Who Vanished in Plain Sight

Duration seconds: 1478
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2914793

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Jun 14, 2026 · not_requested

Sacagawea: The Many Lives and Competing Myths of Lewis and Clark's Most Famous Guide

Duration seconds: 1322
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2914778

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Jun 14, 2026 · not_requested

Pyotr Tchaikovsky: The Private Agony Behind Swan Lake and the 1812 Overture

Duration seconds: 1210
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2914779

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Jun 14, 2026 · not_requested

Walt Disney: The Private Obsessions Behind the Magic Kingdom

Duration seconds: 1394
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2914781

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Jun 14, 2026 · not_requested

Malcolm X: The Radical Reinventions of America's Most Misunderstood Civil Rights Leader

Duration seconds: 1590
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2914782

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Jun 14, 2026 · not_requested

Pele: The Real Man Behind the Myth of Football's Greatest Player

Duration seconds: 1191
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2914783

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Jun 14, 2026 · not_requested

Thomas Aquinas: How the 'Dumb Ox' Mapped the Entire Universe With Pure Reason

Duration seconds: 1335
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2914771

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Jun 14, 2026 · not_requested

Jackie Robinson: The Fierce, Uncompromising Reality Behind Baseball's Integration Pioneer

Duration seconds: 1408
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2914772

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Jun 14, 2026 · not_requested

John Calvin: The Fugitive Lawyer Who Wired the Psychological Foundations of Modern Capitalism

Duration seconds: 1335
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2914773

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Jun 14, 2026 · not_requested

Saint Augustine: The Hedonist Who Mapped the Human Mind and Invented the Autobiography

Duration seconds: 1364
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2914775

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Jun 14, 2026 · not_requested

Brigham Young: The House Painter From Vermont Who Built an Empire of 56 Wives

Duration seconds: 1380
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2914776

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Jun 14, 2026 · not_requested

Sitting Bull: From Holy Man and Warrior Chief to Buffalo Bill's Traveling Show

Duration seconds: 1433
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2914763

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Jun 14, 2026 · not_requested

Sonja Henie: The Norwegian Figure Skater Who Conquered Olympic Ice and Hollywood

Duration seconds: 1364
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2914766

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Jun 14, 2026 · not_requested

Cesar Chavez: The Labor Hero Whose Legacy Unraveled Under Scrutiny

Duration seconds: 1176
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2914767

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Jun 14, 2026 · not_requested

The Dalai Lama: The Secret Geopolitical Chess Game Behind the Spiritual Leader

Duration seconds: 1236
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2914768

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Jun 14, 2026 · not_requested

Serena Williams: The Defiant Evolution of Tennis's Most Dominant Champion

Duration seconds: 1137
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2914769

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Jun 14, 2026 · not_requested

Martin Luther King Jr.: The Thirty-Nine-Year-Old With a Sixty-Year-Old Heart

Duration seconds: 1457
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2914756

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Jun 14, 2026 · not_requested

Mother Teresa: The Secret Fifty-Year Faith Crisis Behind the World's Most Famous Saint

Duration seconds: 1253
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2914758

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Jun 14, 2026 · not_requested

Orson Welles: The Genius Who Made the Greatest Film Ever and Spent Forty Years Hustling for the Next One

Duration seconds: 1137
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2914760

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Jun 14, 2026 · not_requested

Richard Wagner: The Composer Who Invented the Modern Movie Experience Before Movies Existed

Duration seconds: 1272
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2914761

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May 31, 2026 · not_requested

Morton Salt: The Empire Behind the Girl With the Umbrella

Duration seconds: 2407
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2869108

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May 31, 2026 · not_requested

Chris Farley: The Man Behind the Human Wrecking Ball

Duration seconds: 2432
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2869110

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May 31, 2026 · not_requested

Fritz Haber: The Chemist Who Fed the World and Gassed Millions

Duration seconds: 2088
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2869114

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May 31, 2026 · not_requested

Frederick Douglass: The Man Who Turned Knowledge Into Freedom

Duration seconds: 3462
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2869119

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May 31, 2026 · not_requested

Benjamin Banneker: The Man the Fire Couldn’t Erase

Duration seconds: 2744
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2869122

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May 29, 2026 · not_requested

Bessie Coleman: The Sharecropper's Daughter Who Flew Over Jim Crow

Duration seconds: 2990
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2869081

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May 29, 2026 · not_requested

Konrad Zuse: The Forgotten Inventor of the Modern Computer

Duration seconds: 1315
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2869073

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May 29, 2026 · not_requested

Wernher von Braun: The Man Who Built the Road to the Moon

Duration seconds: 2589
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2869069

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May 29, 2026 · not_requested

How Shirley Chisholm outmaneuvered the political machine

Duration seconds: 1124
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2869057

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May 29, 2026 · not_requested

Nellie Bly Lived Five Different Lifetimes: The Woman Who Refused to Stay in Her Lane

Duration seconds: 1341
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2869046

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May 28, 2026 · not_requested

The Night 121 Million People Mourned MASH

Duration seconds: 2113
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2867499

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May 27, 2026 · not_requested

Marcus Aurelius: The Imperial Architect of the Inner Citadel

Duration seconds: 2144
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2863348

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May 3, 2026 · not_requested

Geoffrey Hinton: Why the AI Godfather fears his creation

Duration seconds: 1184
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2790741

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May 3, 2026 · not_requested

The Fermi Paradox: Why the galaxy is so silent

Duration seconds: 1372
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2790744

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May 3, 2026 · not_requested

Why the Gestapo Feared Nancy Wake

Duration seconds: 1264
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2790745

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May 3, 2026 · not_requested

Why Smart People Defend Terrible Ideas

Duration seconds: 3157
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2790746

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May 3, 2026 · not_requested

Why Yoshua Bengio fears his own creation

Duration seconds: 1035
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2790749

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May 3, 2026 · not_requested

Why the Viking Age actually started

Duration seconds: 2204
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2790750

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May 3, 2026 · not_requested

The Dunning-Kruger Effect: Why you misjudge your own abilities

Duration seconds: 1457
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2790751

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May 3, 2026 · not_requested

Why unfinished tasks haunt your brain

Duration seconds: 3026
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2790752

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May 3, 2026 · not_requested

Yann LeCun's billion dollar world model bet

Duration seconds: 908
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2790753

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May 3, 2026 · not_requested

Why the Western Roman Empire Never Fell

Duration seconds: 3650
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2790754

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May 3, 2026 · not_requested

Zaha Hadid and the 89 degree angle

Duration seconds: 1282
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2790755

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May 3, 2026 · not_requested

Your purpose is not a job

Duration seconds: 1343
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2790756

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May 3, 2026 · not_requested

Why your brain sees faces everywhere

Duration seconds: 3818
Source: https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2790757

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