# pplpod

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Author: pplpod
Episodes: 7800

## Resource

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.

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## Episodes
- [How the Andes Survivors Stayed Human](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/how-the-andes-survivors-stayed-human) — 2026-06-27T11:29:52+00:00
- [How the Aral Sea turned to dust](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/how-the-aral-sea-turned-to-dust) — 2026-06-27T11:29:51+00:00
- [How the Easter Island statues walked](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/how-the-easter-island-statues-walked) — 2026-06-27T11:29:50+00:00
- [How the Great Stink Built Modern London](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/how-the-great-stink-built-modern-london) — 2026-06-27T11:29:49+00:00
- [How the media manufactured Jack the Ripper](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/how-the-media-manufactured-jack-the-ripper) — 2026-06-27T11:29:48+00:00
- [Humanity's billion year message to the stars](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/humanity-s-billion-year-message-to-the-stars) — 2026-06-27T11:29:47+00:00
- [Ishi the Last of the Yahi](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/ishi-the-last-of-the-yahi) — 2026-06-27T11:29:46+00:00
- [Mercury Rivers and the Terracotta Army](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/mercury-rivers-and-the-terracotta-army) — 2026-06-27T11:29:45+00:00
- [Nine Barrels That Emptied the Mary Celeste](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/nine-barrels-that-emptied-the-mary-celeste) — 2026-06-27T11:29:44+00:00
- [Pripyat from Soviet Utopia to Battlefield](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/pripyat-from-soviet-utopia-to-battlefield) — 2026-06-27T11:29:43+00:00
- [Soviet Night Witches Flying Without Parachutes](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/soviet-night-witches-flying-without-parachutes) — 2026-06-27T11:29:43+00:00
- [Spring Heeled Jack From Demon to Superhero](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/spring-heeled-jack-from-demon-to-superhero) — 2026-06-27T11:29:42+00:00
- [Tesla's Wardenclyffe Tower From Ruin to Resurrection](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/tesla-s-wardenclyffe-tower-from-ruin-to-resurrection) — 2026-06-27T11:29:41+00:00
- [The 14 Million Pound Hatton Garden Heist](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/the-14-million-pound-hatton-garden-heist) — 2026-06-27T11:29:40+00:00
- [The 1908 Blast Without a Crater](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/the-1908-blast-without-a-crater) — 2026-06-27T11:29:39+00:00
- [The 200 mile crawl of Hugh Glass](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/the-200-mile-crawl-of-hugh-glass) — 2026-06-27T11:29:38+00:00
- [The 38 minute destruction of Zanzibar](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/the-38-minute-destruction-of-zanzibar) — 2026-06-27T11:29:37+00:00
- [The 45 Year Lie About Laika](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/the-45-year-lie-about-laika) — 2026-06-27T11:29:36+00:00
- [The 5,300 year old murder of Ötzi](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/the-5-300-year-old-murder-of-o-tzi) — 2026-06-27T11:29:35+00:00
- [The Baghdad Battery Was Actually Magic](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/the-baghdad-battery-was-actually-magic) — 2026-06-27T11:29:34+00:00
- [The Bloody Truth Behind the Oaken Bucket](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/the-bloody-truth-behind-the-oaken-bucket) — 2026-06-27T11:29:33+00:00
- [The Brutal Truth of Salem 1692](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/the-brutal-truth-of-salem-1692) — 2026-06-27T11:29:31+00:00
- [The CIA's Secret MKUltra Mind Control Experiments](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/the-cia-s-secret-mkultra-mind-control-experiments) — 2026-06-27T11:29:28+00:00
- [The Dam That Survived While Thousands Drowned](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/the-dam-that-survived-while-thousands-drowned) — 2026-06-27T11:05:54+00:00
- [The dead man who outsmarted Hitler](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/the-dead-man-who-outsmarted-hitler) — 2026-06-27T11:05:53+00:00
- [Pocahontas: The Real Political Genius Behind America's Most Mythologized Native Woman](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/pocahontas-the-real-political-genius-behind-america-s-most-mythologized-native-woman) — 2026-06-14T20:21:11+00:00
- [Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz: The Rebel Nun Who Outsmarted the Spanish Inquisition](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/sor-juana-ines-de-la-cruz-the-rebel-nun-who-outsmarted-the-spanish-inquisition) — 2026-06-14T20:21:11+00:00
- [Frederic Chopin: The Smuggled Heart and the Music That Made a Nation Weep](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/frederic-chopin-the-smuggled-heart-and-the-music-that-made-a-nation-weep) — 2026-06-14T20:21:11+00:00
- [Crazy Horse: The Warrior Who Refused Every Photograph and Defeated Custer](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/crazy-horse-the-warrior-who-refused-every-photograph-and-defeated-custer) — 2026-06-14T20:21:11+00:00
- [Akira Kurosawa: The Director Who Never Looked Away and Taught Hollywood How to See](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/akira-kurosawa-the-director-who-never-looked-away-and-taught-hollywood-how-to-see) — 2026-06-14T20:21:11+00:00
- [Greta Garbo: The Biggest Star in Hollywood Who Vanished in Plain Sight](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/greta-garbo-the-biggest-star-in-hollywood-who-vanished-in-plain-sight) — 2026-06-14T20:21:11+00:00
- [Sacagawea: The Many Lives and Competing Myths of Lewis and Clark's Most Famous Guide](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/sacagawea-the-many-lives-and-competing-myths-of-lewis-and-clark-s-most-famous-guide) — 2026-06-14T20:20:20+00:00
- [Pyotr Tchaikovsky: The Private Agony Behind Swan Lake and the 1812 Overture](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/pyotr-tchaikovsky-the-private-agony-behind-swan-lake-and-the-1812-overture) — 2026-06-14T20:20:20+00:00
- [Walt Disney: The Private Obsessions Behind the Magic Kingdom](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/walt-disney-the-private-obsessions-behind-the-magic-kingdom) — 2026-06-14T20:20:20+00:00
- [Malcolm X: The Radical Reinventions of America's Most Misunderstood Civil Rights Leader](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/malcolm-x-the-radical-reinventions-of-america-s-most-misunderstood-civil-rights-leader) — 2026-06-14T20:20:20+00:00
- [Pele: The Real Man Behind the Myth of Football's Greatest Player](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/pele-the-real-man-behind-the-myth-of-football-s-greatest-player) — 2026-06-14T20:20:20+00:00
- [Thomas Aquinas: How the 'Dumb Ox' Mapped the Entire Universe With Pure Reason](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/thomas-aquinas-how-the-dumb-ox-mapped-the-entire-universe-with-pure-reason) — 2026-06-14T20:19:35+00:00
- [Jackie Robinson: The Fierce, Uncompromising Reality Behind Baseball's Integration Pioneer](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/jackie-robinson-the-fierce-uncompromising-reality-behind-baseball-s-integration-pioneer) — 2026-06-14T20:19:35+00:00
- [John Calvin: The Fugitive Lawyer Who Wired the Psychological Foundations of Modern Capitalism](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/john-calvin-the-fugitive-lawyer-who-wired-the-psychological-foundations-of-modern-capitalism) — 2026-06-14T20:19:35+00:00
- [Saint Augustine: The Hedonist Who Mapped the Human Mind and Invented the Autobiography](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/saint-augustine-the-hedonist-who-mapped-the-human-mind-and-invented-the-autobiography) — 2026-06-14T20:19:35+00:00
- [Brigham Young: The House Painter From Vermont Who Built an Empire of 56 Wives](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/brigham-young-the-house-painter-from-vermont-who-built-an-empire-of-56-wives) — 2026-06-14T20:19:35+00:00
- [Sitting Bull: From Holy Man and Warrior Chief to Buffalo Bill's Traveling Show](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/sitting-bull-from-holy-man-and-warrior-chief-to-buffalo-bill-s-traveling-show) — 2026-06-14T20:18:50+00:00
- [Sonja Henie: The Norwegian Figure Skater Who Conquered Olympic Ice and Hollywood](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/sonja-henie-the-norwegian-figure-skater-who-conquered-olympic-ice-and-hollywood) — 2026-06-14T20:18:50+00:00
- [Cesar Chavez: The Labor Hero Whose Legacy Unraveled Under Scrutiny](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/cesar-chavez-the-labor-hero-whose-legacy-unraveled-under-scrutiny) — 2026-06-14T20:18:50+00:00
- [The Dalai Lama: The Secret Geopolitical Chess Game Behind the Spiritual Leader](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/the-dalai-lama-the-secret-geopolitical-chess-game-behind-the-spiritual-leader) — 2026-06-14T20:18:50+00:00
- [Serena Williams: The Defiant Evolution of Tennis's Most Dominant Champion](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/serena-williams-the-defiant-evolution-of-tennis-s-most-dominant-champion) — 2026-06-14T20:18:50+00:00
- [Martin Luther King Jr.: The Thirty-Nine-Year-Old With a Sixty-Year-Old Heart](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/martin-luther-king-jr-the-thirty-nine-year-old-with-a-sixty-year-old-heart) — 2026-06-14T20:18:07+00:00
- [Mother Teresa: The Secret Fifty-Year Faith Crisis Behind the World's Most Famous Saint](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/mother-teresa-the-secret-fifty-year-faith-crisis-behind-the-world-s-most-famous-saint) — 2026-06-14T20:18:07+00:00
- [Orson Welles: The Genius Who Made the Greatest Film Ever and Spent Forty Years Hustling for the Next One](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/orson-welles-the-genius-who-made-the-greatest-film-ever-and-spent-forty-years-hustling-for-the-next-one) — 2026-06-14T20:18:07+00:00
- [Richard Wagner: The Composer Who Invented the Modern Movie Experience Before Movies Existed](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/richard-wagner-the-composer-who-invented-the-modern-movie-experience-before-movies-existed) — 2026-06-14T20:18:07+00:00
- [Morton Salt: The Empire Behind the Girl With the Umbrella](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/morton-salt-the-empire-behind-the-girl-with-the-umbrella) — 2026-05-31T20:38:59+00:00
- [Chris Farley: The Man Behind the Human Wrecking Ball](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/chris-farley-the-man-behind-the-human-wrecking-ball) — 2026-05-31T20:37:29+00:00
- [Fritz Haber: The Chemist Who Fed the World and Gassed Millions](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/fritz-haber-the-chemist-who-fed-the-world-and-gassed-millions) — 2026-05-31T20:36:21+00:00
- [Frederick Douglass: The Man Who Turned Knowledge Into Freedom](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/frederick-douglass-the-man-who-turned-knowledge-into-freedom) — 2026-05-31T20:34:22+00:00
- [Benjamin Banneker: The Man the Fire Couldn’t Erase](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/benjamin-banneker-the-man-the-fire-couldn-t-erase) — 2026-05-31T20:30:12+00:00
- [Bessie Coleman: The Sharecropper's Daughter Who Flew Over Jim Crow](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/bessie-coleman-the-sharecropper-s-daughter-who-flew-over-jim-crow) — 2026-05-29T14:42:24+00:00
- [Konrad Zuse: The Forgotten Inventor of the Modern Computer](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/konrad-zuse-the-forgotten-inventor-of-the-modern-computer) — 2026-05-29T14:33:22+00:00
- [Wernher von Braun: The Man Who Built the Road to the Moon](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/wernher-von-braun-the-man-who-built-the-road-to-the-moon) — 2026-05-29T14:32:39+00:00
- [How Shirley Chisholm outmaneuvered the political machine](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/how-shirley-chisholm-outmaneuvered-the-political-machine) — 2026-05-29T14:28:30+00:00
- [Nellie Bly Lived Five Different Lifetimes: The Woman Who Refused to Stay in Her Lane](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/nellie-bly-lived-five-different-lifetimes-the-woman-who-refused-to-stay-in-her-lane) — 2026-05-29T14:27:29+00:00
- [The Night 121 Million People Mourned MASH](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/the-night-121-million-people-mourned-mash) — 2026-05-28T22:29:49+00:00
- [Marcus Aurelius: The Imperial Architect of the Inner Citadel](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/marcus-aurelius-the-imperial-architect-of-the-inner-citadel) — 2026-05-27T16:13:58+00:00
- [Geoffrey Hinton: Why the AI Godfather fears his creation](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/geoffrey-hinton-why-the-ai-godfather-fears-his-creation) — 2026-05-03T23:45:07+00:00
- [The Fermi Paradox: Why the galaxy is so silent](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/the-fermi-paradox-why-the-galaxy-is-so-silent) — 2026-05-03T23:43:42+00:00
- [Why the Gestapo Feared Nancy Wake](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/why-the-gestapo-feared-nancy-wake) — 2026-05-03T23:42:29+00:00
- [Why Smart People Defend Terrible Ideas](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/why-smart-people-defend-terrible-ideas) — 2026-05-03T23:40:51+00:00
- [Why Yoshua Bengio fears his own creation](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/why-yoshua-bengio-fears-his-own-creation) — 2026-05-03T23:18:16+00:00
- [Why the Viking Age actually started](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/why-the-viking-age-actually-started) — 2026-05-03T23:16:14+00:00
- [The Dunning-Kruger Effect: Why you misjudge your own abilities](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/the-dunning-kruger-effect-why-you-misjudge-your-own-abilities) — 2026-05-03T23:14:52+00:00
- [Why unfinished tasks haunt your brain](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/why-unfinished-tasks-haunt-your-brain) — 2026-05-03T23:13:36+00:00
- [Yann LeCun's billion dollar world model bet](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/yann-lecun-s-billion-dollar-world-model-bet) — 2026-05-03T23:11:07+00:00
- [Why the Western Roman Empire Never Fell](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/why-the-western-roman-empire-never-fell) — 2026-05-03T23:09:25+00:00
- [Zaha Hadid and the 89 degree angle](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/zaha-hadid-and-the-89-degree-angle) — 2026-05-03T23:08:28+00:00
- [Your purpose is not a job](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/your-purpose-is-not-a-job) — 2026-05-03T23:07:40+00:00
- [Why your brain sees faces everywhere](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/why-your-brain-sees-faces-everywhere) — 2026-05-03T23:06:18+00:00

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