{"podcast":{"title":"pplpod","slug":"pplpod-7466994","podcast_index_feed_id":7466994,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/pplpod/feed.xml","website_url":"https://pplpod.com/","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/pplpod/20250829_120838_d1e6f81b658588b9ceec59626863052b.png","author":"pplpod","episode_count":7800,"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-27T16:18:20.391315+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994"},"episode":{"title":"Sitting Bull: From Holy Man and Warrior Chief to Buffalo Bill's Traveling Show","slug":"sitting-bull-from-holy-man-and-warrior-chief-to-buffalo-bill-s-traveling-show","published_at":"2026-06-14T20:18:50+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/sitting-bull-from-holy-man-and-warrior-chief-to-buffalo-bill-s-traveling-show","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/pplpod/2914763","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/344999/2914763/pplpod/2026_06_14_20_10_03_866752f4-ce29-4f24-aae1-f013ff689f8d.mp3","summary":"Sitting Bull led the Lakota alliance that destroyed George Armstrong Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn — the most famous Native American military victory in history. Then he fled to Canada, returned to a reservation, joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West show as a paid attraction, and was shot dead by his own people acting as Indian police during the Ghost Dance crisis. His life captures the full arc of Indigenous resistance and its destruction. This episode traces Sitting Bull from his vision quests through the defeat of Custer, the Canadian exile, the strange celebrity of the Wild West show, and the assassination that remains controversial to this day. Sitting Bull's rise as a holy man and war leader of the Hunkpapa Lakota The Sun Dance vision and the Battle of Little Bighorn that destroyed Custer's command The Canadian exile, the surrender, and the surreal season touring with Buffalo Bill Cody The Ghost Dance movement, the order for his arrest, and the shooting that killed him","meta_description":"Sitting Bull led the Lakota alliance that destroyed George Armstrong Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn — the most famous Native American military vic…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1433,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/pplpod-7466994/episodes/sitting-bull-from-holy-man-and-warrior-chief-to-buffalo-bill-s-traveling-show/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pplpod-7466994/sitting-bull-from-holy-man-and-warrior-chief-to-buffalo-bill-s-traveling-show.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}