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Back to SearchLaurent Fignon ~ Le Professeur of the Peloton
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Episode 212
He had the glasses, the grit, and the gall to defy cycling tradition. With flowing blond hair and an unapologetic attitude, Lau…
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Harvey Milk ~ The Mayor of The Castro
Episode 211
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Episode 211
He wasn’t born a symbol.
He didn’t grow up dreaming of shaking up City Hall, or of becoming a voice for millions who’d been tol…
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Alan Watts ~ Smiling at the Great Illusion
Episode 210
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Episode 210
Imagine a voice—calm, curious, playful—asking you whether you are the universe pretending to be a person.
In the chaotic swirl o…
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Diogo Jota ~ The Number 20
Episode 209
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Episode 209
He wasn’t born into a football dynasty. He didn’t grow up in the spotlight. But Diogo Jota carved out his own place in the worl…
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Keith Haring ~ Born to Draw
Episode 208
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Episode 208
He wasn’t looking for fame.
He wasn’t trying to get rich.
Armed with a piece of chalk and a head full of wild ideas, Keith Harin…
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Stanislav Petrov ~ The Soviet Who Stopped the End
Episode 207
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Episode 207
In the early hours of September 26, 1983, one man stood between the world and nuclear war. A quiet, unassuming lieutenant colon…
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Keith Flint ~ He Lit the Match
Episode 206
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Episode 206
He was the face of fire and fury. A punk with jet-black eyes, a sneer that could cut glass, and a voice that turned dance floo…
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Bill Wilson ~ How Sobriety Went Global
Episode 205
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Episode 205
He was a stockbroker with a drinking problem. A man who’d tasted the high life, only to lose it all to the bottle. But in a mom…
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Hedy Lamarr ~ From Box Office to Bluetooth
Episode 204
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Episode 204
She was hailed as one of the most beautiful women ever to grace the silver screen. A Hollywood starlet in the golden age of cin…
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Shiro Ishii ~ The Empire's Hidden Lab
Episode 203
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Episode 203
Shiro Ishii was a man of science—a brilliant mind twisted by the horrors of ambition and war. Born in Japan during a time of ri…
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