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Back to SearchSister Rosetta Tharpe Invented Rock and Roll
Episode 6349
What if you were told that Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Little Richard, and Chuck Berry all idolized the exact same person? What if that person was a …
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Sir Richard Burton The Rogue Victorian Explorer
Episode 6348
Imagine a Victorian British officer, a knight of the realm who faithfully served the mighty British Empire, yet simultaneously spent his entire life …
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Sargon of Akkad and the First Empire
Episode 6347
Picture the classic origin story of a baby hidden in a waterproof basket, set adrift on a great river, and pulled from the reeds to eventually grow u…
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Samuel Hearne and the Bloody Falls massacre
Episode 6346
Picture the classic image of the stoic European explorer standing triumphant on a frozen peak, planting a flag to claim the wilderness. In this story…
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Romania's communist king executed on Christmas
Episode 6344
Imagine a leader who defied the Soviet Union, received an honorary knighthood from the British Queen, and won praise from U.S. presidents—only to be …
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Robert Johnson Beyond the Crossroads Myth
Episode 6343
Imagine a 27-year-old musician who owned virtually nothing, recorded just 29 songs inside makeshift hotel rooms and warehouses over the course of sev…
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Radia Perlman and the Self-Healing Internet
Episode 6342
In this episode of pplpod, we explore the invisible architecture that keeps the modern internet from collapsing into chaos through the groundbreaking…
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Sally Ride the Astronaut and Secret Whistleblower
Episode 6345
Sally Ride the Astronaut and Secret Whistleblower
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Pol Pot and the Cambodian Genocide
Episode 6341
In this episode of pplpod, we examine the rise and fall of Pol Pot, the quiet former schoolteacher who became the architect of one of the deadliest g…
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Pliny the Elder and the First Encyclopedia
Episode 6340
In this episode of pplpod, we dive into the extraordinary life of Pliny the Elder, the Roman scholar, military commander, naturalist, and obsessive i…
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