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Back to SearchPhil Spector and the Mad Genius Myth
Episode 6339
In this episode of pplpod, we take a deep dive into the life and legacy of Phil Spector, the revolutionary music producer who transformed modern pop …
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Pauli Murray and the Architecture of Rights
Episode 6338
In this episode of pplpod, we explore the extraordinary and often overlooked life of Pauli Murray, the legal scholar, activist, writer, priest, and i…
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Nina Simone Turned Bach Into Revolution
Episode 6337
In this episode of pplpod, we take a deep dive into the extraordinary and deeply complicated life of Nina Simone, tracing her journey from a gifted c…
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Nelson's Radical Gamble at Trafalgar
Episode 6336
In this episode of pplpod, we take a deep dive into the Battle of Trafalgar and the brutal human reality behind one of the most important naval battl…
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Michelangelo’s Agony and Hidden Sistine Puzzles
Episode 6335
In this episode of pplpod, we take a deep dive into the creation of Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling and uncover the far messier, more human sto…
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Mary Anning and the discovery of extinction
Episode 6334
In this episode of pplpod, we explore the extraordinary life of Mary Anning, the self -taught fossil hunter who helped revolutionize paleontology fro…
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Maria Sibylla Merian Proved Insect Metamorphosis
Episode 6333
In the 1600s, Europe's most educated minds looked at a swarm of flies and declared them beasts born from rotting mud. Spontaneous generation wasn't f…
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Maria Goeppert Mayer and the Nuclear Waltz
Episode 6332
In the fall of 1963, a San Diego newspaper announced the news in bold print: "S.D. Mother Wins Nobel Prize." What the headline failed to mention was …
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Magellan Never Actually Sailed Around the World
Episode 6331
Ferdinand Magellan is universally credited as the first human to sail around the world. He never actually did it. He died a violent death halfway thr…
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Lady Mary Montagu and the Smallpox Inoculation
Episode 6330
An 18th-century aristocrat sprints from her family estate in a nightgown to elope, sneaks into the women-only bathhouses of the Ottoman Empire, wages…
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