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Back to Search7271: Henry VII — The King Who Backdated His Reign to Punish His Enemies | pplpod
Episode 7271
Henry VII won the Battle of Bosworth and then backdated his reign to the day before the battle, making every man who had fought for Richard III techn…
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7272: Roger Bannister — The Medical Student Who Broke the Four-Minute Mile | pplpod
Episode 7272
Roger Bannister ran the first sub-four-minute mile while training as a full-time medical student, squeezing in workouts during his lunch break. The f…
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7276: Isabella of Castile — The Ruthless Rise of Spain's Most Powerful Queen | pplpod
Episode 7276
Isabella of Castile seized her brother's throne, married Ferdinand of Aragon against his wishes, completed the Reconquista, expelled the Jews, and fi…
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7275: Mary I — The Real Woman Behind the Bloody Mary Legend | pplpod
Episode 7275
Mary I of England burned nearly three hundred Protestants at the stake and earned the name Bloody Mary. But the woman behind the legend was a devout …
3 days, 22 hours ago
7270: Charles I — The King Who Wore Two Shirts to His Own Execution | pplpod
Episode 7270
Charles I wore two shirts to his execution on a freezing January morning so that the crowd would not see him shiver and mistake it for fear. It was a…
3 days, 22 hours ago
7266: Wayne Gretzky — The Human Behind the 99 and Hockey's Greatest Mind | pplpod
Episode 7266
Wayne Gretzky was too small, too slow, and too weak to dominate professional hockey. He dominated it anyway. He holds sixty-one NHL records, and his …
3 days, 22 hours ago
7269: Henry IV of France — The King Who Traded His Faith for a Nation | pplpod
Episode 7269
Henry IV of France converted from Protestantism to Catholicism because "Paris is worth a mass." It was the most cynical and most effective political …
3 days, 22 hours ago
7267: Judy Garland — The Industry That Built and Broke a Legend | pplpod
Episode 7267
Judy Garland was put on amphetamines to keep her energy up and barbiturates to bring her down, starting at age thirteen. MGM controlled her diet, her…
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7268: Alfred the Great — The King Who Built England from Mud and Marshes | pplpod
Episode 7268
Alfred the Great was hiding in a swamp when the Viking invasions nearly erased the last independent Anglo-Saxon kingdom. He rebuilt his army from not…
3 days, 22 hours ago
7265: Baron Haussmann — The Fugitive Who Demolished Old Paris and Built a New One | pplpod
Episode 7265
Baron Haussmann tore down medieval Paris and replaced it with the wide boulevards, uniform facades, and grand public spaces that define the city toda…
3 days, 22 hours ago