Podcast Episodes
Back to Search7254: Queen Christina of Sweden — How One Royal Name Conquered the World | pplpod
Episode 7254
Queen Christina of Sweden was raised as a prince, ruled one of Europe's most powerful kingdoms, then stunned the continent by abdicating her throne, …
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7253: Ivan the Great — The Quiet Tsar Who Forged Russia from Scattered Fragments | pplpod
Episode 7253
Ivan III inherited a small principality that paid tribute to the Mongols and turned it into Russia. He did it not through dramatic battlefield heroic…
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7252: Francois Truffaut — The Delinquent Orphan Who Invented Modern Cinema | pplpod
Episode 7252
Francois Truffaut was a juvenile delinquent, a school dropout, and a military deserter before he became the most important film critic in France. The…
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7251: Ferdinand II of Aragon — The King Who Invented the Global Superpower | pplpod
Episode 7251
Ferdinand II of Aragon married Isabella of Castile, completed the Reconquista, expelled the Jews and Muslims from Spain, and financed Columbus. In do…
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7249: Henri Cartier-Bresson — The Eye That Hunted the Decisive Moment | pplpod
Episode 7249
Henri Cartier-Bresson coined the concept of "the decisive moment" and spent fifty years proving it existed. He photographed Gandhi hours before his a…
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7247: Frank Lloyd Wright — Architectural Masterpieces and Personal Mayhem | pplpod
Episode 7247
Frank Lloyd Wright designed Fallingwater, the Guggenheim Museum, and over a thousand other structures that redefined American architecture. He also a…
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7250: Robert De Niro — How Bobby Milk from Little Italy Became Hollywood's Greatest Actor | pplpod
Episode 7250
Robert De Niro grew up in Little Italy so pale and skinny that neighborhood kids called him Bobby Milk. He transformed himself into Travis Bickle, Ja…
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7246: Charles II — From Fugitive Prince to England's Ruthless Merry Monarch | pplpod
Episode 7246
Charles II hid in an oak tree while Cromwell's soldiers hunted him, fled to France disguised as a servant, and spent nine years in impoverished exile…
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7248: Gustavus Adolphus — The Lion of the North Who Changed Warfare Forever | pplpod
Episode 7248
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden transformed a minor Baltic kingdom into a European superpower and revolutionized military tactics in the process. He comb…
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7245: Buzz Aldrin — The Long, Lonely Descent After Walking on the Moon | pplpod
Episode 7245
Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon and came home to a depression so severe he could barely function. The second man on the lunar surface spent years batt…
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