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Back to Search7287: Eric Clapton — Beyond the Guitar God Myth to the Man Underneath | pplpod
Episode 7287
Eric Clapton was called God on the walls of London before he turned twenty-five. Graffiti reading "Clapton is God" appeared across the city, and he s…
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7286: Donatello — The Sculptor Who Gave Stone a Psychology | pplpod
Episode 7286
Donatello carved the first freestanding nude sculpture since antiquity and gave Renaissance Florence figures so psychologically alive that contempora…
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7282: Sugar Ray Leonard — The Trauma Behind the Smile of Boxing's Golden Boy | pplpod
Episode 7282
Sugar Ray Leonard won an Olympic gold medal with a smile so bright that corporate sponsors lined up before he turned professional. Behind the charm w…
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7284: Antoni Gaudi — Why Barcelona's Genius Architect Rejected the Straight Line | pplpod
Episode 7284
Antoni Gaudi looked at the straight line and decided nature had no use for it. He built the Sagrada Familia, Casa Batllo, and Park Guell using curves…
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7283: Tom Brady — The 199th Pick and the Myth of Athletic Inevitability | pplpod
Episode 7283
Tom Brady was the 199th pick in the 2000 NFL Draft, selected after six quarterbacks nobody remembers. Twenty-three years later he retired with seven …
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7280: Edward III — The Accidental Legacy of England's Warrior King | pplpod
Episode 7280
Edward III overthrew his mother's regency at seventeen, launched the Hundred Years War, and presided over the devastating Black Death that killed a t…
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7279: James I — The Wisest Fool in Christendom and the King Who United Two Crowns | pplpod
Episode 7279
James I of England was called the wisest fool in Christendom — a king who wrote books on theology and demonology, commissioned the most famous Englis…
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7278: Louis XVI — The Shy King Whose Hesitation Ruined France | pplpod
Episode 7278
Louis XVI was a locksmith by hobby and a king by accident of birth. He was shy, indecisive, and more comfortable taking apart mechanical devices than…
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7277: John Adams — The Science Nerd America Called a Tyrant | pplpod
Episode 7277
John Adams was the most intellectually gifted of the founding fathers and possibly the least suited to politics. He was vain, honest to the point of …
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7281: Rocky Marciano — The Short Heavyweight Who Retired Undefeated | pplpod
Episode 7281
Rocky Marciano stood five feet ten inches in an era when heavyweight champions towered over six feet. He compensated with a work rate and punching po…
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