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Back to Search7247: 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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7243: Miles Davis — The Relentless Genius Who Never Looked Back | pplpod
Episode 7243
Miles Davis reinvented jazz at least five times. Every time the world caught up to what he was doing, he abandoned it and started something new. Cool…
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7244: Sandy Koufax — Why Baseball's Most Dominant Pitcher Walked Away at Thirty | pplpod
Episode 7244
Sandy Koufax pitched four no-hitters, won three Cy Young Awards, and was the most dominant pitcher in baseball. Then, at thirty years old and at the …
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7237: Billy Wilder — The Refugee Who Invented Modern American Comedy | pplpod
Episode 7237
Billy Wilder fled Austria ahead of the Nazis, arrived in Hollywood speaking almost no English, and became the sharpest comedy writer-director in Amer…
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7241: Joe Montana — The Invisible Metrics Behind Football's Coolest Quarterback | pplpod
Episode 7241
Joe Montana never had the strongest arm or the fastest legs. What he had was an ability to process information under pressure that no metric could ca…
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7238: Lauren Bacall — The Relentless Reinvention of a Hollywood Legend | pplpod
Episode 7238
Lauren Bacall was nineteen when she told Humphrey Bogart to whistle for her and became a star overnight. When Bogart died twelve years later, Hollywo…
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