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Back to Search7239: Freddie Mercury — The Shy Refugee Behind Rock's Greatest Frontman | pplpod
Episode 7239
Freddie Mercury was born Farrokh Bulsara in Zanzibar, fled a revolution as a teenager, and arrived in England as a quiet, self-conscious immigrant. H…
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7242: Edmund Hillary — The Shy Beekeeper Who Conquered Mount Everest | pplpod
Episode 7242
Edmund Hillary kept bees for a living and described himself as an average New Zealander with modest abilities. In 1953 he and Tenzing Norgay became t…
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7240: Hayao Miyazaki — The Fierce Contradictions of Animation's Greatest Living Artist | pplpod
Episode 7240
Hayao Miyazaki has announced his retirement at least four times and come back every time. He hand-draws thousands of frames for films that gross hund…
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7235: John Ford — The Paradoxical Life of America's Greatest Film Director | pplpod
Episode 7235
John Ford won six Academy Awards and created the visual language of the American Western. He was also a bully who humiliated actors on set, an Irish-…
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7234: Don Siegel — The Man Who Built Clint Eastwood's Toughest Persona | pplpod
Episode 7234
Don Siegel directed five films with Clint Eastwood, including Dirty Harry, and shaped the screen persona that made Eastwood the biggest movie star in…
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7232: Keith Richards — The Choirboy Behind Rock's Most Dangerous Myth | pplpod
Episode 7232
Keith Richards sang in a church choir as a boy soprano and was praised by his choirmaster for his pure tone. Decades later he became the most famous …
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7231: Tiger Woods — The Building and Breaking of Golf's Greatest Prodigy | pplpod
Episode 7231
Tiger Woods was engineered from birth to dominate golf. His father put a club in his hands before he could walk, trained him with military psychologi…
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7236: Janis Joplin — The Raw Nerve and Unfiltered Pain Behind Rock's Greatest Voice | pplpod
Episode 7236
Janis Joplin sang like she was tearing something open inside herself. The power came from pain — a childhood of relentless bullying in Port Arthur, T…
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7233: Arnold Palmer — The King Who Built the Blueprint for the Modern Athlete-Brand | pplpod
Episode 7233
Arnold Palmer did not just win golf tournaments. He invented the concept of the athlete as brand. Before Palmer, professional athletes played sports …
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7230: George Gershwin — The Brooklyn Outsider Who Invented America's Sound | pplpod
Episode 7230
George Gershwin was the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants who grew up on the Lower East Side and taught himself piano on a neighbor's instrument. He m…
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