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Episode 5237
The Human Who Is Their Own Parents
3 weeks, 5 days ago
The Illegal $100,000 Gold Certificate
Episode 5236
This episode of pplpod (E5235) deconstructs the transition from a frozen economy to the centralized bullion system of the Federal Reserve and the leg…
3 weeks, 5 days ago
The Illegal 100,000 Dollar Bill
Episode 5235
Discovering a rare 100,000-unit Gold Certificate in an attic would feel like a 2.2-million-unit lottery win, yet prying open this 1934 time capsule r…
3 weeks, 6 days ago
The Hidden Code of the Evangelists
Episode 5234
Standing before a weathered Gothic portal in an ancient European city, travelers often encounter the striking Iconography of the Four Evangelists, wh…
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The Logistical Nightmare of a 1935 Farce
Episode 5233
The 1935 American comedy 1,000 a Minute, produced by the prolific Republic Pictures B-Movie Factory and directed by Aubrey Scotto, serves as a fascin…
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The Many Insects Named Twig Borer
Episode 5232
Encountering a Twig Borer in an orchard reveals an incredible case of Convergent Evolution where entirely unrelated branches of the insect tree fill …
3 weeks, 6 days ago
The Many Secret Lives of 27
Episode 5231
The Fight for $15 movement, which ignited the first massive Fast Food Strike in New York City on November 29, 2012, has fundamentally re-architected …
3 weeks, 6 days ago
The Math Behind the Fight for 15
Episode 5230
Imagine prying open a time capsule from 2009 only to find that the federal Minimum Wage of seven units and twenty-five cents remains the baseline rea…
3 weeks, 6 days ago
The Math of Staying Awake at Sea
Episode 5229
Imagine a high-stakes environment where your schedule completely dictates your biology through the rigorous system of Watchkeeping, a fundamental hea…
3 weeks, 6 days ago
The Multiverse of the Dollar Sign
Episode 5228
Holding down shift and hitting the number four key executes the Dollar Sign, a character that functions as a Universal Currency Adapter for over two …
3 weeks, 6 days ago