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Back to SearchThe Cannonball Conversion: From "Punkish Swordsman" to Founder of the Jesuits (Ignatius of Loyola)
Episode 2130
In this episode of pplpod, we strip away the halo to examine the radical transformation of Ignatius of Loyola (born Íñigo López de Oñaz y Loyola). Be…
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Donatella Versace: From Muse to Matriarch, The Jungle Dress, and Stepping Down
Episode 2129
In this episode of pplpod, we dive into the life of Italian fashion icon Donatella Versace. Born in Reggio Calabria as the youngest of four children,…
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Ernest Shackleton: The "Boss," The Endurance, and the Art of Survival
Episode 2128
In this episode of pplpod, we brave the freezing Southern Ocean to examine the life of Sir Ernest Shackleton, the Anglo-Irish explorer who defined th…
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The Icon Behind the Sunglasses: Anna Wintour’s Reign at Vogue
Episode 2127
In this episode of pplpod, we peel back the curtain on the life and career of Dame Anna Wintour, the media executive who defined the fashion industry…
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Andrew Grove: The Refugee Who Built Intel and Taught Silicon Valley to Survive
Episode 2126
In this episode of pplpod, we explore the extraordinary life of Andrew Grove, the man often called the "guy who drove the growth phase" of Silicon Va…
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Adam Weishaupt: The Professor Who Founded the Illuminati
Episode 2125
Who was the real man behind history's most infamous secret society? In this episode, we explore the life of Adam Weishaupt, the German philosopher an…
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The Misunderstood Hedonist & The Pursuit of Ataraxia
Episode 2124
In this episode of pplpod, we explore the life and philosophy of Epicurus (341–270 BC), the ancient Greek thinker whose name became synonymous with t…
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Plotinus: The Mystic Founder of Neoplatonism
Episode 2123
In this episode of pplpod, we explore the life and mind of Plotinus (c. 204/5–270 CE), the Hellenized philosopher from Roman Egypt regarded by schola…
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Proclus: The "Successor" Who Systematized Neoplatonism
Episode 2122
In this episode of pplpod, we explore the life and legacy of Proclus Lycius (412–485 AD), one of the last major classical philosophers of late antiqu…
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Justin Martyr: From Platonism to the "True Philosophy"
Episode 2121
In this episode of pplpod, we explore the life and legacy of Justin Martyr (c. 100–165 AD), a renowned 2nd-century philosopher, apologist, and saint.…
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