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pplpod is a podcast about people, places and lots of other stuff. Each episode takes a deep dive into the lives, choices, and legacies of fascinating figures from history, culture, music, and beyond. From icons who shaped entire generations to hidden stories that deserve the spotlight, pplpod brings you closer to the people behind the headlines and the legends. Thoughtful, engaging, and story-driven, pplpod explores what makes these lives extraordinary—and what we can learn from them today.

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How the Great Stink Built Modern London 27.06.2026 21:53

How the Great Stink Built Modern London

How the media manufactured Jack the Ripper 27.06.2026 22:10

How the media manufactured Jack the Ripper

Humanity's billion year message to the stars 27.06.2026 23:45

Humanity's billion year message to the stars

Ishi the Last of the Yahi 27.06.2026 24:14

Ishi the Last of the Yahi

Mercury Rivers and the Terracotta Army 27.06.2026 22:36

Mercury Rivers and the Terracotta Army

Nine Barrels That Emptied the Mary Celeste 27.06.2026 24:48

Nine Barrels That Emptied the Mary Celeste

Pripyat from Soviet Utopia to Battlefield 27.06.2026 21:15

Pripyat from Soviet Utopia to Battlefield

Soviet Night Witches Flying Without Parachutes 27.06.2026 21:15

Soviet Night Witches Flying Without Parachutes

Spring Heeled Jack From Demon to Superhero 27.06.2026 20:20

Spring Heeled Jack From Demon to Superhero

Tesla's Wardenclyffe Tower From Ruin to Resurrection 27.06.2026 23:20

Tesla's Wardenclyffe Tower From Ruin to Resurrection

The 14 Million Pound Hatton Garden Heist 27.06.2026 18:16

The 14 Million Pound Hatton Garden Heist

The 1908 Blast Without a Crater 27.06.2026 22:29

The 1908 Blast Without a Crater

The 200 mile crawl of Hugh Glass 27.06.2026 21:42

The 200 mile crawl of Hugh Glass

The 38 minute destruction of Zanzibar 27.06.2026 23:33

The 38 minute destruction of Zanzibar

The 45 Year Lie About Laika 27.06.2026 24:23

The 45 Year Lie About Laika

The 5,300 year old murder of Ötzi 27.06.2026 26:04

The 5,300 year old murder of Ötzi

The Baghdad Battery Was Actually Magic 27.06.2026 23:47

The Baghdad Battery Was Actually Magic

The Bloody Truth Behind the Oaken Bucket 27.06.2026 18:52

The Bloody Truth Behind the Oaken Bucket

The Brutal Truth of Salem 1692 27.06.2026 26:49

The Brutal Truth of Salem 1692

The CIA's Secret MKUltra Mind Control Experiments 27.06.2026 22:04

The CIA's Secret MKUltra Mind Control Experiments

The Dam That Survived While Thousands Drowned 27.06.2026 21:22

The Dam That Survived While Thousands Drowned

The dead man who outsmarted Hitler 27.06.2026 24:37

The dead man who outsmarted Hitler

Stubbins Ffirth: The Doctor Who Drank Vomit to Prove a Theory 26.06.2026 17:33

In the early 1800s, a medical student poured the black vomit of dying yellow fever patients into his own eyes, smeared it into open cuts, inhaled its fumes, and even drank it undiluted. And he walked away completely unharmed. It is one of the most grotesque acts of self-experimentation in the history of science. This episode profiles Stubbins Ffirth, an American trainee doctor shaped by the 1793 P...

The Donner Party: A Shortcut, a Snowstorm, and Survival 26.06.2026 20:02

The American dream of heading west turned into a slow-motion nightmare for 87 pioneers trapped in the Sierra Nevada. Beyond the gruesome detail everyone knows lies a profound human tragedy built from a chain of seemingly minor but catastrophic decisions. This deep dive strips away the sensationalism to trace how ordinary families ended up in an unimaginable situation in 1846. From bad advice and a...

Tokaimura: When a Bucket of Uranium Triggered Criticality 26.06.2026 24:28

A licensing board declared a nuclear chain reaction so impossible at this facility that they didn't even require a criticality alarm. That bureaucratic blind spot helped pave the way for one of the most terrifying preventable disasters in modern history. This episode examines the 1997 and 1999 Tokaimura accidents in Japan, a study in complacency, financial pressure, and what happens when operation...