Chris Farley: The Man Behind the Human Wrecking Ball
In this episode of pplpod, we look beyond the screaming, sweating, table-smashing image of Chris Farley to understand the deeply sensitive performer underneath. The story opens in a Los Angeles sound ...
31 Touko 40min
Fritz Haber: The Chemist Who Fed the World and Gassed Millions
In this episode of pplpod, we examine the terrifying duality of Fritz Haber, a scientist whose work helped make modern life possible while also helping create some of the darkest tools of modern war. ...
31 Touko 34min
Frederick Douglass: The Man Who Turned Knowledge Into Freedom
In this episode of pplpod, we explore the extraordinary life of Frederick Douglass, a man born into slavery who built himself into one of the most powerful voices in American history. The story begins...
31 Touko 57min
Benjamin Banneker: The Man the Fire Couldn’t Erase
In this episode of pplpod, we explore the extraordinary life of Benjamin Banneker, the self-taught Black mathematician, astronomer, surveyor, and writer who challenged the intellectual foundations of ...
31 Touko 45min
Bessie Coleman: The Sharecropper's Daughter Who Flew Over Jim Crow
On April 30, 1926, a wrench left in the gears of a Curtiss Jenny biplane brought down one of aviation's most improbable pioneers. Bessie Coleman fell 2,000 feet over Jacksonville, Florida, ending a li...
29 Touko 49min
Konrad Zuse: The Forgotten Inventor of the Modern Computer
Konrad Zuse: The Forgotten Inventor of the Modern ComputerIn this episode of pplpod, we explore the astonishing story of Konrad Zuse, the isolated German engineer who quietly built the world’s first p...
29 Touko 21min
Wernher von Braun: The Man Who Built the Road to the Moon
In this episode of pplpod, we examine one of the most morally complicated figures of the 20th century: Wernher von Braun. The episode opens in the collapsing chaos of Nazi Germany in 1945, with von Br...
29 Touko 43min
How Shirley Chisholm outmaneuvered the political machine
What does it actually take to change a political system designed to keep you out of it?In this episode of pplpod, we dive into the life of Shirley Chisholm — the first Black woman elected to Congress ...
29 Touko 18min
