pplpod

Imagine trading the secure, freezing government posts of Oslo for a blank canvas of sand dunes and northern valleys, tasked with physically manifesting a society’s highest ideals. In this episode of p...

9 Maalis 17min

Imagine stepping into a dimly lit, smoke-filled wrestling arena in the 1970s, where a kid from the Canadian prairies is about to turn a panicked ring announcer’s mistake into a global phenomenon. In t...

9 Maalis 17min

Imagine a single piece of paper that acts as a physical time machine, connecting the army of Emperor Nero to a glass case in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In this episode of pplpod, we conduct a str...

9 Maalis 19min

Imagine a Texas OBGYN who delivered over 4,000 babies—including the legendary singer Selena—suddenly pivoting to become the primary disruptor of the Washington establishment. In this episode of pplpod...

9 Maalis 19min

Imagine a 10-day journey across the western two-thirds of America in a 1941 Buick, where a simple cross-country move birthed one of the most enduring musical standards in history. In this episode of p...

9 Maalis 17min

Imagine a continent attempting to engineer its own demographic future from the ground up, driven by the sheer terror of post-war vulnerability following the bombing of Darwin. In this episode of pplpo...

9 Maalis 19min

Imagine a world where a world-class gymnast’s ceramic frog collection is more newsworthy than their gold medal. For nearly 40 years, the legendary Australian comedy duo Roy and HG—composed of Greig Pi...

9 Maalis 19min

Imagine putting off a software update for over three centuries, only to have the eventually forced installation break your entire operating system. In this episode of pplpod, we conduct a structural a...

9 Maalis 18min