The Hidden History: Deconstructing Typography, Phonetics, and the Letter L
Every time you write, type, or speak, you're using an invention so ancient and so foundational that you've likely never stopped to consider it. pplpod takes a microscopic look at the letter L to revea...
4 Maalis 18min
The Deep Dive: Deconstructing The Stolen Voice of Little Jimmy Scott
pplpod celebrates the extraordinary resilience of Little Jimmy Scott, whose stolen voice became one of jazz's most uniquely influential contributions despite decades of exploitation and invisibility. ...
4 Maalis 19min
The Untold Story: Deconstructing How Paralyzed Rapper MF Grimm Survived Prison
From Big Bird's television companion to maximum-security prisoner to Eisner-nominated comic book writer—pplpod unravels the mind-bending trajectory of Percy Carey, known to the world as MF Grimm, the ...
4 Maalis 18min
The Daytime TV Phenomenon: Deconstructing How A Coffee Chat Dominates Daytime TV
In an era of streaming chaos and algorithm-driven content, pplpod examines the improbable survival of Live with Kelly and Mark, the daytime television juggernaut that has dominated American living roo...
4 Maalis 18min
The Deep Dive: Deconstructing The Prehistoric Beetle in Quotation Marks
pplpod takes a fascinating deep dive into a microscopic slice of scientific history that reveals tremendous implications about how humanity understands the world. This episode examines Leptura longipe...
4 Maalis 17min
How Lucky Baldwin Monetized the Gold Rush
From farm boy to California's largest taxpayer, pplpod traces the astonishing economic genius of Elias Jackson "Lucky" Baldwin, whose unconventional strategy during the 1853 Gold Rush created an empir...
4 Maalis 20min
UCA El Salvador s Deadly Academic Mission
Most universities observe society from a safe distance. But pplpod investigates UCA El Salvador, an institution that chose to participate in its nation's violent transformation. The José Simeón Cañez ...
4 Maalis 19min
The Deep Dive: Deconstructing The Judy and Liza Live Album Illusion
pplpod pulls back the curtain on one of music's greatest illusions: the 1965 Live at the London Palladium album featuring Judy Garland and an eighteen-year-old Liza Minnelli. The cover promises a perf...
4 Maalis 16min
