Empress Dowager Cixi: The Woman Who Ruled China From Behind the Curtain
In this episode of pplpod, we explore the extraordinary and deeply controversial life of Empress Dowager Cixi, the woman who ruled Qing Dynasty China for nearly half a century during one of the most c...
9 Jun 25min
Elizabeth Báthory: Serial Killer, Political Scapegoat, or Both?
In this episode of pplpod, we explore the terrifying and deeply controversial story of Elizabeth Báthory, the Hungarian noblewoman long remembered as the most prolific female serial killer in recorded...
9 Jun 23min
Edwin Howard Armstrong: The Genius Who Invented Modern Radio and Was Destroyed by Corporate Power
In this episode of pplpod, we explore the extraordinary life of Edwin Howard Armstrong, the engineer whose inventions became the foundation of modern radio, radar, and wireless communication. From bui...
9 Jun 23min
The Dead Sea Scrolls: Lost Caves, Ancient Secrets, and the Discovery That Rewrote Biblical History
In this episode of pplpod, we explore one of the most extraordinary archaeological discoveries in human history: the Dead Sea Scrolls. Beginning with a Bedouin teenager throwing a rock into a cave nea...
9 Jun 25min
Axum: The Forgotten African Superpower That Rivaled Rome and China
In this episode of pplpod, we explore the astonishing rise and collapse of the Kingdom of Axum, the ancient African superpower that once stood alongside Rome, Persia, and China as one of the great emp...
9 Jun 23min
Alan Kay: The Man Who Invented the Future and Said the Computer Revolution Never Happened
In this episode of pplpod, we explore the life and ideas of Alan Kay, the computer scientist whose work helped define the modern digital world while simultaneously convincing him that the true compute...
9 Jun 21min
Tabby’s Star: The WTF Star That Made Scientists Consider Alien Megastructures
In this episode of pplpod, we explore one of the strangest astronomical mysteries ever discovered: KIC 8462852, better known as Tabby’s Star or the “WTF Star.” Located roughly 1,470 light years away i...
9 Jun 13min
Avicenna: The Fugitive Philosopher Who Invented the Future of Medicine
In this episode of pplpod, we explore the extraordinary life of Ibn Sina — better known in the West as Avicenna — the Persian polymath whose ideas transformed medicine, philosophy, psychology, physics...
9 Jun 21min
