pplpod

In this episode of pplpod, we explore the life, fame, and disappearance of Amelia Earhart, the aviator whose story is far more complicated than the bronze-statue version suggests. Born in Kansas in 18...

9 Jun 18min

In this episode of pplpod, we explore the life of Frances Arnold, the rebellious engineer and Nobel Prize-winning chemist who changed how humans work with biology. Her path was anything but traditiona...

9 Jun 50min

In this episode of pplpod, we explore the life of Gertrude B. Elion, the biochemist and pharmacologist who helped transform drug discovery from guesswork into rational design. Born in New York City in...

9 Jun 17min

In this episode of pplpod, we explore the life of Norman Borlaug, the Iowa farm boy turned agronomist credited with helping save more than a billion people from starvation. Born in 1914 into a Norwegi...

9 Jun 24min

In this episode of pplpod, we explore the life of Dr. Patricia Bath, the physician, inventor, and humanitarian who changed the future of eye care. Bath became the first Black female physician to recei...

9 Jun 22min

In this episode of pplpod, we explore the life of Stephanie Kwolek, the chemist whose discovery of Kevlar changed modern materials science. Kevlar now appears in bullet-resistant vests, suspension bri...

9 Jun 22min

In this episode of pplpod, we explore the story of Burgmann Anglican School in Canberra, Australia, and the surprising gap between real-world impact and digital visibility. Online, the school’s Wikipe...

9 Jun 17min

In this episode of pplpod, we explore the extraordinary life of Rita Levi-Montalcini, the Italian neurobiologist whose greatest discoveries began under some of the most impossible conditions imaginabl...

8 Jun 45min