pplpod

pplpod is a podcast about people, places and lots of other stuff. Each episode takes a deep dive into the lives, choices, and legacies of fascinating figures from history, culture, music, and beyond. From icons who shaped entire generations to hidden stories that deserve the spotlight, pplpod brings you closer to the people behind the headlines and the legends.

Thoughtful, engaging, and story-driven, pplpod explores what makes these lives extraordinary—and what we can learn from them today.

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Episoder(8442)

When Scratch-Offs Met Live TV

When Scratch-Offs Met Live TV

Imagine trying to build a two-way street between a television studio and a living room more than 30 years ago using nothing but scratch-off ink and the postal service, a vision realized by The $100,00...

19 Mar 21min

Where two hundred dollar bills are real

Where two hundred dollar bills are real

Imagine being handed a freshly printed 200 Banknote and feeling the immediate tug of Cognitive Mimicry, a psychological exploit where your brain accepts the validity of a non-existent Fiat Currency ba...

19 Mar 18min

The Billion Unit Bottleneck: A History of the Presidential $1 Coin Program and the Godless Dollars

The Billion Unit Bottleneck: A History of the Presidential $1 Coin Program and the Godless Dollars

Imagine a massive highway of metal stretching from Los Angeles to Chicago consisting entirely of 1.4 billion units of unwanted currency, the literal result of the Presidential $1 Coin Program and the ...

19 Mar 23min

The Century Benchmark: The Number 100 and the Psychology of Completion

The Century Benchmark: The Number 100 and the Psychology of Completion

Think about the daily safety of a battery hitting the Number 100 or the immediate heat of a day reaching three digits, a standard rooted in our biological reliance on Base 10 counting. This episode of...

19 Mar 21min

Why 150,000 Asteroids Are Missing

Why 150,000 Asteroids Are Missing

The study of Lost Minor Planets and the precarious nature of an Observation Arc reveals that our solar system is not a perfectly mapped clockwork model but an incredibly messy ledger of moving targets...

19 Mar 27min

Why America destroyed its $100,000 bills

Why America destroyed its $100,000 bills

Imagine carrying a physical house in your pocket or settling a multi-million unit debt with a single slip of paper, a reality defined by Large Denomination Currency and the historical evolution of the...

19 Mar 22min

Why Better Algorithms Beat Fast Hardware

Why Better Algorithms Beat Fast Hardware

Imagine standing in a massive, disorganized library containing millions of books where the physical speed of the researcher is rendered irrelevant by the efficiency of the Analysis of Algorithms and t...

19 Mar 23min

Why CBS Canceled Million Dollar Password

Why CBS Canceled Million Dollar Password

Imagine a prime-time hit pulling in 11 million viewers only to be dismantled by the cold math of Demographic Economics, a fate shared by the short-lived Million Dollar Password. This episode of pplpod...

19 Mar 20min

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