Three Hundred Thousand Local Nazi Collaborators
Imagine a machine built on a rigid philosophy of absolute purity, designed to run only on specific, elite components. But as it accelerates across a vast landscape, the engine begins to burn out, and ...
17 Mar 19min
Three volunteers vaccinating 25,000 dogs
Imagine looking at a worldwide operation’s annual revenue and assuming it is a typo. In this episode of pplpod, we conduct a structural archaeology of Vets for Change, the UK-based charity that manage...
17 Mar 9min
Tourist guidebooks and drip rifles at Gallipoli
Imagine attempting one of the most complex amphibious operations in history using intelligence gathered from a literal tourist guidebook. In this episode of pplpod, we conduct a structural archaeology...
17 Mar 20min
Twelve Members of the Vanilla Chainsaws
Imagine showing up at a friend’s house just to hang out, only to be shoved into a sweltering commercial kitchen and told to cook for 50 people despite having no training. In this episode of pplpod, we...
17 Mar 19min
Two Centuries of Goryeo Royalty Flattened
Imagine a world where your 194-year family legacy—spanning three rulers, two centuries, and the absolute apex of sovereign power—is reduced to a few bytes of open-source text and a toggle switch for a...
17 Mar 16min
Two Thousand Years of Yo Mama Jokes
Imagine you are a deeply respected religious scholar in 100 CE, listening to a controversial reading of the Book of Ezekiel. Suddenly, you decide to stop the speaker—not with a theological rebuttal or...
17 Mar 19min
Undocumented Mothers Risking Everything for Reform
Imagine standing in a busy intersection right outside the United States Capitol, linking arms with 100 other women as sirens approach. You are undocumented, and getting arrested doesn't just mean a ni...
17 Mar 19min
Van Atta High versus the digital bouncers
Imagine playing to tens of thousands of fans and sharing stadium stages with icons like 30 Seconds to Mars and The Used, only to have your digital legacy reduced to a Wikipedia page that anonymous edi...
17 Mar 15min
