Kary Mullis: The LSD-Taking Nobel Laureate Who Revolutionized DNA (And Talked to Raccoons)
In this episode of pplpod, we dive into the wild life of Kary Mullis, the eccentric American biochemist whose invention of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) revolutionized genetics, medicine, and fo...
18 Jan 35min
Jackson Pollock: "Jack the Dripper" and the Art of Controlled Chaos
In this episode of pplpod, we explore the volatile life and revolutionary art of Paul Jackson Pollock, the American painter who redefined the canvas. A central figure in abstract expressionism, Polloc...
18 Jan 34min
Diego Rivera: Murals, Marx, and a Life Larger Than Life
This week on pplpod, we explore the colossal life and legacy of Diego Rivera (1886–1957), the Mexican painter whose massive frescoes helped establish the mural movement on an international stage,. We ...
18 Jan 39min
The Sword and the Brush: The Defiant Art of Artemisia Gentileschi
In this episode, we explore the life and legacy of Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–1654), a towering figure of the Italian Baroque and one of the most accomplished artists of the 17th century. We trace he...
18 Jan 30min
Dorothy Hodgkin: The Nobel Chemist Who Revealed the Structure of Life
In this episode of pplpod, we profile the extraordinary life of Dorothy Hodgkin, the pioneering English chemist who advanced the technique of X-ray crystallography to unlock the secrets of biomolecule...
18 Jan 32min
Barbara McClintock: Maize, "Jumping Genes," and the Long Road to the Nobel
In this episode of pplpod, we explore the solitary brilliance of Barbara McClintock (1902–1992), the cytogeneticist who revolutionized our understanding of DNA through her study of maize chromosomes. ...
18 Jan 31min
The Divine Genius of Srinivasa Ramanujan: Infinity, Intuition, and the Number 1729
This week on pplpod, we dive into the extraordinary life of Srinivasa Ramanujan, a self-taught mathematical prodigy who rose from poverty in South India to become a Fellow of the Royal Society. Despit...
18 Jan 34min
Enrico Fermi: The "Pope" of Physics & Architect of the Nuclear Age
This week on pplpod, we explore the life of Enrico Fermi, the brilliant Italian-American physicist known as the "architect of the atomic bomb". Renowned as one of the few scientists to excel in both t...
18 Jan 39min
