Robert Koch: Germ Theory Genius, Tuberculin Scandal and Legacy
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Robert Koch rose from a rural German district physician working with a microscope his wife gave ...
1 Okt 20min
Frederick the Great: Philosopher King, Warlord and Potato Pioneer
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Visitors leave potatoes on Frederick the Great's grave at Sanssouci. This deep dive explores how...
1 Okt 23min
Prince Rogers Nelson: Independence, Reinvention and Contradiction
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1 Okt 21min
Juan Ponce de León: The Real Story Behind the Fountain of Youth Myth
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The man most famous for searching for the Fountain of Youth never actually looked for it. This d...
1 Okt 23min
Pierre Curie: Piezoelectricity, Magnetism and the Discovery of Radium
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Pierre Curie's papers are still so radioactive they are kept in lead-lined boxes. This deep dive...
1 Okt 22min
Peter the Great: Ruthless Modernization and the Human Cost of Reform
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1697, a six-foot-eight ship's carpenter in a European shipyard was secretly the Tsar of Russi...
1 Okt 24min
Pericles of Athens: Democracy, Empire and the Plague That Ended Him
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Pericles was mocked as a sea onion head, yet he came to define the golden age of Athens. This de...
1 Okt 24min
Pelé Biography: From Grapefruit Football to the Beautiful Game's King
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Legend says warring factions in Nigeria paused for 48 hours just to watch him play. This deep di...
1 Okt 25min
