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pplpod

pplpod

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Show overview

pplpod launched in 2025 and has put out 7,995 episodes in the time since. That works out to over 3300 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a near-daily cadence.

Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 20 min and 31 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language History show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed earlier today, with 6,586 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2026, with 6586 episodes published.

Episodes
7,995
Running
2025–2026 · 1y
Median length
22 min
Cadence
Near-daily

From the publisher

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.

The Frilled Shark: The Prehistoric Predator That Outlived Dinosaurs

Jun 28, 202623 min

Sutton Hoo: The Ghost Ship Burial and Its Missing Anglo-Saxon King

Jun 28, 202621 min

Lac-Megantic: The Runaway Ghost Train and the Swiss Cheese Disaster

Jun 28, 202619 min

Costa Rica's Stone Spheres: The Mystery of the Diquis Petrospheres

Jun 28, 202620 min

Belize's Great Blue Hole: A 150,000-Year Submerged Time Capsule

Jun 28, 202619 min

Teotihuacan: The Lost Mega-City With No Kings and Mercury Lakes

Jun 28, 202621 min

Ata: How DNA Debunked the Atacama "Alien" and Sparked an Ethics War

Jun 28, 202617 min

The Olm: The Blind Cave "Baby Dragon" That Survives a Decade Without Food

Jun 28, 202623 min

Ramanujan: The Self-Taught Genius Who Wrote the Math of the Cosmos

Jun 28, 202622 min

Charles VI of France: The Mad King Who Thought He Was Glass

Jun 28, 202622 min

The Aye-Aye: Madagascar's Misunderstood Nocturnal Primate

Jun 28, 202622 min

Louis Le Prince: The Inventor of Film Who Vanished

Jun 28, 202613 min

Lyrebirds: The Forest's Living Audio Archive of Australia

Jun 28, 202625 min

Thomas Blood: The Man Who Stole the Crown Jewels and Won

Jun 28, 202622 min

The Marree Man: The Outback's Unsolved Giant Geoglyph

Jun 28, 202621 min

Evariste Galois: The Math Genius Who Died at 20

Jun 28, 202622 min

Paul Erdos: The Homeless Genius Who Reshaped Mathematics

Jun 28, 202623 min

The Carnac Stones: France's Megalithic Metropolis

Jun 28, 202622 min

Balto: The Sled Dog Hero Myth and the Forgotten Champions

Jun 28, 202623 min

The Atocha: Hunting a Lost Spanish Galleon's Half-Billion Treasure

Jun 28, 202618 min
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