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pplpod · 1,990 episodes with transcripts

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.

Spoken has transcripts of 1,990 pplpod episodes, with the speakers named. The newest listed here is from October 19, 2026.

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archive.sh
curl -s -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY" \
  https://spoken.md/podcasts/1836423938/episodes \
  | jq -r '.episodes[] | "\(.id) \(.title)"' \
  | while IFS=' ' read -r id title; do
      slug=$(echo "$title" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | tr -cs 'a-z0-9' '-' | sed 's/-*$//')
      [ -f "${id}-${slug}.md" ] && continue
      curl -sf -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY" \
        -o "${id}-${slug}.md" \
        https://spoken.md/transcripts/$id || rm -f "${id}-${slug}.md"
      sleep 0.34
    done

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The Las Vegas Strip: How a 1950 Annexation Fight Kept It Out of Las Vegas

October 19, 2026

SPEAKER_1 (0:00)

You know, it's kind of the ultimate geographic irony. When you picture the most famous, glittering, neon-soaked metropolis in the entire world, what immediately comes to mind?

SPEAKER_2 (0:11)

Well, I mean, you picture the welcome sign, right?

SPEAKER_1 (0:13)

Exactly, you picture the sign, you picture the sprawling mega resorts, you picture that famous 4.2 mile stretch of uninterrupted spectacle, you picture Las Vegas.

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