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1943, deep inside a classified Bell Labs facility: engineers race to perfect radar, Alan Turing paces the halls working on encrypted speech, and down the h Read.
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1943, deep inside a classified Bell Labs facility: engineers race to perfect radar, Alan Turing paces the halls working on encrypted speech, and down the h Read.
Why did a convent of French nuns once collectively start meowing like cats until they were forced to stop? How did a 1997 episode of Pokémon result in over 12,000 children reporting illness, despite only a fraction suffering actual seizures,? In this episode, we dive into the phenomenon of Mass Psychogenic Illness (MPI), historically known… Read.
In this episode of pplpod, we explore the long and complex history of the Flat Earth theory. While we often joke about the concept today, we dig into its origins as an archaic scientific model in ancient societies like Egypt and Mesopotamia, where the world was viewed as a disk floating in the ocean. Join… Read.
In this episode of pplpod, we dive deep into the dynamics of controlling behavior in relationships, exploring how abusers seek to gain and maintain power over their partners through intimidation, coercion, and isolation. We break down the subtle and overt tactics used to manipulate victims, ranging from love bombing and superficial charm to psychological punishments… Read.
In this episode of pplpod, we deconstruct the phenomenon of clickbait, defined as text or thumbnails designed to entice users to follow a link through deceptive or sensationalized presentation. We explore how these headlines exploit the “curiosity gap,” a psychological tactic that offers just enough information to intrigue a reader but withholds the satisfaction of… Read.
In this episode of pplpod, we examine the chilling crimes of Dennis Rader, the American serial killer who terrorized Wichita, Kansas, under the self-given pseudonym BTK, which stood for “bind, torture, kill”,. We trace Rader’s reign of terror between 1974 and 1991, during which he murdered at least ten people—beginning with the Otero family—often binding… Read.