Episodes 176
Avg. Duration 41m
Activity Active
Apple Rating 4.5 (259)
Since Jun 2015
Latest Episode May 2026

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Every 2 Weeks
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Episodic
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76%
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About This Podcast

Some Very Famous People You've Never Really Heard Of, Byte Sized Biographies of the famous, the infamous and the quirky in less than hour. Think of that doorstop sized bio or history related book that you will never read made accessible in an hour. These are people that you may think you know a lot about but really don't, remarkable human beings you have never heard of and incidents covered in new and different detail, all fascinating.

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