The Wild West 13: Hollywood
We didn’t become fascinated with the Wild West until Hollywood gave us gunfights at high noon and heroic outlaws. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 22, 2023•33 min•Season 4Ep. 13
Grim & Mild Presents
An ongoing exploration of history’s most unusual and the macabre themes. Each 13-episode season unpacks a new topic in fresh format and style. Presented and executive produced by Aaron Mahnke.
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The Wild West 12: Outlaws
When we think of the Wild West, we conjure up certain characters in our imaginations. But none are more iconic than the outlaw. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 08, 2023•24 min•Season 4Ep. 12
The Wild West 11: Gender in the West
Hollywood portrays the Wild West as a tough man’s world. Yet, there were some who refused to be labeled. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 24, 2023•26 min•Season 4Ep. 11
The Wild West 10: Women’s Work
The post office has a saying about mail delivery in all kinds of weather. Meet Mary, a mail carrier in the West whose story is nothing short of a Western novel. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 10, 2023•25 min•Season 4Ep. 10
The Wild West 9: Doomtowns
Gold. New lives. Second chances. The West provided many opportunities. But conquering the land often came at a high cost. Here’s the story of one of the most well-known families on the frontier: the Ingalls. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 27, 2023•26 min•Season 4Ep. 9
The Wild West 8: Transit
Getting from East to West was difficult, especially for those who chose the Oregon Trail. Survival meant timing their passage and path just right. Those who didn’t served as a dire warning to others. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 13, 2023•25 min•Season 4Ep. 8
The Wild West 7: Uprising
With westward expansion came the Homestead Act. What followed was nothing short of horrific for the people already occupying the land. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 29, 2023•26 min•Season 4Ep. 7
The Wild West 6: Tales of the West
From Stetson hats to barbed wire, this episode sheds some light on little-known Wild West icons and how they came to be. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 15, 2023•23 min•Season 4Ep. 6
The Wild West 5: Mountain Meadows Massacre
The French, Spanish, and the Americans believed that heading west was a divine calling. This is the story of when beliefs cross the line into territory more dangerous than the land itself. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 01, 2023•27 min•Season 4Ep. 5
The Wild West 4: East Meets West
The Gold Rush became a beacon of hope for many. They headed West to seek their fortunes. But Americans weren’t the only ones looking for a better life. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 18, 2023•25 min•Season 4Ep. 4
The Wild West 3: Trail of Tears
One of the most horrific times in history came when treaties and deals with Native Americans were broken. In 1836, US troops rounded up Cherokee tribes with acts of extreme violence and forced them across the country. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 04, 2023•30 min•Season 4Ep. 3
The Wild West 2: Go West
From the Spanish to the French, to the British — everyone had their eye on the vast expanse of America’s western frontier. Then, in the early 1800s, Thomas Jefferson saw an opportunity and made a deal no one expected. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 21, 2023•28 min•Season 4Ep. 2
The Wild West 1: Legends
When it comes to tales of the Wild West, there’s one tale that surfaces again and again — and for good reason. Join us for the story of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 07, 2023•27 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Grim & Mild Presents: Season 4 Trailer
From the early explorers and the indigenous peoples they encountered, to the gunslingers of legend, and everything in between, this is your chance to learn just how complicated our move into western North America really was—and why so many of the assumptions we have about it are dead wrong. Beginning July 7th 2023, Grim & Mild Presents: A trek into the unknown, the misunderstood, and the forgotten tales of America’s westward expansion. Subscribe today on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, ...
Jun 30, 2023•2 min
Bedside Manners 13: The End?
The one guarantee in life is that it will end—we can anticipate that, and we have tried to cope with that truth forever. But when the suffering overextends itself, we’ve always tried to find ways to adapt. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 23, 2023•31 min•Season 3Ep. 13
Bedside Manners 12: The Beginning
Humans have been mothering and midwifing since the beginning of humanity. Why, then, did something so natural become so fiercely under fire? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 09, 2023•24 min•Season 3Ep. 12
Bedside Manners 11: Back to Health
Florence Nightingale set out to change the course of nursing as the world knew it… and ended up getting more than she ever bargained for. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 26, 2023•25 min•Season 3Ep. 11
Bedside Manners 10: Dark Matter
Everyone poops. And for thousands of years, as civilizations have risen and fallen, humans have been trying to figure out exactly what to do with it all. The story of waste is one of ingenuity and class, of innovation and epidemic – and it is one that is deeply human. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 12, 2023•22 min•Season 3Ep. 10
Bedside Manners 9: Mind Games
A doctor might dismiss your concerns by saying that something is all in your head…as if the brain doesn’t play host to many kinds of illness. Some of our oldest corpses bear physical evidence that directly cutting into the brain is one way to attempt healing the mind. But what happens when our modern attempts at this become a bit more…misguided? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 28, 2023•26 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Bedside Manners 8: Heartwrench
Poets have been writing about the madness of love for thousands of years. We love to be in it; we hate to be without it. But what if this wasn’t just hyperbole, and there is something indeed bigger happening to a brain in love? Where does love and madness meet? And, perhaps, where does one end, and another begin? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 14, 2023•27 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Bedside Manners 7: The Making of a Man
In the world of healing, there have always been folks willing to make money off of the suffering of others. And it was often seen that the more shameful the secret, the more profitable these problems would be for cunning charlatans. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 31, 2023•29 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Bedside Manners 6: Hungry for a Cure
The human body has long been a battleground for morality. And one of the places that these ideas have shown up might be surprising to you: the dinner table. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 17, 2023•28 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Bedside Manners 5: Slice ‘n Dice
For centuries, cutting into the human body was strictly forbidden. In fact, for a long time, medical schools taught aspiring physcians not to touch their patients. You can imagine how helpful this was. But then, a turn in the story: along came a class of people whose dirty, rough, and practical work changed the way we practice medicine: the surgeons. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 03, 2023•26 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Bedside Manners 4: Give and Take
In the not-too distant past, many European communities had their own local executioner. It was a paid government trade just like any other, but it came with a damning social stigma. But this role was a crucial one: though they brought imminent death, many people believed they also played a significant role in holistic healthcare. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 17, 2023•30 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Bedside Manners 3: A Chemical Romance
Staying alive is a tough task, and medicine’s function is to help us do just that. Often, we turn to pharmaceuticals. But we can trace a moment, very early in our construction of the healing arts, that the first chemists – the alchemists – sought something else: not just to extend life, but to make it eternal. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 03, 2023•27 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Bedside Manners 2: Bleed ‘em Dry
Our language is ripe with turns of phrase that invoke the idea of blood. These idioms seem to illustrate some of our most intense human experiences – it’s the thing that we can’t live with, after all. So tell me this: what happens when the blood spills? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 20, 2023•26 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Bedside Manners 1: Body of Knowledge
For much of human history, the interal geography of our bodies has been a mystery. We’ve walked a long, dark road as we’ve sought its secrets – taking many wrong turns, and leaving a trail of casualties in our wake. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 06, 2023•27 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Grim & Mild Presents: Season 3 Trailer
From the blood in our veins to the search for eternal life, and everything in between, this is your chance to learn just how miraculous it is that we understand so much about the human body—and why many of those discoveries almost never happened. Beginning January 6th 2023, Grim & Mild Presents: Bedside Manners will unpack the dark and twisted history of healing medicine. Subscribe today on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Learn more at GrimAndMild.com...
Dec 30, 2022•2 min
Pirates 13: Dead Men’s Tales
Hollywood adores the loveable rogue. Pirates are often depicted as wisecracking, kind-hearted individuals who set out for treasure but inevitably do the right thing. In the end, he usually gets the girl and the treasure. Pirates. The word itself hints at a story. And in our final episode, we have a couple more tales to tell. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 23, 2022•28 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Pirates 12: Cutlasses & Cutthroats
Cutthroat. According to dictionary entries, it’s someone so ruthless they cut the throat of another. A murderer is a person of vicious and Machiavellian nature. And in the world of piracy, there were cutthroats so cruel that they went over the line, even for their own crew. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 09, 2022•27 min•Season 2Ep. 12
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