Mortals

Can you believe we've reached the end of Season 2 already? Join us as we answer listener questions and celebrate the successes of this past year. Thanks for listening! Catch you in Season 3.Website: https://www.mortalspodcast.com/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mortalspodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mortals_podcast/Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastMortals

This week Christeah takes Jeannine and Mariah back to ancient Rome where they discuss architecture, mourners for hire, and funeral mimes.

Burying millions of war dead was a logistical nightmare that followed the chaos and calamity of the First World War. Your hosts discuss action on the Western and Eastern Fronts (map links included below), the many governmental bodies created to care for the dead, and ponder how long humanity may continue to find bodies from the War to End All Wars.Maps!Western Front: http://www.greatwar.co.uk/places/ww1-western-front.htm Eastern Front: https://www.britannica.com/event/Eastern-Front-World-War-I-history#/media/1/668465/236180

For this spooky season episode, your hosts learn about and discuss 19th century vampires, tuberculosis, Dracula, and human decay.

This week the Mortals hosts recommend some media to their dear listeners! Are you interested in death-related academic textbooks? Podcasts about history? Weird YouTube channels? Then this is the episode for you!

In this episode, we examine two bridges in North America, what makes them such attractive places to die, and how a barrier can save lives.

This week, Christeah, Jeannine, and Mariah examine the various "memento mori", or mourning objects, of the Victorian era.Website: https://www.mortalspodcast.com/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mortalspodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mortals_podcast/Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastMortals

Imagine awakening alone in a dank, cramped box underground... but you're still alive! Your hosts explore the deep-rooted fear of premature burial and discuss the incredible human ingenuity that resulted from attempts to evade such a terrifying fate.Check out this book: Jan Bondeson, Buried Alive: The Terrifying History of Our Most Primal FearWebsite: https://www.mortalspodcast.com/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mortalspodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mortals_podcast/Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastMortals

In this episode, Mariah and Jeannine discuss the rise of natural organic reduction, how to compost a cow, and mortuary utilitarianism.Website: https://www.mortalspodcast.com/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mortalspodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mortals_podcast/Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastMortals

Mariah and Jeannine are joined by guest Ali to talk about the magically morbid game “What Remains of Edith Finch.” Join as we explore the Finch family legacy, their monumental home, and the things that remained with us after the game's end.Website: https://www.mortalspodcast.com/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mortalspodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mortals_podcast/Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastMortals

Jeannine and Mariah explore the history, form, and function of eulogies—speeches which serve to memorialize and praise the dead.Website: https://www.mortalspodcast.com/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mortalspodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mortals_podcast/Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastMortals

Mariah and Jeannine learn about the deadliest garden in the world, the Alnwick Poison Garden.Website: https://www.mortalspodcast.com/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mortalspodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mortals_podcast/Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastMortals

Jeannine and Mariah are joined by two special guests to discuss Ten Candles, haunted tattoos, last birthdays, and, of course, death.Website: https://www.mortalspodcast.com/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mortalspodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mortals_podcast/Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastMortals

Jeannine investigates "green burial" which is apparently just a new term for a modern twist on a very long standing tradition most humans pre-19th century would simply call "burial."Links:https://www.greenburialcouncil.org/http://www.greenburialcanada.caCBC Article: https://www.cbc.ca/life/culture/green-burials-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-growing-trend-1.5340000Website: https://www.mortalspodcast.com/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mortalspodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mortals_podcast/Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastMortals

Mariah and Jeannine revisit two choice episodes of Futurama and cry about the tragedy of Philip J. Fry, the repercussions of jumping from one millennia to another, and leaving all your loved ones behind.Website: https://www.mortalspodcast.com/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mortalspodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mortals_podcast/Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastMortals

Join us in part two as we discuss the Lost Tomb of Alexander the Great. How do you lose a whole tomb and the "god" preserved inside? And how do we go about trying to find them again?Website: https://www.mortalspodcast.com/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mortalspodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mortals_podcast/Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastMortals

We begin the first of our two-part episode on Alexander the Great. In part one, Mariah discusses the life and death of this Macedonian king.Website: https://www.mortalspodcast.com/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mortalspodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mortals_podcast/Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastMortals

Christeah discusses animals in war and the pet cull of 1939.Website: https://www.mortalspodcast.com/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mortalspodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mortals_podcast/Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastMortals

To welcome us into Season 2, Jeannine shares her experience playing the wonderfully colourful, charming, and only mildly morbid game "I Am Dead" with co-hosts Christeah and Mariah. Make yourself some toast and give it a listen!Website: https://www.mortalspodcast.com/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mortalspodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mortals_podcast/Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastMortals

We have officially come to the end of the first season of Mortals! Come along with us as we reminisce about our past episodes, tease a few topics in season 2, and have a good laugh.Website: https://www.mortalspodcast.com/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mortalspodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mortals_podcast/Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastMortals

Our three hosts chat about music, and songs about death!Website: https://www.mortalspodcast.com/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mortalspodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mortals_podcast/Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastMortals

To accompany the ceremonies of Remembrance being held around the world this week, Jeannine leads Mariah and Christeah through the countless memorials erected worldwide to commemorate those lost during "The War to End All Wars."Website: https://www.mortalspodcast.com/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mortalspodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mortals_podcast/Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastMortals

We take a more somber tour of history than usual by examining the AIDS Memorial Quilt, and the HIV/AIDS epidemic that killed those represented within it. We discuss the tragedy of a negligent government, the power of a warm place to rest, and the enduring love and care we need for our communities.Website: https://www.mortalspodcast.com/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mortalspodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mortals_podcast/Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastMortals

Christeah guides us through Everest's famous 'death zone', and introduces us to some of the fallen mountaineers who guide the way.Website: https://www.mortalspodcast.com/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mortalspodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mortals_podcast/Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastMortals

Join us for another Morbid Medley! Your hosts explore land, sky, and sea as we discuss the unique mourning behaviours of elephants, crows and whales.Website: https://www.mortalspodcast.com/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mortalspodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mortals_podcast/Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastMortals

What do brown paint, medicine, and 19th-century parties all have in common? Why, Egyptian mummies of course! Christeah takes Jeannine and Mariah through the many different ways people have found uses for mummies over the centuries.Website: https://www.mortalspodcast.com/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mortalspodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mortals_podcast/Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastMortals

Jeannine leads Mariah and Christeah to the goldfields of the Tr'ondëk (Klondike) River and relays the disasters and downfalls of those who sought gold in the late-19th century.Website: https://www.mortalspodcast.com/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mortalspodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mortals_podcast/Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastMortals

In this whirlwind tour of the guillotine's greatest hits, Mariah introduces Christeah and Jeannine to two famous precursors, the good doctor whose name the machine took, its tremendous European head count, and to its last legal victim in 1977.Website: https://www.mortalspodcast.com/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mortalspodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mortals_podcast/Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastMortals

What do League of Legends, Princess Mononoke, and Watership Down all have in common? Why death gods of course! During this Morbid Medley Christeah, Mariah, and Jeannine each bring a fictional death god and discuss what a deity of death means for its world and its inhabitants.Website: https://www.mortalspodcast.com/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mortalspodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mortals_podcast/Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastMortals

Jeannine takes Christeah and Mariah on a journey up to the high plateau in the Himalayas to learn about the Tibetan practice of jhator, or Sky Burial.Website: https://www.mortalspodcast.com/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mortalspodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mortals_podcast/Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastMortals

Mariah takes Jeannine and Christeah back to 19th-century United Kingdom to look at the corpse supply problem and the sordid solution: Resurrectionists, i.e. professional body snatchers. There's a brief true crime interlude, surprise explosives, and angry mobs.Website: https://www.mortalspodcast.com/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mortalspodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mortals_podcast/Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastMortals

Christeah walks Jeannine and Mariah through historical burial sites for beloved pets, from the earliest domestication of dogs to ancient Egyptian cats to modern day.Website: https://www.mortalspodcast.com/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mortalspodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mortals_podcast/Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastMortals

Jeannine discusses a phenomenon which emerged in the mid-1800s: Post-mortem Photography, the practice of photographing the recently deceased. Includes a bonus crash course on the history of photography!Website: https://www.mortalspodcast.com/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mortalspodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mortals_podcast/Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastMortals

Mariah guides Jeannine and Christeah through the past, present and hypothetical future of death and body disposition in the pursuit of space travel beyond the Earth's atmosphere.Website: https://www.mortalspodcast.com/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mortalspodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mortals_podcast/Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastMortals

Christeah leads Jeannine and Mariah into the ancient world of the Scythians and their unique burial rites. Scythian Kings found their final resting places in burial mounds known as "kurgans" but only after a series of rituals and sacrifices.Website: https://www.mortalspodcast.com/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mortalspodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mortals_podcast/Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastMortals