Mortals: Recent Episodes
Christeah, Mariah, Jeannine
From barrows and burials, to cremation and kurgans, each episode, we explore one example of how humans have managed their dead throughout history.
Mortals is created, hosted, and edited by three morbidly curious individuals: Christeah, Mariah, and Jeannine.
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.
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- 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.
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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 Fear
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In this episode, Mariah and Jeannine discuss the rise of natural organic reduction, how to compost a cow, and mortuary utilitarianism.
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.
Jeannine and Mariah explore the history, form, and function of eulogies—speeches which serve to memorialize and praise the dead.
Mariah and Jeannine learn about the deadliest garden in the world, the Alnwick Poison Garden.
Jeannine and Mariah are joined by two special guests to discuss Ten Candles, haunted tattoos, last birthdays, and, of course, death.
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.ca
CBC Article: https://www.cbc.ca/life/culture/green-burials-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-growing-trend-1.5340000
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.
This week, we finish our two-part episode by discussing 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?
This week, 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.
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!
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.
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.
This week, we are taking 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.
This week, Christeah guides us through Everest's famous 'death zone', and introduces us to some of the fallen mountaineers who guide the way.
Join us for another Morbid Medley! This episode, your hosts explore land, sky, and sea as we discuss the unique mourning behaviours of elephants, crows and whales.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Episode description: In this week's episode, 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.
This week, 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.
This week, 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.
This week, 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!
This week, Mariah guides co-hosts 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.
In this episode, 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 not until after a series of rituals and sacrifices were taken first.
You can listen to a new episode of Mortals every other Tuesday.