Grim & Mild Presents

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The Wild West 4: East Meets West Aug 18, 2023

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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.

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The Wild West 3: Trail of Tears Aug 04, 2023

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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.

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The Wild West 2: Go West Jul 21, 2023

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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.

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The Wild West 1: Legends Jul 07, 2023

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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.

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Grim & Mild Presents: Season 4 Trailer Jun 30, 2023

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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.

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Bedside Manners 13: The End? Jun 23, 2023

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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.

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Bedside Manners 12: The Beginning Jun 09, 2023

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Humans have been mothering and midwifing since the beginning of humanity. Why, then, did something so natural become so fiercely under fire?

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Bedside Manners 11: Back to Health May 26, 2023

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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.

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Bedside Manners 10: Dark Matter May 12, 2023

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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.

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Bedside Manners 9: Mind Games Apr 28, 2023

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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?

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