A Cut Above

Our inventiveness doesn't always bring us good things. To prove that, here are two curious stories of human failure. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here today, and get ready to enjoy some curious reading!Join our Patreon for ad-free episodes!: https:// ... Show More

Humans are curiosly inventive, as these two tales will tell. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here today, and get ready to enjoy some curious reading! Join our Patreon for ad-free episodes!: https://www.patreon.com/grimandmildSee omnystudio.com/listener ... Show More

Getting lost, whether in time or space, is the core of many curious stories. Order the official Cabinet of Curiosities book by clicking here today, and get ready to enjoy some curious reading!Join our Patreon for ad-free episodes!: https://www.patreon.com/grimandmildSee omnystudi ... Show More

People who’ve found themselves in life-or-death situations with their endurance at its limit have reported sensing another presence with them, urging them to continue on and survive. No one knows what the heck is going on here but it sure is interesting.See omnystudio.com/listene ... Show More

Rainn and Reza take on their listener's life's big questions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

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In this episode, we'll hear about two people who help during the most important moments of our lives: when we're brought into the world and when we leave it.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcas ... Show More

Speaking publicly for the first time ever, Chicago-born identical twins Jay and Peter Flores share the incredible story of how they went from dealing $2 billion worth of drugs across the country as North America’s most successful cocaine traffickers, to government informants who ... Show More

Life’s final border might not be so final after all. From tardigrades to viruses, some things are both dead and alive. Or neither. How do we draw the line between the living and the dead? And how does that line blur in places like in a time capsule buried in ice, or a library on ... Show More

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In the brutal calculus of war, survival is often credited to skill, luck, or the simple whim of fate. But for some soldiers, the difference between life and death came as a warning from the most unlikely of sources: a messenger who was already dead. See Privacy Policy at https:// ... Show More

We think of life and death as clear cut — you're alive or you're not; your heart's beating or it isn't; your brain functions or it doesn't. But when you look a bit deeper, both on a biological level, and in terms of people's experiences, the border where life ends and death begin ... Show More

Everything changes after an unexpected turn of events. At a loss for words, only two come to mind...