From embalming and epitaphs, to mourning and morgues, each episode we explore how humans have dealt with death throughout history. Mortals is created, hosted, and edited by three morbidly curious individuals.
Season 2 Wrap-Up
Dec. 6, 2022
55:41
Roman Funerals
Nov. 22, 2022
41:21
First World War Cemeteries
Nov. 8, 2022
53:37
New England Vampire Panic
Nov. 1, 2022
44:55
Mortals Recommends!
Oct. 11, 2022
47:42
Suicide Barriers
Sept. 28, 2022
45:39
Memento Mori: Victorian Mourning Material Culture
Sept. 13, 2022
45:41
Taphophobia: The Fear of Premature Burial
Aug. 30, 2022
1:05:59
Human Composting
Aug. 16, 2022
51:05
What Remains of Edith Finch
Aug. 2, 2022
59:56
Anatomy of a Eulogy
July 19, 2022
58:57
The Alnwick Poison Garden
July 5, 2022
45:42
Talk to Your Friends About Death!
June 21, 2022
59:37
What Even is Green Burial?
June 7, 2022
52:11
Two Death Nerds Cry About Futurama
May 24, 2022
50:59
Part 2: The Lost Tomb and Afterlife of Alexander the Great
April 26, 2022
47:19
Part 1: The Life and Death of Alexander the Great
April 12, 2022
1:07:03
Death and Pets: Animals in War
March 29, 2022
36:40
I Am Dead
March 15, 2022
47:58
Season 1 Wrap-Up
Dec. 7, 2021
50:03
Morbid Medley: Songs About Death
Nov. 23, 2021
38:55
First World War Memorials
Nov. 9, 2021
56:07
The AIDS Memorial Quilt
Oct. 26, 2021
1:12:38
Mount Everest
Oct. 5, 2021
41:08
Morbid Medley: Mourning in the Animal Kindgom
Sept. 21, 2021
46:23
The Many Uses of Mummies
Sept. 7, 2021
35:37
Death in the Tr'ondëk
Aug. 24, 2021
53:49
A Brief History of the Guillotine
Aug. 10, 2021
53:38
Morbid Medley: Death Gods in Fiction
July 27, 2021
60:55
Tibetan Sky Burials
July 13, 2021
59:42
19th-Century Body Snatchers
June 29, 2021
57:48
Death and Pets: Pet Cemeteries
June 15, 2021
53:01
Post-mortem Photography
June 1, 2021
54:37
Death in Space
May 18, 2021
55:05
Scythian Kurgans
May 4, 2021
51:29
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