Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities
Episodes
Three Hour Tour
09 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Entertainment has always provided us with curious stories. But the wonder and fun goes beyond the actual plot. Learn why today. Learn more about your...
Too Hot to Handle
07 Sep 2021
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We spend most of our lives either at work or at home. So it shouldn't be a surprise that so many curious stories come from those locations. Learn mor...
Bird of Passage
02 Sep 2021
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Humans have done some unbelievable things. Whether those deeds were brave or foolish, though, is something we'll leave up to you. Learn more about yo...
Monkeying Around
31 Aug 2021
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Some curiosities don't fit into the Cabinet. But that doesn't mean we can't enjoy them. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcast...
Boneheads
26 Aug 2021
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Some things in life are too important to let go of. Here are two stories about seizing the day. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.ihear...
Boom
24 Aug 2021
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Anything can be curious, from the small and unnoticeable, to the closely guarded. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwor...
A Hole in One
19 Aug 2021
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Some stories are difficult to believe. But when they're 100% true, it's also difficult to not share them. Learn more about your ad-choices at https...
Trust in Me
17 Aug 2021
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Let's meet some curious individuals, shall we? Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener fo...
Snapshot
12 Aug 2021
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There are so many curious stories hidden in plain sight--behind locked doors or metaphorically beneath common names. And we're going to explore a coup...
Mistaken Identity
10 Aug 2021
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Humans have a way of getting themselves into some pretty amazing situations. In fact, the stories about that are more than a little curious. Learn mo...
Turtle Power
05 Aug 2021
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Everyone needs to visit the curious from time to time. Thankfully, today's tour should take you there right away. Learn more about your ad-choices at...
Food Fight
03 Aug 2021
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Today's tour through the Cabinet should give you a healthy dose of inspiration—and renew your appreciation for a good, cheap snack. Learn more abou...
Buzzing With Danger
29 Jul 2021
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Our inventiveness is almost universal and commonplace, and yet it has left us with so many stories that are more than a little curious. Learn more ab...
Chew on This
27 Jul 2021
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The most curious things are hidden inside the ordinary, and today's tour will make that abundantly clear. Learn more about your ad-choices at https:/...
Bear With Me
22 Jul 2021
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It's amazing what you can find if you just stop and listen for a bit. And the stories that simple act can reveal are often curious. Learn more about ...
Face the Facts
20 Jul 2021
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Everyday people doing extraordinary things. That's when the truly curious stories are born. And if that's the sort of delight you're looking for, toda...
Dream Weaver
15 Jul 2021
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There are a lot of things we take for granted today that started with passion. And the two individuals on our tour today had a curious amount of it, f...
Know-It-All
13 Jul 2021
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Some people search far and wide for a scientific breakthrough, only to come up empty. Others seem to be dripping with sucess. Here's a pair of stories...
Toil and Trouble
08 Jul 2021
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There are some legends that have hidden secrets, and if you dig deep enough, you'll learn something absolutely curious about them. Learn more about y...
Abandoned Rear
06 Jul 2021
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Often times things aren't what they appear. Other times, we have to work hard to convince people of the obvious truth. Either path, though, is a journ...
Jingle in Her Pocket
01 Jul 2021
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Let's explore a few more of our more inventive forebearers, with a tour through the playful and the practical. Learn more about your ad-choices at ht...
Catching Up
29 Jun 2021
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Some of the most commonly known things have surprising beginnings. And that makes for the most curious revelations. Learn more about your ad-choices ...
Unwelcome
24 Jun 2021
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Ancient politics and modern music. Today's tour has it all! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.co...
Friendly Fire
22 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes the most curious thing about a story is the enemy faced by the protagonist. These enemies, though, are a bit out of the ordinary. Learn mor...
Spinning Their Wheels
17 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
One of the best places to find curiosities is in our childhood, and the delights and games we once took part in. Today's tour will give you a taste of...
Pick a Card
15 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Humans are capable of some pretty curious things. Although, to be honest, that isn't always a good thing. Here are two powerful examples of both ends ...
The Devil Made Me Do It
10 Jun 2021
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Obscure orders of clandestine people are always a bit curious. And so are these two stories about people that fit that description. Learn more about ...
War of the Words
08 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If you find it entertaining to learn where a common object or concept got its start, these two tales should leave you wide-eyed. Learn more about you...
Toot Toot
03 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever stopped to think about some of the utterly amazing jobs a few people have been able to have over the years? If not, these two stories wi...
Crunch Time
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A lot of the stories we hear about curious people are long tales from a lifetime of creative thinking, but we should never doubt the younger crowd's c...
Do or Do Not
27 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Thinking outside the box is how many difficult problems are solved. But it's also how many amazing and unique creations just from the drawing board to...
I Feel the Earth Move
25 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Storytelling will do a big of heavy lifting today, but the effort will be worth it—as long as you stay curious. Learn more about your ad-choices at...
Touchy Subject
20 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Some people use their inventiveness to help themselves, while others gift the entire world with their creations. Either way, their stories are more th...
Having a Blast
18 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Some of the most entertaining curiosities are the ones that defy expectations. And both of today's subjects do that perfectly. Learn more about your ...
Uncanny Resemblance
13 May 2021
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Famous people can be highly curious, and hopefully, these stories will illustrate why. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastn...
Strange Arrivals: Season Two Trailer
12 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hey Cabinet of Curiosities fans! We’d love to tell you about another series from Grim & Mild: Strange Arrivals. This season on Strange Arrivals,...
Root Cause
11 May 2021
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For all our advances, sometimes the most curious things come from the dirt around us. On today's tour, you'll meet a pair of individuals who found mot...
Backfire
06 May 2021
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When events are out of our control, all we can do is just make the best of it. The folks in our stories today did exactly that after life threw them s...
Just Dandy
04 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Some of the most curious stories are about things we assume we know really well. But there's always more to discover...isn't there? Learn more about ...
The Trouble With Drebbels
29 Apr 2021
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On display today are two objects that we might take for granted in the modern world. But how they got there...well, that's the curious part. Learn mo...
Downpour
27 Apr 2021
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Luck has a lot to do with the creation of new curiosities. Sometimes that luck is found in a random choice, and sometimes it's entirely out of our con...
Sweet and Sour
22 Apr 2021
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Two well known subjects, two extraordinary stories. All part of today's tour through the Cabinet of Curiosities. Learn more about your ad-choices at ...
Child's Play
20 Apr 2021
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Inventive people often leave us with stories that amazing and delight. These two subjects...well, I'll let you be the judge of just how wonderful they...
Point Made
15 Apr 2021
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Being smart can help you get ahead in life, but for these two people, intelligence changed the future. Enjoy today's tour through the Cabinet! Learn ...
Sink or Swim
13 Apr 2021
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Many mysteries are hidden just beneath the surface, but today's two stories give that a whole new meaning. Learn more about your ad-choices at https:...
Ice Man
08 Apr 2021
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Some people are storage fanatics, the sort of folks who like to keep things around. But the two stories on display today might just force us to re-eva...
Pew Pew Pew
06 Apr 2021
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We can't believe everything we read, and not everything we see on television can become a reality. But today's stories might just make the line betwee...
A Bone to Pick
01 Apr 2021
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Today we get right down to the bones of some great stories. To say more, though, would spoil the surprise, so let's begin our tour. Learn more about ...
Fight Club
30 Mar 2021
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The inventiveness of humanity is on display in the Cabinet today, and these stories cut right to the heart of our desire to improve lives for everyone...
Secret Sauce
25 Mar 2021
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Everyone wants to be a winner. Some work their entire lives to reach the top. But every now and then someone manages to sneak into the winners' circle...
Toilet Plunge
23 Mar 2021
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It's amazing how many types of stories can delight us. Some have horrible endings, and some fill us with delight. But either way, they pull us in and ...
Misfortune's Melody
18 Mar 2021
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Some people are just different than the rest of us. They might focus that uniqueness into something great, or they might squander it on petty deeds. E...
Mayday
16 Mar 2021
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Two tales that inexplicably set foot into the same legendary location. Although their individual journeys couldn't be more different. Learn more abou...
Ruffled Feathers
11 Mar 2021
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Humans are so good at making things that those creations can inspire awe or fear, depending on the story. Let's explore two of them today. Learn more...
Rabbit, Run
09 Mar 2021
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Some people are just incredibly skilled at bringing delight to the rest of us. How they got there, and what their work entailed, though, is often a bi...
Iron Man
04 Mar 2021
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Today's tour through the Cabinet will introduce you to a pair of unique individuals, and their tendency to break the rules and suffer the consequences...
Run and Gun
02 Mar 2021
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Both stories today involve crossing the Atlantic, but they couldn't be any different after that. Well, other than both being more than a little curiou...
Norweigan Roll
25 Feb 2021
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Some of the things we take for granted actually came about it a really unusual way, and that means they should be on display in the Cabinet. Here are ...
Hot Shot
23 Feb 2021
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Summer might not be here yet, but that doesn't mean we can't tour a couple of summertime curiosities today. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad-choices a...
Bank On It
18 Feb 2021
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Sometimes disaster knocks us down and that's it. And sometimes we find a way to get back up and move forward. Learn more about your ad-choices at htt...
Swimming Oil
16 Feb 2021
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Just how inventive are people? These two stories should illustrate that perfectly, and give you a tour through the Cabinet that is oh so curious. Lea...
Light Reading
11 Feb 2021
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Politics and poetry don't have a lot in common. But the two stories on today's tour might leave you wondering where inspiration truly comes from. Lea...
Turn, Turn, Turn
09 Feb 2021
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Cleverness and the ability to learn always inspire us, so hopefully these two tales will give you that magical feeling. Learn more about your ad-choi...
Daydream Believer
04 Feb 2021
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Today's tour through the Cabinet will demonstrate just how inventing people can be. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetw...
Brewed Awakening
02 Feb 2021
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A pair of tales guaranteed to get a rise out of you. And the stories they tell are downright curious! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www...
Fall From Grace
28 Jan 2021
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Humans are truly amazing creatures. And the things we can come up with, endure, and improve upon are sometimes mind-blowing. Like these two tales. Le...
Ouch
26 Jan 2021
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Curious origin stories and bizarre dangers are all on display in the Cabinet today. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetw...
Cold Start
21 Jan 2021
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Traditions can be curiously weird. Some were created to help us improve ourselves, while others are in place to save lives. And today's tour through t...
Spy Game
19 Jan 2021
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Some people change their identity to hide, while others do it to stand out. Either way, the stories about it are curious. Learn more about your ad-ch...
Master at Arms
14 Jan 2021
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These inventive individuals made a few mistakes along the way. But thankfully their work was curious enough to earn them admission into the Cabinet. ...
Mirror
12 Jan 2021
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People come up with the oddest things. Sometimes they fade away, while other times they stick around. And that back and forth can be more than a littl...
Flight Risk
07 Jan 2021
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Sometimes a person's name is forgotten, but their deeds live on. Other times, the name is all most people see anymore, unaware of the powerful story b...
Star Struck
05 Jan 2021
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Sometimes you win, sometimes you don't. Either way, the important thing is to leave your mark on the world. Thankfully, both individuals on display to...
Whisker Rebellion
31 Dec 2020
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The decisions we make in life have a way of carving out a path for us. But two such individuals made the sorts of choices that made them perfect addit...
Old Haunts
29 Dec 2020
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Life gives us a lot ot chew on, as today's tour through the Cabinet will show us. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwor...
Game On
24 Dec 2020
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Two things we take for granted. Two amazing stories. Naturally, both belong in the Cabinet of Curiosities. Learn more about your ad-choices at https:...
Wildcat
22 Dec 2020
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Today's tour of the Cabinet will introduce you to a couple of inventive people who ended up walking a very tragic path. Learn more about your ad-choi...
260 | Root of the Matter
17 Dec 2020
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Just about anything can be poisoned, ruining a good thing. But if these two tales are any indication, there's always room for hope. Learn more about ...
Class Actor
15 Dec 2020
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Greatness is inside all of us, but very few have the courage to let it out and develop it. Today's tour through the Cabinet should provide a nice dose...
Quite a Catch
10 Dec 2020
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Some origin stories are inspiring, while others feel like a big hit. So these additions to the Cabinet should feel right at home. Learn more about yo...
Fortune and Glory
08 Dec 2020
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Humans are adventurous, inventive people, which has led to some amazing journies. What's more amazing, though, are the specific details about those tr...
Gone in 60 Seconds
03 Dec 2020
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While many items in the Cabinet are there because they were made or found, some exhibits deal entirely with theft. But their stories are almost too am...
The Shepherd
01 Dec 2020
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Today's tour through the Cabinet includes a true story that's hard to believe, and an amazing path that never left the world of fiction. Learn more a...
Grain of Salt
26 Nov 2020
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The stories of how amazing inventions came into existence can often be entertaining. But so can stories of their misuse. Learn more about your ad-cho...
Rolling Stones
24 Nov 2020
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People are capable os so much. That can be good and bad, depending on the person. So here's a set of stories to help us see both sides. Learn more ab...
Ice and Easy
19 Nov 2020
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Some inventions have more of an impact than others, and that impact is usually measured in how much enjoyment they bring. Today's story proves that po...
Builder Beware
17 Nov 2020
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Survival often earns a bit of recognition. Many valuable antiques are simply common objects that managed to survive. And today's stories fit right in ...
Hot Ticket Item
12 Nov 2020
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Fame doesn't guarantee inclusion in the Cabinet of Curiosities. All it takes is an amazing story. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.i...
Rough Landing
10 Nov 2020
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Curiosities aren't always easy to place in a cabinet. Sometimes they are the result of choices that can only be blamed on one ellusive object: human n...
Tangled Web
05 Nov 2020
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Life is unpredictable. Sometimes we can make sense of it all, and other times it leaves us scratching our head. But it always gives us amazing stories...
Toxic
03 Nov 2020
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Sometimes life delivers an unusual twist. The results might not leave us an object to display in the Cabinet of Curiosities, but that doesn't mean the...
Crummy Food
29 Oct 2020
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We can find the most amazing things in the most unassuming places. And sometimes the people we've pushed into a box make a name for themselves in anot...
Zing!
27 Oct 2020
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Some folks manage to rise up from obscurity and become stars. Others, though, can't seem to break through. Either way, their stories can be enlighteni...
The Wrong Foot
22 Oct 2020
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Mistakes happen, right? But whether a moment of bad judgment or a simple accident, mistakes can alter the course of lives, and even history itself. L...
By the Book
20 Oct 2020
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New ideas can be life-changing, but how the public reacts to them can make or break an invention's future. Let's explore two such items today. Learn ...
De-Coda
15 Oct 2020
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Real life can be a bit confusing, even leaving us scratching our heads. But the stories boud up in those mysteries are very fun to hear. Learn more a...
War at Home
13 Oct 2020
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Some folks manage to be right there when the important stuff happens, while others miss it due to bad timing. We'll let you be the judge as to which p...
Big Fish
08 Oct 2020
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Some things take a while to get right, whether it's a device or a proper natural observation. The stories of that journey, though, can be curious inde...
Batter Up
06 Oct 2020
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When the unexpected happens, it often leaves curious stories in its wake. Today's tour has that in spades. Learn more about your ad-choices at https:...
Shifting Sands
01 Oct 2020
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We people put their plans in motion, the results are usually exactly what they were aiming for. But on today's tour, you'll learn about two situations...