Well, I Laughed

In this jaw-dropping follow-up series, Maia and Grant peel back the layers of two wildly different but thematically linked disasters and rescues. First, they relive the Great Seattle Fire of 1889, a …

"Where is the secret government underground cheese cave?" The question is simple enough, the answer has more holes in it than a slice of Swiss cheese.

In this first part, Grant leads us into the hidd…

Grab your greasy quesadilla and your favorite headache cure—Grant and Maia are back post-election night, muddling through day-after chaos, crisis-level hangovers, and bar-crawl confessions (ever almo…

**Spoiler Alert This week's episode is about people and their eccentricities. It is about nepotism and vengeance and fame. It is about how truly dramatic theater people can be. This week, a deep-dive…

There are some who elevate their craft. Musicians, cooks, artists. In the world of modern beef battles one man reigns supreme. Why does 50 Cent hate P Diddy so much? Who knew about P Diddy's dark sec…

Is QAnon a cult or a conspiracy theory? How did so many people get sucked in and why don’t they walk back out? How does a single cryptic post metastasize into a movement that still warps millions of …

How do secret Marxist cells and a “prosperity gospel” church in rural North Carolina share the same playbook of control and coercion as a cult? This week, in the first of a two-part episode, Maia div…

Fasten your seatbelts and stow those tray tables, Grant’s taking us on the most infamous unsolved hijacking in U.S. history. In a classic Well, I Laughed episode, we ping-pong from bourbon-sipping sk…

On this whirlwind listener-powered installment of Con Me Once, Grant and Maia kick things off with fan mail from the one and only Reality Winner (yes, that Reality Winner), uncovering her Lincoln-Win…

An episode unlike any we’ve done before! Grant dives into the legacy of “NSA leaker” Reality Winner, revealing a story far more complicated and nuanced than the headlines ever suggested. Along the wa…

Who was the man that tried to sell the Eiffel Tower? This week, Maia takes us on a podcast journey to the Titanic (well, ships like the Titanic) and a man who knew how to sell. Maia, and Grant shift …

A special guest! Jacob, friend of the pod, join us with a special story. "Why did it rain blobs in Oakville?" That is a very good question. One we will attempt to answer, or at least speculate on. Ei…

"What happened at the Dyatlov Pass?" Is one of the 20th centuries greatest historical mysteries. Dive into the chilling 1959 Dyatlov Pass saga. Picture nine seasoned hikers, led by Igor Dyatlov, slas…

Want to know more about the badass women of history? Before there was Joan of Arc, there was a Jeanne. Multiple Jeannes. Honestly, maybe too many Jeannes. Enter Jeanne de Clisson, a Breton noble who …

Need a laugh, a cry, and maybe a second helping of your favorite midnight snack? In this third installment of our "A Lover Scorned" listener series, Maia and Grant serve up a chaotic blend of moving-…

Who killed Walter Wanderwell? Grant introduces us to a globe-trotting cast with entirely too many aliases, starting with the irreverent Nell Miller, continuing to the self-styled explorer Captain Wal…

Think your breakup was messy? Wait till you meet Olga of Kiev. In this explosive (and only technically shorter) episode of Well, I Laughed, Grant and Maia dive into the blood-soaked legend of a woman…

This week’s listener episode finds Grant and Maia christening their brand-new studio, complete with glitchy Wi-Fi, Denver heat, and a hilariously ill-timed breakup mid-opening credits, before diving …

A true-crime saga that starts with a dressage horse and ends with a shooting. In this jaw-dropping episode, Maia and Grant unpack the wild and winding tale of a barn drama that spirals from elite-lev…

Who was the "Irish Hamilton"? Join us in learning the jaw-dropping saga of Richard Martin, a man of passion who was just as likely to shoot you in a duel as he was to defend an innocent animal. Dubbe…