48: Out & About pt.3: Listener Episode

Grant & Maia
Apr 10, 2024
2 min read

Updated: Apr 23

It is our first listener episode! Listeners from the Well, I Laughed universe share stories about surviving family curses, gay haircuts, a terrible first date story, and the unsettling "St. Mikulas" tradition in Prague! An episode of shocking, surprising, and funny episodes all about being Out and About.

From blooming grief tulips to devils in daycare, this listener-powered chaos cruise has everything: funerals, field sessions, and a family curse with more mysterious deaths than a true crime docuseries. Grant returns home for his grandmother’s memorial and ends up in a whirlwind of Midwest surveillance, metal-blasting funeral vans, and paperwork that rewrites family history. Maia battles allergy brain, sticker sabotage, and existential spirals on a neighborhood walk. Listener stories crank up the mayhem with haunted haylofts, rogue sawmills, accidental train naps, and a Czech holiday where kids get dragged off in chains by a devil. Toss in a Bumble date KO’d by a Tom Brady heckle, a Civil War surgeon’s messy divorce, and Jeff Goldblum bar lore, and you’ve got one unhinged, deeply human, laugh-through-the-chaos kind of episode.

Chapters/Key takeaways to listen for

[00:00:00] Spring‑break catch‑up: A discussion about PT appointments, seasonal allergies, and challenges of field sessions
[00:09:40] Grandma’s legacy: Grant shares his late grandmother’s life, differences in funeral traditions and customs across cultures
[00:25:25] Buzz Cut Bombshell: A college sophomore shaves her head, and her Catholic parents secretly quiz her brother about her sexuality.
[00:30:11] Family “Curse” of Odd Deaths: Generations of bizarre male deaths and theories ranging from Viking karma to untreated mental illness
[00:59:24] Angel, Devil, and Chains: St. Nicholas Day traditions as toddlers meet Santa, a kind angel, and a chain‑wielding devil who bags the “naughty” kids
[01:16:12] Date Night Knockout: Bumble date trash‑talks Tom Brady, gets elbow‑KO’d, lacks insurance, crashes on her couch, then texts that she was “rude”
[01:28:03] Prophetic Dreams Teaser: Wrap up for the next listener‑story theme

Quotes:

"Men will literally break both of their legs, get hit by a train, fall into a saw and accidentally shoot themselves before going to therapy." - Maia Warner
“You don't know what you have until it's gone.” - Grant Thomas
"We as a society have become much more accepting of mental illnesses, but that doesn't make it go away." - Maia Warner

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