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Meet Cindy Ledbetter: a high school dropout who overcame extreme poverty and personal tragedy to become an Indiana State Representative and a psychiatric nurse practitioner. In this episode of The Days Grimm Podcast, we uncover the reality of local politics, the mental health crisis, and what it actually takes to create legislative change.
Representative Cindy Ledbetter sits down with Brian, Thomas, and Corey to share her incredible journey from living with no running water in the Allegheny Mountains to serving in the Indiana State House. She pulls back the curtain on how lobbying money dictates healthcare laws, specifically how medical associations block bills that would increase mental health access. She also breaks down the ongoing debates surrounding data centers in Southern Indiana, explaining the nuances of closed-loop water systems and infrastructure costs. Furthermore, she addresses the frustrations surrounding CenterPoint Energy and Duke Energy, explaining why local rates are so high and detailing her fight to lower utility bills through consumer choice legislation like House Bill 1276. This episode is a masterclass for anyone frustrated with the political system and wanting to understand the real-world intersection of mental health, state legislation, and community action.
If you have ever felt like public officials are disconnected from everyday struggles, Cindy’s story is a refreshing reality check. She explains exactly why utility monopolies exist, how the medical lobby controls mental healthcare efficiency, and the undeniable power of citizen organization. By the end of this episode, you will understand exactly why your vote in local primaries is the most powerful tool you have to fight back, as only 14 percent of the public currently turns out to vote in Indiana primaries.
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TIMELINE :
00:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming Representative Cindy Ledbetter
00:04:28 - Growing up in extreme poverty in Pennsylvania and Mississippi
00:09:36 - Dropping out of high school and navigating teenage pregnancy
00:18:33 - The Ivy Tech encounter that changed Cindy's life trajectory
00:24:49 - Transitioning from cardiac nursing to psychiatric care
00:29:31 - Misdiagnoses: Bipolar Disorder vs. Borderline Personality Disorder
00:32:55 - Why Cindy felt called to run for public office
00:43:54 - How medical lobbyists block bills for nurse practitioners
00:49:44 - The truth about data centers coming to Southern Indiana
00:58:55 - CenterPoint Energy vs. Duke Energy: Why are utility bills so high?
01:06:31 - The problem with lobbyists and reclaiming power for the people
01:10:47 - Why 14 percent primary voter turnout is destroying local politics
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Comedian Andy Imlay returns to The Days Grimm Podcast for a record-breaking fourth appearance, making him the only guest to appear four separate times with four different backdrops. From testing the boundaries of dark comedy to hilarious small-town Boonville drama, this Comedy Cache episode is packed with unfiltered laughs and wild stories.
In this episode, Brian, Cory, and Tom sit down with Andy to explore the mechanics of writing comedy and where the line is drawn with dark humor, referencing heavy-hitting acts like Anthony Jeselnik, Jimmy Carr, and Jim Jeffries. Andy shares a brand new stand-up premise exploring whether historical and religious figures were actually the world's first magicians. He also recounts the unforgettable, laugh-out-loud story of scoring in the 98th percentile on the ASVAB test, only to severely shock the National Guard military recruiter who walked into the office to find Andy on crutches. Whether you are an aspiring comic or just love wild stories about everyday absurdities, this conversation delivers.
Comedy is all about timing, as the crew discusses how tragedy plus timing equals comedy. This episode provides a behind-the-scenes look into a comedian's mind, showing how everyday observations—from weird community Facebook pages to viral videos of Amish communities—can be transformed into engaging stage material.
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TIMELINE :
00:00 - Intro & Andy Imlay's 4th podcast appearance
03:06 - Andy's feature on the Weird Careers podcast
07:16 - Dark humor boundaries, Anthony Jeselnik, and Jimmy Carr
17:49 - Andy's new stand-up premise: Who was the first magician? 2
6:24 - The hilarious military recruiter ASVAB story
29:22 - Taking a live online IQ test
34:00 - Audience bucket premise
36:41 - Reacting to Amish men moving a barn by hand
41:25 - Discussing Helen Keller and Steve Martin movies
46:20 - Small town Boonville drama & community Facebook pages
54:35 - Details on Andy's upcoming VFW comedy show
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Are AI robot teachers the future of education, or a massive mistake? In this episode of The Days Grimm Podcast, we tackle the wild backlash against an AI robot teacher in New York and dive deep into the Boonville data center controversy heating up in Indiana.
Brian, Thomas, and Cory return for another unfiltered episode covering everything from bizarre local news to international medieval combat. The crew debates the intense pushback against proposed data centers in Boonville and Warrick County, weighing the promises of economic growth and digital infrastructure against severe noise, power, and environmental concerns. Plus, we explore the brutal world of Armored Mixed Martial Arts (AMMA), discuss controversies surrounding public health officials pleading the fifth, and examine the rising use of Flock safety cameras in our neighborhoods. Whether you are a local Indiana resident or just here for the crazy news, this episode brings the comedic grit you expect.
As technology rapidly expands into our backyards—from Flock cameras tracking license plates to massive data centers straining local power grids—it is more important than ever to question the infrastructure being built around us. This episode gives you a grounded, hilarious, and brutally honest look at how these global tech shifts are impacting everyday life.
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*** WARNING: GRAPHIC DEATH OF THE WEEK ****
TIMELINE:
00:00 - Intro, Float Trip Banter & The Decanter Gift
00:04:39 - Death of the Week: Florida Leaf Blower Incident 00:09:54 - New York Pauses AI Robot Teacher Rollout
00:14:48 - AMMA: Medieval Armored MMA Championship 00:24:25 - Fauci Pleads the Fifth on COVID Diaries
00:30:17 - The Boonville & Warrick County Data Center Debate 00:43:10 - Flock Safety Cameras & Privacy Concerns
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Wondering what it takes to start a pop culture convention from scratch? In this episode, Matt Grisham, the mastermind behind Evansville RaptorCon and HorrorCon, reveals the chaotic, hilarious, and sometimes heartbreaking reality of the convention world.
The Days of Grimm crew sit down with Matt Grisham to discuss the origins of Evansville's premier pop culture and horror conventions. Matt shares wild behind-the-scenes stories, from losing a massive payout to the boxer Butterbean due to a contract misunderstanding, to navigating the tragic, sudden passing of voice actor Mark Dodson during a convention weekend. We also dive into Matt’s previous career traveling the country as a stage hypnotist and magician, the logistics of booking huge voice actors and horror icons like the cast of Terrifier, and why keeping conventions focused on local vendors is the ultimate key to success. This episode is for anyone fascinated by event production, pop culture, and the gritty behind-the-scenes work of building a community from the ground up.
If you are a fan of comic conventions, horror movies, or just want to hear the unfiltered truth about event production, this episode is packed with invaluable lessons. It strips away the glamour to reveal the high-stakes, problem-solving reality of hosting thousands of people and major celebrities. Viewers will walk away with a newfound appreciation for the event organizers who make pop culture magic happen.
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TIMELINE:
00:00:00 - Introduction and Welcoming Matt Grisham
00:04:34 - The Origins of RaptorCon and Expanding to HorrorCon
00:08:53 - Death of the Week: Epic Universe Roller Coaster Tragedy
00:16:47 - The Butterbean Contract Misunderstanding
00:23:49 - Bringing the Cast of Terrifier to Evansville
00:30:41 - Hosting Panels with Legendary Voice Actors
00:44:40 - Why Conventions Need to Prioritize Local Vendors
00:51:11 - Matt’s Wild Career as a Magician and Hypnotist
01:02:08 - The Tragic Passing of Mark Dodson at a Convention
01:07:38 - Matt’s Darkest Moment and Overcoming Burnout
01:11:09 - Upcoming Dates for RaptorCon and HorrorCon
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What happens when the local open mic scene becomes unbearable to deal with? You start your own show. In this episode of The Days Grimm Podcast, local stand-up comedians Jason Bell and Nich Bass stop by the studio to discuss taking over the Evansville comedy scene with their new venture, Comedy Underground.
Brian Michael Day and Thomas Grimm sit down with the comedy duo to talk about the gritty reality of starting in stand-up comedy. The guys share hilarious and incredibly dark stories from their pasts, exploring how trauma can become a comedian's greatest asset on stage. Jason opens up about his unconventional upbringing living in the basement of an escort service, and how he turned his family's dark history of suicide and tragic accidents into a successful stand-up routine. Nich shares the story of his first time performing at Damsel's after years of privately writing jokes in a notebook.
The group also reacts to this week's "Death of the Week," a bizarre hammer throw accident at a Colorado track meet. Later, they complain about difficult open mic crowds and explain why they launched their new monthly show in the basement of the Clover Club. If you are interested in the mechanics of writing jokes, handling a tough room, or just want to hear the unvarnished truth about grinding in a local comedy market, this episode delivers.
This episode provides a raw, unfiltered look into the reality of the local comedy grind. It highlights the resilience required to get on stage, fail, rewrite, and eventually take control of your own destiny. Aspiring comedians will find immense value in hearing how Nich and Jason navigated bad rooms and hostile crowds to create a better platform for themselves and their peers.
If you enjoyed this look into the local comedy scene, be sure to like this video, subscribe to The Days Grimm Podcast, and share it with a friend. Let us know your thoughts in the comments below, and support live, local comedy!
TIMELINE :
00:00:00 - Introduction of Nich Bass and Jason Bell
00:11:25 - Death of the Week: Colorado Hammer Throw Incident
00:20:50 - Growing up in Chandler and Evansville
00:24:16 - Jason's childhood living beneath an escort service
00:36:15 - Nich’s first time doing stand-up at Damsel's
00:40:36 - Jason's first time doing stand-up at Spanky's
00:46:15 - Using intense family trauma for dark comedy material
00:54:01 - Reviewing the Clover Club and its unique atmosphere
01:10:05 - The process of polishing jokes and pushing boundaries
01:16:04 - The Dark Moment: Dealing with disrespectful open mic crowds
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What actually happens to the human body during a rapid decompression event? Today, we explore the grim reality of the 1983 Byford Dolphin accident, widely considered the worst diving disaster in history, before diving into some of the most bizarre news stories of the week.
In this episode of The Days Grimm Podcast, Brian and Corey kick things off without Tom to deliver a brutal "Death of the Week" focused on the Byford Dolphin rapid decompression incident in the North Sea. After Tom finally arrives with a wild story about a neighborhood fireworks dispute, the crew shifts gears to discuss a bizarre lineup of weekly news. We cover the capture of a fugitive alligator named Erwin in Indiana, a record-breaking solo ocean row from California to Hawaii by a female athlete, and the strange economy of selling street trash from Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding. Finally, we explore a strange balloon-walking world record and uncover the pub-argument origins of the Guinness Book of World Records.
This episode balances dark historical facts with the absolute absurdity of modern pop culture and local news. Viewers will learn the terrifying physics behind deep-sea saturation diving accidents, while also gaining a humorous perspective on just how strange human behavior can be—from hoarding celebrity trash to setting bizarre world records.
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TIMELINE:
00:00:00 - Introduction and Tom is missing
00:01:50 - Death of the Week: The Byford Dolphin decompression accident
00:11:52 - Tom arrives and shares his neighborhood fireworks story
00:16:09 - Erwin the alligator captured after a month on the loose in Indiana 00:20:37 - Female rower breaks records sailing solo from California to Hawaii 00:25:03 - Artist sells trash collected outside Taylor Swift's wedding
00:31:09 - The 10-meter balloon world record attempt
00:34:27 - The bar argument that started the Guinness Book of World Records
00:41:20 - Outro and closing thoughts
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Death of the Week is officially back—and somehow the rest of the episode gets even crazier.
On this episode of The Days Grimm Podcast, Brian, Thomas, and Cory dive headfirst into some of the strangest, funniest, and most unbelievable news stories making headlines. The guys break down the return of Death of the Week, Joey Chestnut eating an absurd 66 hot dogs in 10 minutes, a suspected drunk driver who escaped police only to get attacked by an alligator, and Gracie the giraffe going on the run for two weeks in Texas.
Then things get even weirder. A live elephant creates chaos at the Texas GOP convention, a Yu-Gi-Oh tournament gets suspended after complaints about players' hygiene, and the crew reacts to the almost unbelievable case of a quadruple-amputee professional cornhole player facing first-degree murder charges.
This is The Days Grimm Podcast at its best: dark comedy, bizarre current events, brutally honest reactions, completely unpredictable tangents, and three guys asking the questions nobody else thought—or wanted—to ask.
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Timestamps
00:00 – Intro
00:00 – Stephen Hawking and The Theory of Everything
00:00 – The Stephen Hawking impression
00:00 – Death of the Week returns
00:00 – Pastor charged after fatal baptism
00:00 – Joey Chestnut and the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest
00:00 – Fugitive attacked by alligator during police chase
00:00 – Gracie the giraffe escapes in Texas
00:00 – Elephant incident at the Texas GOP convention
00:00 – Yu-Gi-Oh tournament suspended over player hygiene
00:00 – Quadruple-amputee cornhole player facing murder charges
00:00 – The TDG archive and the worst Death of the Week ever
00:00 – Outro
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This conversation bridges the gap between highly technical AI development and grounded, existential philosophy. It offers viewers a sobering but realistic look at how artificial intelligence is fundamentally rewiring our economy, job markets, and daily lives, while also providing a message of hope and purpose through faith and creativity.
Is artificial intelligence paving the way for economic collapse, or is it the ultimate tool for human creativity? In this episode of The Days Grimm Podcast, Christopher McElhin returns to discuss building AI autonomous agents, the reality of the future of AI and the economy, and his debut book.
Join Brian, Thomas, and Corey as they welcome back Christopher McElhin to the studio. After a year of intense research and development, Christopher and Thomas have launched Anomalous Enterprise, a suite of AI tools designed to automate business tasks and predict economic trends. The guys dive deep into the potential dangers of artificial general intelligence (AGI), the reality of inflation, and the death of the traditional American dream. To cap it off, Christopher breaks down the deeply personal journey of writing his new book, Rediscovering Imago Dei, using AI as an organizational tool to explore the intersection of physics, philosophy, and Christian theology.
If you enjoyed this deep dive into AI, economics, and philosophy, be sure to subscribe to The Days Grimm Podcast! Leave a comment below with your thoughts on the future of AI, and share this episode with a friend who needs to hear it.
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TIMELINE :
00:00:00 - Intro & Welcoming Christopher McElhin
00:04:37 - Death of the Week: AI Chatbot Triggers Paranoia
00:15:52 - Building Anomalous Enterprise & Autonomous AI Agents
00:27:25 - Has AI Gone Too Far? (Anthropic's Opus 4.8 Sandbox Escape)
00:34:21 - Compass AI & Forecasting the Economic Collapse
00:50:15 - Universal Basic Income (UBI) and Data Tokenization
00:57:32 - Atlas & Excalibur: Creating an AI Mentor Forge
01:15:27 - Berea: The Biblical Theology AI
01:21:45 - Christopher's Book: Rediscovering Imago Dei
01:40:58 - How to Use AI to Write and Publish a Book
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Comedian Paul Bragin is back in the studio for his lucky-number-seven appearance, and the wheels come off almost immediately. This week on The Days Grimm Podcast, Brian, Thomas, and producer Corey turn a simple "deaths of the month" check-in into a no-topic-is-safe deep dive that somehow connects a horse-racing legend, a paramount principle of Jewish law, and a dictator's 1987 plan to breed cows the size of dogs. If you like your comedy podcast unscripted, unfiltered, and wildly off the rails, you found the right episode.
From there it only escalates: the crew debates whether a pig heart transplant counts as kosher (turns out there's a real answer), digs into the melanin-peptide tanning trend and the surprising cancer research behind it, and settles into a heated greatest-director argument over Christopher Nolan's upcoming Odyssey. You'll get the real backstory of how Henry Ford "borrowed" the assembly line from Toyota, a field guide to Amish Rumspringa, and a passionate case for why Waffle House needs to come to Evansville — fights and all.
Recorded in the Days Grimm studio in Evansville, Indiana, this episode closes with Paul's report from his longest-ever clean stand-up set, a tour through the chaos of the Evansville Watch local-news feed, and a stack of local plugs you'll actually want to hit. Grab a Four Roses (hopefully one day a sponsor), subscribe, and settle in.
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Timestamps
0:00 — Intro & Paul's lucky #7
3:32 — Deaths of the Month: the jockey who won and died
6:04 — Is a pig heart transplant kosher?
10:45 — Melanin peptides
14:10 — Christopher Nolan's Odyssey & the GOAT director debate
17:29 — Sopranos, Boardwalk Empire & the mob
20:06 — Henry Ford vs. Toyota & the assembly line
22:10 — Amish County & Rumspringa
28:27 — Castro's dog-sized cows
33:01 — Ethnic garb, McDonald's & the bagel debate
35:48 — Why won't Waffle House come to Evansville?
41:03 — Paul's 40-minute clean charity set
45:05 — Evansville Watch local-news roundup
55:55 — Plugs & local events
59:22 — Outro
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Ever said "bite the bullet" or "the whole nine yards" and wondered where those phrases actually came from? In this episode, the guys dig into the origins of common phrases and sayings, separating the real history from the folk-etymology myths almost everyone repeats.
This is part history lesson, part comedy chaos. The crew works through dozens of everyday idioms, busts the popular "obvious" explanations that turn out to be wrong, and then fast-forwards to the modern slang taking over in 2026. If you love language, trivia, and unfiltered conversation, this one's for you. (Heads up: explicit language throughout.)
Along the way you'll find out why "saved by the bell" has nothing to do with being buried alive, how "caught red handed" traces back to 15th-century Scottish law, and the surprising claim that "the whole nine yards" may have been born right here in Southern Indiana. The second half shifts gears into Gen Z and Gen Alpha slang, breaking down terms like "delulu," "cooked," "beige flag," and a few that are far less printable.
If you've got a weird phrase or saying you want the guys to dig into, drop it in the comments. Hit subscribe so you don't miss the next episode, and share this one with the friend who uses these phrases wrong every single day.
TIMELINE:
••51:00 — Wrap-up and sign-off
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