CRNA History Like You’ve Never Heard It Before
The Stories. The Pioneers.The Moments That Changed Nurse Anesthesia
Beyond the Mask Podcast Historical Series takes you inside the conversations, battles, breakthroughs, and bigger-than-life personalities that helped shape the CRNA profession.
This is not a dry history lecture. These are the stories behind the profession — the leaders who pushed boundaries, challenged the system, fought for CRNAs, and helped build nurse anesthesia into what it is today.
Featuring remastered episodes from the Beyond the Mask Podcast archives, this exclusive series gives CRNAs, RRNAs, educators, and future leaders on-demand access to some of the most important voices and moments in nurse anesthesia history.
Where CRNA History Gets Real
Learn How the CRNA Profession Began
Explore the foundations of nurse anesthesia and the individuals who helped establish and advance the profession during its earliest years.
Hear the Stories of CRNA Pioneers and Leaders
Learn directly from influential voices whose leadership, innovation, and advocacy helped shape the future of nurse anesthesia.
Discover the Challenges That Defined the Profession
Gain insight into the historical moments, professional battles, and defining decisions that helped strengthen and protect the nurse anesthesia practice.
Exclusive Content Not on The Beyond The Mask Podcast!
One-time purchase. Lifetime access. Zero commercials. $149.
Plus, new historical episodes and interviews will be added over time.
This Isn’t Niche Content. This Is Your Profession’s Story
Whether you’ve been in the OR for 20 years or you’re still figuring out how you survived your first semester of RRNA life, this series is built for anyone who wants to actually understand where nurse anesthesia came from and who made it what it is today.
- Practicing CRNAs
- Student Registered Nurse Anesthetists (RRNAs)
- CRNA educators and faculty
- Nurse anesthesia programs
- Healthcare historians
- Anyone interested in the history and evolution of nurse anesthesia
If You’re Teaching Future CRNAs…You’re Going To Want This
Okay, real talk, if you’re a CRNA program or faculty team, you already know students don’t light up over lecture slides about history.
But they do lean in when they hear real stories. Real people. Real moments that shaped the profession they’re stepping into.
That’s exactly what this series does.
We offer special educational and group access options for schools and programs that want to bring CRNA history into the classroom in a way that actually sticks, with context, personality, and the voices that built this profession. If that sounds like something your program needs, reach out. We’ll get you set up.
Listen As CRNA History Comes Alive — One Episode At A Time
Get full access to the Beyond the Mask Historical Series for a one-time purchase of $149
Every story. Every voice. All in one place, ready whenever you are.
