Stuff To Blow Your Mind
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Stuff To Blow Your Mind
Deep in the back of your mind, you’ve always had the feeling that there’s something strange about reality. There is. Join Robert Lamb and Joe McCormick as they examine neurological quandaries, cosmic mysteries, evolutionary marvels and our transhuman future.
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The Gila Monster, Part 1
In this series from Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the biology, history and mythology of the gila monster, the venomous lizard with s...
The Monstrefact: The Boneless of Ravenloft
In this episode of STBYM’s The Monstrefact, Robert discusses another monster from the Ravenloft setting of Dungeons and Dragons: The Boneless…
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From the Vault: Lone Wolf, with Adam Weymouth
In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert chats with Adam Weymouth, author of “Lone Wolf: Walking the Line Between Civilization and W...
Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: The White Reindeer
In this classic episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the 1952 Finnish folk horror film "The White Reindeer," starring Mirjami Kuosmanen....
From the Vault: The Manta Ray, Part 2
In this series of classic episodes from Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the majestic manta ray, from its biology and lifecycle to cons...
Weirdhouse Cinema: Space Is the Place
In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the 1974 Afrofuturist science fiction film "Space Is the Place," featuring the enigmatic Sun...
The Monstrefact: Monsters of Ravenloft
In this episode of STBYM’s The Monstrefact, Robert discusses some of the monsters of Dungeons and Dragons’ “Ravenloft: The Horrors Within.”
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Diatoms and Diatomaceous Earth, Part 2
In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the strange, fossilized microscopic algae we know as diatomaceous earth.
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Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: Lady Terminator
In this classic episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the infamously wild 1988 Indonesian folk-horror mockbuster “Lady Terminator,” direct...
From the Vault: The Manta Ray, Part 1
In this series of classic episodes from Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the majestic manta ray, from its biology and lifecycle to cons...
Weirdhouse Cinema: Paganini Horror
In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe talk about the 1989 Italian rock-and-roll creepshow "Paganini Horror," directed by Luigi Cozzi and c...
Diatoms and Diatomaceous Earth, Part 1
In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the strange, fossilized microscopic algae we know as diatomaceous earth.
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The Monstrefact: The Purple People Eater
In this episode of STBYM’s The Monstrefact, Robert discusses the one-eyed, one-horned, flying people eater from the 1958 novelty song by Sheb Wooley.....
STBYM Listener Mail: All Reason Departs
Once more, it's time for a dose of Stuff to Blow Your Mind and Weirdhouse Cinema listener mail...
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Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams
In this classic episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe dive into Akira Kurosawa’s gorgeous and surreal 1990 anthology film, "Dreams." (originally p...
From the Vault: The Invention of Roller Skates
In this classic invention-themed episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe build on last month's episode on ice skates with a discussion of t...
Weirdhouse Cinema: Jim Henson’s The Soldier and Death
In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss 1989’s “The Soldier and Death,” a short rendition of a classic Slavic folktale for Jim Henso...
The Thing Before the Beginning, part 4
In this episode, Robert and Joe come back to their Stuff to Blow Your Mind series on various mythological concepts of what came before the creation or...
Smart Talks with IBM: Inside the Octagon: How AI Brings UFC’s Fastest Moments into Focus
Most of what happens inside the UFC Octagon is too fast for the human eye to follow. Enter Alon Cohen, Executive Vice President of Innovation for TKO,...
The Thing Before the Beginning, part 3
In this episode, Robert and Joe come back to their Stuff to Blow Your Mind series on various mythological concepts of what came before the creation or...
Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: The Crawling Eye
In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss 1958’s “The Crawling Eye” starring Forrest Tucker, Jennifer Jayne and Janet Munro. (original...
From the Vault: You’ve Got Pee-Mail, Part 3
In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe explore the amazing social power of urine, especially as it relates to urine-based...
Weirdhouse Cinema: Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: The Wicker Man (1973) - Part 2
In this classic episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the monumental 1973 British folk horror film “The Wicker Man,” directed by Robin Har...
From the Vault: You’ve Got Pee-Mail, Part 2
In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe explore the amazing social power of urine, especially as it relates to urine-based...
The Monstrefact Omnibus: The Werewolf
In this classic omnibus edition of The Monstrefact, join Robert for all five episodes of his recent look at the werewolf of myth, legend and media – f...
From the Vault: You’ve Got Pee-Mail, Part 1
In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe explore the amazing social power of urine, especially as it relates to urine-based...
Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: The Wicker Man (1973) - Part 1
In this classic episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the monumental 1973 British folk horror film “The Wicker Man,” directed by Robin Har...
From the Vault: The Invention of Ice Skating
In this classic invention-themed episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the origins and physics of skating on ice. (originally pub...
Weirdhouse Cinema: Viy (1967)
In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the 1967 Soviet folk horror film "Viy," based on the story by Nikolai Gogol.
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The Science of Rumination, with Donna Jackson Nakazawa
In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert chats with science writer Donna Jackson Nakazawa about her new book "Mind Drama: The Science of Rum...
The Monstrefact: The Hammerpedes of “Prometheus”
In this episode of STBYM’s The Monstrefact, Robert discusses the serpentine hammerpedes from 2012 film “Prometheus.”
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Way of the Sith, Continued: Palp Facts
In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe continue their Sith-related discussions from Star Wars Week...
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Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: Mothra vs. Godzilla
In this classic episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe return to the wild world of kaiju with 1964’s “Mothra vs. Godzilla,” directed by Ishirō Hond...
From the Vault: The Great Eye of Jupiter, Part 2
In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the Great Red Spot of Jupiter. What actually is this great storm? How has i...
Weirdhouse Cinema: Mutant Hunt
In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe explore the slimy cyberpunk world of 1987’s “Mutant Hunt,” directed by Tim Kincaid. It’s a near-futu...
STBYM Listener Mail: Darkness There and Nothing More
Once more, it's time for a dose of Stuff to Blow Your Mind and Weirdhouse Cinema listener mail...
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The Monstrefact Omnibus: Even More Marvel Monsters
In this special omnibus episode, Robert discusses Galactus, Lady Deathstrike, Squirrel Girl and the Quasi-Motivational Destruct Organism of Marvel Com...
From the Book of Sand
In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe sink their toes into a couple of sand-related science and culture topics, recorded in The S...
Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: Daughters of Darkness
In this classic episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe dive back into the lovelives of vampires with 1971’s “Daughters of Darkness,” directed by Ha...
From the Vault: The Great Eye of Jupiter, Part 1
In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the Great Red Spot of Jupiter. What actually is this great storm? How has i...