Mind Under Matter

The Upgraded Boys of Comedy™ reflect on completing their first year of the show.

We bring in the new season with new cameras, lighting, studio upgrades, and new features!

The UBC™ generally think it’s unrealistic to try to go from zero to 60 on any project, but something was special about Mind Under Matter.  Shane, Ramin, Matt and Rhianna went above and beyond to make a nearly complete vision of our show from the beginning and most importantly, we stuck with it.

We’re all so proud of what we accomplished in season one:  We only took one week off, we cranked out exclusive bonus episodes every week, we built a wonderful community, and we even launched the Mind Under Campout for September!

We are infinitely grateful to every single person who has listened, watched, followed, commented, subscribed, reviewed, shared, and supported the show and kept on salivating.  It’s been an absolute dream and we can’t wait to make more MUMories with all of you in season two!

Make sure to check out the free, public bonus episode later this week to meet our editor Matt McCool and MUM Mom Rhianna “The Hippie Witch” for the first time.

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The Starstruck Boys of Comedy™ welcome the legend as their very first guest on the show.

It’s the last episode of the first season of Mind Under Matter and we wanted to go out with one of the last of a dying breed.

Doug Stanhope built a cult following as one of the most authentic, debaucherous, smartest, edgiest, funniest comics who has ever lived.  Well before podcasting and social media gave comedians more of a chance to take their career into their own hands,  Doug broke the mold.  He basically invented indie stand-up touring.  His DIY career paved the way for Shane and an entire generation of comics who wanted to think outside of the Hollywood model or traditional comedy club box.

His classic special Deadbeat Hero and brave book ‘Digging Up Mother’ are just a taste of his incredible openness that has made him a hero amongst comics, critics, and audiences.  Check out all his specials, books, and podcast at https://www.dougstanhope.com/

FYI, ‘No Refunds’ was the special taping where Shane was in the audience and laughed so hard that Doug had to stop the show.

Leave a comment to let The SBC™ know who you would like us to have on for a special guest in season 2!

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What would you do if you met your younger self?  If you had to eat the same meal every day, what would it be?  Do you prefer to have more or less knowledge about frightening topics?

This week The Obliging Boys of Comedy™ dive back into the mailbag for a hilarious and thoughtful episode.

This is the second public Q&A episode and it’s safe to say that we will be making this a regular part of the show.  From philosophical, to the pragmatic, to the absurd… our patrons’ and Instagram followers’ questions killed it once again!!

Inspired by a question about live events, we announced a music & talk feature that will be introducing this month.  The OBC™ also introduced our new #2EZTuesdays tradition.

Speaking of live events...  Come meet Shane, Ramin, McCool, Banana and a bunch of other MUMies at our Mind Under Festival in September 9-12 in Raleigh.

Listen to the episode and go to https://mindunderpod.com/ to join the email list for more details.

Shane and Ramin have TWO tremendous pieces of news.  Don’t miss this episode as it involves some plans you are going to want to make!

The Charmed Boys of Comedy™ are feeling The Luck of the Irish.

This week we chat about the history of St Paddy’s Day.  We talk about Shane’s Irish ancestry, potato famines, and early American immigrants.  After doing Origins of Halloween (ep 29), Christmas Origins (ep 36), and now exploring St Paddy’s Day as a respite from Lent, we are starting to notice a bit of a theme with the holidays, religions, and traditions during the coldest months.  We speculate on cultural evolution and why we may not need luck and ritual may be seasonal.

After going through some struggles at the end of winter, The CBC™ recently found a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow and are feeling festive.  We are sure you will too once you hear what is in store for the coMUMity.

After the show, head to https://mindunderpod.com/pages/festival to get more details about our upcoming event!

The Necromancers of Comedy™ use modern alchemy to determine how conspiratorial they are. 

If you enjoy it, the second part is available now on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/63465356

The New Tradition Starting Boys of Comedy™ bring in the first inaugural International Mind Under Matter Day on 2/22/22!

What is International MUM Day?  For the first year, we are going to hash it out together.

If you could cobble together a new holiday with your favorite things from other holidays, what would it look like?  What is your ideal festival?  If Shane and Ramin put together a Mind Under Matter camp out next year would you be interested in joining The NTSBC™?  Tune in to find out more.

We talked about all of the amazing artists in the MUM community and decided to add their art to a piece for this week’s episode.  Find the artists we picked on Instagram.  @megindeth @shannonsimonartist and fan art from @karmavoid @inxy.ink @ajimerson

The Sexually Selected Valentines of Comedy™ release their second episode on mating behavior.

Last week we went through a bit of the early history of the scientific debates over the evolution of utility versus beauty.  This week we will go through some of the more recent theories about mating behavior to better understand the eruption of various behaviors that have both created and destroyed an uncountable number of species on earth.

We start with a dive underwater to see what odd strategies might arise when there AREN’T plenty of fish in the sea.  Things only get more beautifully bizarre from there.  Nature has a seemingly endless diversity of mating behaviors but are there some underlying patterns?

For example, giving gifts to mates has evolved over and over in multiple species, but you’d probably find some of those gifts to be very different than what you might imagine.

Be our Valentine? Watch on YT or listen on your favorite app.

This week The Sexually Selected Boys of Comedy™ get into some of the basics of the evolution of mating.

Charles Darwin’s birthday is just before Valentine’s Day on Feb 12.  We thought it would be fitting to spend the next two weeks talking about how change over time has shaped the tantalizing act of spreading genes.

'On The Origin of Species' put Darwin on the map and introduced the world to evolution. But when it came to mating, things like the peacock just weren’t making sense.  This spawned his controversial book ‘The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex’

The SSBC™ want to you to be our Valentine on YouTube or your favorite app.

The Amenable Boys of Comedy™ take questions from the listeners and wow did the MUMies come through with some good ones!

How many hot dogs have you eaten in your life?  Have you ever picked up a hitchhiker?  Do you believe in ghosts?  How would you use a time machine?  Who would you like to talk to from History?

This was the first Q&A episode that we tried and ended up with so many fantastic questions from both Instagram and Patrons that we decided to do two episodes!

This week The Interdisciplinary Boys of Comedy™ explore the interconnectedness of the many areas of research needed to understand the puzzling number of factors that lead to any single behavior.

How do we go about understanding even a simple behavior like deciding to listen to this podcast?

First, we would need to know what is going on in the brain moments before you hit play.  Then we would need to consider the hormones floating around your neurological environment that made you inclined to download in response to the stimulus of a new podcast drop.  What was your day, week, month, year like that primed you for listening?

And this is just the very recent past!

What happened in childhood and even the prenatal environment that shaped your excellent taste in podcasts?  How has history shaped your culture and how does that influence your actions?  Finally, we look back through deep time at what selection pressures our ancestors faced to explore genetic predispositions toward entertainment like The IBC™.

14 billion years ago a big bang happened that would eventually lead you to The Mind Under Matter Podcast so don’t wait another moment!  On the chance that free will is a thing, we would be delighted if you would use yours to watch the latest episode on YouTube or listen on your favorite podcast app today.