Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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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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From the Vault: Phobos and ...

05.21.2022

The god of war does not march into battle alone. His sons, embodying panic and terror ride beside him. The same can be said of the planet Mars and its two moons: Phobos and Deimos. In this classic episode of ...

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05.21.2022 From the Vault: Phobos and Deimos, Part 2 The god of war does not march into battle alone. His sons, embodying panic and terror ride beside him. The same can be said of the planet Mars and its two moons: Phobos and Deimos. In this classic episode of ...
05.20.2022 Weirdhouse Cinema: The Loreley's Grasp It’s time for another Spanish monster romp on Weirdhouse Cinema! In this episode, Rob and Joe discuss Amando de Ossorio’s 1973 film “The Loreley's Grasp,” full of Germanic mythology and highly questionable science. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
05.19.2022 Creature with the Crystal Skin It is dark inside the human body, but not every denizen of the animal kingdom is such a closed book. In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss various creatures with transparent anatomical features and ...
05.18.2022 The Monstrefact: The Loreley In this episode of STBYM’s The Monstrefact, Robert discusses the Germanic siren known as the Loreley… See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
05.17.2022 The Hot-Cold Empathy Gap You may think you know yourself, but humans have a striking inability to predict their own behavior in differing emotional states. In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe explore the hot-cold empathy gap. See omnystudio.com/listener ...
05.16.2022 Listener Mail: Gates of Heck Once more, it's time for a weekly dose of Stuff to Blow Your Mind and Weirdhouse Cinema listener mail... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
05.14.2022 From the Vault: Phobos and Deimos, Part 1 The god of war does not march into battle alone. His sons, embodying panic and terror ride beside him. The same can be said of the planet Mars and its two moons: Phobos and Deimos. In this classic episode of ...
05.13.2022 Weirdhouse Cinema: Jason Takes Manhattan In celebration of Friday the 13, Rob and Joe dive into one of the sillier entries in the Jason Voorhees franchise with 1989's "Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan" on this week's Weirdhouse Cinema. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy ...
05.12.2022 The Facsimile, Part 2 It’s easy to take document duplication for granted in our modern age, but our digital ease follows centuries of mechanical innovation and millennia of human specialization in the form of the scribe. In this Stuff to Blow Your Mind two-parter, ...
05.11.2022 The Monstrefact: The Nuppeppo In this episode of STBYM’s The Monstrefact, Robert discusses a ghoulish blob from the yokai tradition of Japan… See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
05.10.2022 The Facsimile, Part 1 It’s easy to take document duplication for granted in our modern age, but our digital ease follows centuries of mechanical innovation and millennia of human specialization in the form of the scribe. In this Stuff to Blow Your Mind two-parter, ...
05.09.2022 Listener Mail: Turtle of Enormous Girth Once more, it's time for a weekly dose of Stuff to Blow Your Mind and Weirdhouse Cinema listener mail... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
05.07.2022 From the Vault: The Machine Lords of Barnard 68, Part 2 Even as humans reach out into the void with robotic probes and turn to artificial intelligence to aid in the search for extraterrestrial life, we face the possibility that the life we find out there might be mechanical and governed ...
05.06.2022 Weirdhouse Cinema: Planet of the Vampires In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss Mario Bava's hypnotic 1965 sci-fi horror movie "Planet of the Vampires." It has all the style you could ask for, plus giant space skeletons. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
05.05.2022 The Stargazer and the Well Can you see the light of the stars from the bottom of a well? Did an astrologer once fall into a well because he was staring up at the stars? In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert ...
05.04.2022 The Monstrefact: The Bog Octopus In this episode of STBYM’s The Monstrefact, Robert discusses tentacled lurkers in the bog from the worlds of gaming, fantasy literature and industrial music… See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
05.03.2022 Fire From the Rocks, Part 3 It might surprise you to learn that the oldest raging fires on Earth are actually underground. In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the world of eternal flames and coal seam fires. See omnystudio.com/listener ...
05.02.2022 Listener Mail: Vegetable in Sheep's Clothing Once more, it's time for a weekly dose of Stuff to Blow Your Mind and Weirdhouse Cinema listener mail... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
04.30.2022 From the Vault: The Machine Lords of Barnard 68, Part 1 Even as humans reach out into the void with robotic probes and turn to artificial intelligence to aid in the search for extraterrestrial life, we face the possibility that the life we find out there might be mechanical and governed ...
04.29.2022 Weirdhouse Cinema: Atragon The surface world fights back against undersea aggression! In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss Ishirô Honda’s 1963 Toho film “Atragon,” which features an armored submarine and the debut of the kaiju Manda! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy ...
04.28.2022 Fire From the Rocks, Part 2 It might surprise you to learn that the oldest raging fires on Earth are actually underground. In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the world of eternal flames and coal seam fires. See omnystudio.com/listener ...
04.27.2022 The Monstrefact: Torterra, a Pokemon In this episode of STBYM’s The Monstrefact, Robert discusses the Pokemon known as Torterra with a little help from Sebastian… See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
04.26.2022 Fire From the Rocks, Part 1 It might surprise you to learn that the oldest raging fires on Earth are actually underground. In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the world of eternal flames and coal seam fires. See omnystudio.com/listener ...
04.25.2022 Listener Mail: Planta Haereticus Once more, it's time for a weekly dose of Stuff to Blow Your Mind and Weirdhouse Cinema listener mail... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
04.23.2022 From the Vault: Jupiter the Destroyer, Part 2 Did the planet Jupiter, like a reckless god, wreak havoc on a young solar system? Join Robert and Joe and they consider the red planet’s destructive powers on Stuff to Blow Your Mind. (originally published 3/25/2021) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy ...
04.22.2022 Weirdhouse Cinema: The Guyver It’s time for more big meaty monsters slapping meat on Weirdhouse Cinema, as Rob and Joe discuss 1991’s “The Guyver,” a biomechanical slapfest full of wonderfully weird casting and an array of glistening special effects by synthetic flesh wizard and ...
04.21.2022 The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary, Part 2 In the previous week’s episodes of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discussed contemplations of plant memory and other topics that blur our understanding of the animal/plant divide. In this episode, they continue on some of those themes ...
04.20.2022 The Monstrefact: Baphomet, The Goat of Mendes In this episode of STBYM’s The Monstrefact, Robert discusses Baphomet, the Goat of Mendes… See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
04.19.2022 The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary, Part 1 In the previous week’s episodes of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discussed contemplations of plant memory and other topics that blur our understanding of the animal/plant divide. In this episode, they continue on some of those themes ...
04.18.2022 Listener Mail: Smaragdus Eyes Once more, it's time for a weekly dose of Stuff to Blow Your Mind and Weirdhouse Cinema listener mail... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
04.16.2022 From the Vault: Jupiter the Destroyer, Part 1 Did the planet Jupiter, like a reckless god, wreak havoc on a young solar system? Join Robert and Joe and they consider the red planet’s destructive powers on Stuff to Blow Your Mind. (originally published 3/23/2021) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy ...
04.15.2022 Weirdhouse Cinema: The Devil Rides Out In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the 1968 Hammer horror film “The Devil Rides Out,” directed by Terence Fisher and adapted by Richard Matheson from the novel by Dennis Wheatley. It stars Christopher Lee and Charles ...
04.14.2022 Plant Memories, Part 2 Do plants remember? Do they communicate? What is the extent of their interaction with their environment? In this Stuff to Blow Your Mind series, Robert and Joe dive into the amazing world of plant intelligence research. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy ...
04.13.2022 The Monstrefact: Blade and the Slime Mite In this episode of STBYM’s The Monstrefact, Robert discusses a possible link between Blade the Vampire Hunter and a particular slime mite… See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
04.12.2022 Plant Memories, Part 1 Do plants remember? Do they communicate? What is the extent of their interaction with their environment? In this Stuff to Blow Your Mind series, Robert and Joe dive into the amazing world of plant intelligence research. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy ...
04.11.2022 Listener Mail: Eyes of the Potato Once more, it's time for a weekly dose of Stuff to Blow Your Mind and Weirdhouse Cinema listener mail... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
04.09.2022 From the Vault: The Dad Joke We all know a “dad joke” when we hear one, but what exactly qualifies as a dad joke and what does it reveal about parenthood, childhood learning and comedy itself? Robert and Joe explore in this episode of Stuff to ...
04.08.2022 Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: Hands of Steel This week’s classic episode of Weirdhouse Cinema is 30 percent human, 70 percent robot and 100 percent lethal -- because the subject is the 1986 Italian sci-fi action film “Hands of Steel,” a cyborg arm wrestling movie set in the ...
04.07.2022 From the Vault: The Invention of the Spoon, Part 2 It’s time for another invention-based classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind. In this episode, Robert and Joe discuss a very old invention that we can scarcely imagine life without: the spoon. (originally published 3/11/2021) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy ...
04.06.2022 The Artifact Redux: The Corleck Head In this episode of STBYM’s The Artifact, Robert discusses a fascinating Celtic artifact... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
04.05.2022 From the Vault: The Invention of the Spoon, Part 1 It’s time for another invention-based classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind. In this episode, Robert and Joe discuss a very old invention that we can scarcely imagine life without: the spoon. (originally published 3/9/2021) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy ...
04.04.2022 Spring Break is Here Rob and Joe prepare you for a week of Spring Break classics... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
04.02.2022 From the Vault: The Nile Inundation The annual inundation of the Nile was vital to the Ancient Egyptians, and therefore factored heavily into their mythology. Join Robert and Joe as they discuss flood waters, the origins of life and the Egyptian pantheon. (originally published 3/16/2021) See ...
04.01.2022 Weirdhouse Cinema: The Abominable Dr. Phibes In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the 1971 dark comedy horror film “The Abominable Dr. Phibes,” starring horror icon Vincent Price as the titular revenger himself. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
03.31.2022 The Three-Pupiled Eye, Part 2 From heroes to sages to destructive monsters, various figures in Irish mythology are described as possessing eyes of seven or three pupils (or irises). We also see discussion of such marvelous eyes in Chinese traditions and in the writings of ...
03.30.2022 The Monstrefact: The Nosferatu Vampire In this episode of STBYM’s The Monstrefact, Robert discusses the Nosferatu vampire… See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
03.29.2022 The Three-Pupiled Eye, Part 1 From heroes to sages to destructive monsters, various figures in Irish mythology are described as possessing eyes of seven or three pupils (or irises). We also see discussion of such marvelous eyes in Chinese traditions and in the writings of ...
03.28.2022 Listener Mail: Week Sauce Once more, it's time for a weekly dose of Stuff to Blow Your Mind and Weirdhouse Cinema listener mail... Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
03.26.2022 From the Vault: Fata Morgana The horizon is an interesting netherworld of optical phenomena, where -- to the human eye -- ghost ships may sal the sky, phantom islands offer relief to weary sailors, sea monsters tower and alien ships enter the atmosphere. In this ...
03.25.2022 Weirdhouse Cinema: Next of Kin (1982) In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe venture down under for the 1982 supernatural thriller “Next of Kin,” starring Jacki Kerin, John Jarratt and a superb score by German electronic music pioneer Klaus Schulze. Learn more about your ...

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