Stuff To Blow Your Mind

By iHeartPodcastsScience Social Sciences Life Sciences Natural Sciences

Ranking
8th
on Life Sciences
Favorites
12,573
Followers
Typical duration
52 min
per episode
If it hooks
82%
finish an episode

Based on Podcast App listening data

Stuff To Blow Your Mind episodes

February 07 From the Vault: The Burning Mountains of Io, Part 2
In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe return once more to the Jovian moon of Io, to discuss more recent findings about its volcanism and geology, as well as a look at the mythology behind its name. (part 2 of 3) (originally published 2/11/2025)
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
48 min
February 06 Weirdhouse Cinema: I Married a Monster from Outer Space
In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss 1958’s “I Married a Monster from Outer Space,” directed by Gene Fowler Jr. and starring Gloria Talbott and Tom Tryon.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 47 min
February 05 Lilliputian Hallucinations and the Kingdom of the Small
In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the psychedelic mushroom tied to hallucinations of little people and how it might have impacted Chinese myths and folktales of tiny men.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr
February 04 The Monstrefact: Falkor from "The Neverending Story"
In this episode of STBYM’s The Monstrefact, Robert discusses the luckdragon Falkor from Michael Ende’s 1979 novel “The Neverending Story” and its 1984 film adaptation.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
6 min
February 03 The Doomsday Water, Part 2: Pathological Science
In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe continue their discussion from last episode with a focus on so-called pathological science as well as other examples of hypothetical catastrophes either tied to or revealed by human technology and scientific advancement.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 20 min
February 02 Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: The Brainiac
In this classic episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the 1962 Mexican monster movie “The Brainiac,” directed by Chano Urueta and starring Abel Salazar as the evil Baron Vitelius d'Estera. (originally published 2/3/2025)
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 31 min
January 31 From the Vault: The Burning Mountains of Io, Part 1
In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe return once more to the Jovian moon of Io, to discuss more recent findings about its volcanism and geology, as well as a look at the mythology behind its name. (part 1 of 3) (originally published 2/6/2025)
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
48 min
January 30 Weirdhouse Cinema: The Prophecy (1995)
In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss 1995’s “The Prophecy,” in which rebel angels vie for the soul of a war criminal in the Arizona desert. Written and directed by “Highlander” creator Gregory Widen, the movie stars Christopher Walken, Elias Koteas, Virginia Madsen, Eric Stolz and Viggo Mortensen.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 55 min
January 29 The Doomsday Water
In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the intriguing history of polywater: the hypothesized polymerized form of water that kicked off a cold-war controversy.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 hr 11 min
January 28 The Monstrefact: Gmork from "The Neverending Story"
In this episode of STBYM’s The Monstrefact, Robert discusses the monstrous wolf Gmork from Michael Ende’s 1979 novel “The Neverending Story” and its 1984 film adaptation.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
6 min

About Stuff To Blow Your Mind

From the publisher's feed

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…