In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert chats with Jonathan Birch about his new book “The Edge of Sentience: Risk and Precaution in Humans, Other Animals, and AI.”

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Are you ready for a 1960 Mexican sci-fi comedy involving multiple alien monsters, space vampires, interplanetary politics and several música norteña songs? Also a robot falls in love with a jukebox. Rob and Joe discuss it all in this classic episode of Weirdhouse Cinema. (originally published 9/3/2021)

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In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe dive into the world of shadows. How do human conceptions of shadows factor into our literature, art, history and monster making? What does it mean to cast a monstrous shadow, or to cast no shadow at all? Find out… (originally published 10/26/2023)

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In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss Hayao Miyazaki's 2001 fantasy classic "Spirited Away."

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In this monster-themed episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss a creature most dreadful to the mariners of old: the mythical siren.

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In this episode of STBYM’s The Monstrefact, Robert discusses the ettin ceremorph, a monstrous creation of the mind flayers from the world of Dungeons and Dragons.

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Once more, it's time for a dose of Stuff to Blow Your Mind and Weirdhouse Cinema listener mail...

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In this classic episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss René Cardona’s 1963 luchadora film “Doctor of Doom,” full of mad science and a sprinkling of lucha action. (orignally published 03/03/2023)

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In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe dive into the world of shadows. How do human conceptions of shadows factor into our literature, art, history and monster making? What does it mean to cast a monstrous shadow, or to cast no shadow at all? Find out… (originally published 10/24/2023)

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In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the 1987 John Carpenter supernatural horror film "Prince of Darkness," starring Donald Pleasence, Victor Wong, Jameson Parker and Lisa Blount

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