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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Aug 24, 2022 • 5min
The Artifact: The Boustrophedon
In this episode of STBYM’s The Artifact, Robert discusses an ancient style of writing that involved reading left to right and right to left…See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Aug 23, 2022 • 41min
The Paragraph, Part 1
In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the standard nugget of textual thought: the paragraph.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 22, 2022 • 22min
Listener Mail: And The Lord Did Grin
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.
Aug 20, 2022 • 53min
From the Vault: Whispers of the Speaking Sword
Weapons capable of thought, speech and autonomous action appear throughout multiple myths and legends. In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe explore some stand-out examples and discuss what it all might mean. (originally published 7/29/2021)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 19, 2022 • 1h 19min
Weirdhouse Cinema: Return to Oz
In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe venture into the magical world of Oz – not the 1939 version, but the dark fantasy stylings of 1985’s “Return to Oz,” featuring electrotherapy, nightmarish wheelers and other strange delights.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 18, 2022 • 47min
The Null Ship
In this episode of the Stuff to Blow Your Mind podcast, Robert and Joe discuss the history and principles of the vacuum airship or null ship. Will futuristic materials ever make this 17th century concept possible?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 17, 2022 • 5min
The Monstrefact: The Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog
In this episode of STBYM’s The Monstrefact, Robert discusses the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog…See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 16, 2022 • 56min
The Whistling, Part 4
In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the nature and history of human whistling – including the subject of whistled languages.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 15, 2022 • 31min
Listener Mail: A Whistle of Worth
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.
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Aug 13, 2022 • 1h 21min
From the Vault: Musical Frisson
In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Joe is joined by producer and host of the Rusty Needle's Record Club podcast Seth Nicholas Johnson to talk about that moment when a song sends a shiver down your spine. (Originally published 6/10/2021)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
