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 1, 2022 • 26min
Listener Mail: Back to the Garden
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Jul 30, 2022 • 55min
From the Vault: The Plague of Mucus
In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the organic substance that has been referred to in the scientific literature as “marine mucilage.” Prepare to be slimed. (originally published 7/1/2021)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 29, 2022 • 1h 26min
Weirdhouse Cinema: Tarantula
Yes, this week on Weirdhouse Cinema, the 1955 film “Tarantula” takes to the hills. Join Rob and Joe as they discuss this atomic-age sci-fi thriller’s titular giant spider, a mutating Leo G. Carrol and Mara Corday’s “lady scientist” character Steve.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 28, 2022 • 38min
Fantastic Numbers, with Antonio Padilla
In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert chats with theoretical physicist and cosmologist Professor Antonio Padilla, author of the new book "Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them." Strap in for big numbers, fantastic numbers, black holes and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 27, 2022 • 30min
Smart Talks with IBM: The Good Hacker: Hacking Businesses before Criminals Do
The headlines tell us cyberattacks are a big, consistent threat to business data – and ours. In this episode of Smart Talks with IBM, Malcolm Gladwell takes on this topic with Tim Harford, host of Cautionary Tales, and Stephanie “Snow” Carruthers, Chief People Hacker for X-Force, IBM. Snow and her team are finding creative solutions to test their clients’ security, including hacking into their systems before criminal hackers do. This is a paid advertisement from IBM.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 26, 2022 • 58min
From the Vault: Creature of the Gear
What is a gear and when did humans invent it? Plus, Rob and Joe discuss the only known creature to have gears in its anatomy. Plus hear about a couple of wheel-based mythical creatures in this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind. (originally published 9/2/2021)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 25, 2022 • 26min
Listener Mail: Warlocks in the Sky
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Jul 23, 2022 • 58min
From the Vault: Where do numbers come from?
Join Robert and Joe as they continue their discussion on numeracy and the origins of numerals on Stuff to Blow Your Mind. (originally published 6/17/2021)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 22, 2022 • 1h
Weirdhouse Cinema: Fruit of Paradise
It's time for a little arthouse Adam and Eve! In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the 1970 experimental Czech film "Fruit of Paradise.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 21, 2022 • 51min
Dethroned Emperor: The Fall of Valerian, Part 2
In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe travel back to the third century CE to discuss the Battle of Edessa, in which the Sasanian Empire not only defeated the Roman army but also took its Emperor as a prisoner of war. How did the emperor’s capture impact the already crisis-ridden Roman Empire, and how was Valerian’s fall possibly mythologized by Christian historians? Find out…See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
