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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Apr 9, 2022 • 58min
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 Blow Your Mind. (originally published 3/18/2021)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 8, 2022 • 1h 19min
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 dystopian future of 1997. (originally published 3/19/2021)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 7, 2022 • 40min
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 information.
Apr 6, 2022 • 3min
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.
Apr 5, 2022 • 51min
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 information.
Apr 4, 2022 • 47sec
Spring Break is Here
Rob and Joe prepare you for a week of Spring Break classics...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Apr 2, 2022 • 55min
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 omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 1, 2022 • 1h 9min
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.
Mar 31, 2022 • 44min
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 Pliny and Ovid. In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the enigma of the triple eye.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 30, 2022 • 4min
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.
