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 16, 2024 • 41min
The Very Dust, Part 2
What exactly constitutes dust? What creatures thrive on it? How does it factor into our planet’s atmosphere? In this series of episodes from Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe explore the world of dust, from the scientific facts to the magical and the mythical. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 15, 2024 • 34min
Listener Mail: Ephemerol
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.
Apr 13, 2024 • 45min
From the Vault: Before You Could Remember, Part 2
Our personal memories only extend back so far in life, and before that, there is a void. Why don’t we remember our early childhood and what does it say about human memory, childhood development and cultural ideas about infants? Robert and Joe explore in this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind… (originally published 04/06/2023)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 12, 2024 • 1h 28min
Weirdhouse Cinema: Dragonslayer
On the heels of Monday’s solar eclipse, Rob and Joe devote this week’s Weirdhouse Cinema episode to 1981’s “Dragonslayer.” The film features a total solar eclipse, in addition to one of cinema’s most memorable dragons. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 11, 2024 • 42min
The Very Dust, Part 1
What exactly constitutes dust? What creatures thrive on it? How does it factor into our planet’s atmosphere? In this series of episodes from Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe explore the world of dust, from the scientific facts to the magical and the mythical. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 10, 2024 • 13min
Smart Talks with IBM: The Power of Collaboration: How IBM Teams Up with Microsoft
Entire industries are being reshaped around the new capabilities of generative AI. In this special bonus episode of Smart Talks with IBM, Tim Harford leads a conversation between two leaders in the field. Srinivasan Venkatarajan is the Director of Global Partner Business at Microsoft, focusing on Azure Data & AI and Azure OpenAI. And Chris McGuire is the General Manager of the Global Microsoft Partnership for IBM. They discuss the efforts by IBM and Microsoft in the generative AI space, how this relationship has been providing value to clients, and why collaboration is necessary for technological progress. Visit us at: ibm.com/smarttalks Learn more about IBM Consulting for Microsoft This is a paid advertisement from IBM.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 9, 2024 • 46min
In the Name of Osiris
In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe follow up their two-part series on the Egyptian god Osiris with a look at various scientific topics named after him, including NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, the Osiris genus of bees and more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 8, 2024 • 28min
Listener Mail: Vale's Lonely Walk
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.
Apr 6, 2024 • 49min
From the Vault: Before You Could Remember, Part 1
Exploring infantile amnesia and early memory formation, challenges of recalling early memories in childhood, ancient views on infant memory and development, perception of babies in ancient societies, childhood memories and nostalgia, diversity in early childhood recollections
Apr 5, 2024 • 1h 22min
Weirdhouse Cinema: Wolf Devil Woman
In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the 1982 Taiwanese fantasy wuxia film Wolf Devil Woman, starring and directed by the amazing Pearl Chang! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
