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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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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@blowthemind
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English
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Episodes
From the Vault: Thar She Blows, Part 2
5/4/2024
In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the science of whale spout, as well as various misconceptions about just how watery, caustic or explosive these plumes really are. (Originally published 04/27/2023)
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Duration:00:53:39
Weirdhouse Cinema: Highlander II, Part 2
5/3/2024
In this special two-part episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the original theatrical cut of Russell Mulcahy’s “Highlander II: The Quickening,” starring Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery and Michael Ironside. Long live the Zeist cut!
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Duration:01:35:45
From the Vault: Mutational Meltdown
5/2/2024
Asexual reproduction has its advantages, but organisms that depend too much on it also face potential extinction. In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss mutational meltdown and Muller's ratchet. (originally published 04/20/2023)
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Duration:00:39:10
The Monstrefact: The Andorians of Star Trek
5/1/2024
In this episode of STBYM’s The Monstrefact, Robert discusses the blue-skinned, antennae-equipped aliens of the Star Trek universe…
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Duration:00:08:19
The Monstrefact Omnibus: Creatures of Myth and Legend
4/29/2024
In this special episode of STBYM’s The Monstrefact, enjoy an assortment of six previously-published Monstrefact episodes concerning the mummy, knots, the salamander, Ikuutayuuq, the Moon Rabbit and the Hecatoncheires.
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Duration:00:29:18
Space Warfare, with Paul Szymanski
4/29/2024
In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert chats with space strategies expert Paul Szymanski, co-author with Jerry Drew of the new book “The Battle Beyond: Fighting and Winning the Coming War in Space.”
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Duration:00:41:05
From the Vault: Thar She Blows, Part 1
4/27/2024
In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the science of whale spout, as well as various misconceptions about just how watery, caustic or explosive these plumes really are. (Originally published 04/25/2023)
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Duration:00:40:25
Weirdhouse Cinema: Highlander II, Part 1
4/26/2024
In this special two-part episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the original theatrical cut of Russell Mulcahy’s “Highlander II: The Quickening,” starring Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery and Michael Ironside. Long live the Zeist cut!
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Duration:01:12:41
The Very Dust, Part 5
4/25/2024
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. (Part 5 of 5)
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Duration:00:37:55
Animalia Stupendium: The Common Kingfisher
4/24/2024
Bored with dragons, the wizard Argomandanies turns his arcane attention to the fantastic fauna of the natural world. Welcome to Animalia Stupendium, a chronicle of Earth’s amazing biodiversity with all the enthusiasm of a fantasy monster book. In this episode, the wizard will consider the subtle wonders of the common kingfisher…
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Duration:00:06:52
The Very Dust, Part 4: Mythology in Dust
4/23/2024
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.
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Duration:00:40:05
Listener Mail: The Ripe Program
4/22/2024
Once more, it's time for a weekly dose of Stuff to Blow Your Mind and Weirdhouse Cinema listener mail...
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Duration:00:26:06
From the Vault: Before You Could Remember, Part 3
4/20/2024
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 04/18/2023)
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Duration:00:51:39
Weirdhouse Cinema: On the Silver Globe
4/19/2024
In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the 1988 Polish science fiction film “On the Silver Globe,” directed by Andrzej Żuławski.
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Duration:01:29:40
The Very Dust, Part 3
4/18/2024
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.
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Duration:00:47:25
The Monstrefact: The Flight of Dragons
4/17/2024
In this episode of STBYM’s The Monstrefact, Robert discusses a curious proposed method of dragon flight proposed by author Peter Dickinson in the 1979 book “The Flight of Dragons.”
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Duration:00:04:16
The Very Dust, Part 2
4/16/2024
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.
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Duration:00:40:41
Listener Mail: Ephemerol
4/15/2024
Once more, it's time for a weekly dose of Stuff to Blow Your Mind and Weirdhouse Cinema listener mail...
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Duration:00:33:47
From the Vault: Before You Could Remember, Part 2
4/13/2024
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)
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Duration:00:44:43
Weirdhouse Cinema: Dragonslayer
4/12/2024
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.
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Duration:01:27:50