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, 2022 • 54min
From the Vault: Jupiter the Destroyer, Part 1
Did the planet Jupiter, like a reckless god, wreak havoc on a young solar system? Join Robert and Joe and they consider the red planet’s destructive powers on Stuff to Blow Your Mind. (originally published 3/23/2021)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 15, 2022 • 1h 12min
Weirdhouse Cinema: The Devil Rides Out
In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the 1968 Hammer horror film “The Devil Rides Out,” directed by Terence Fisher and adapted by Richard Matheson from the novel by Dennis Wheatley. It stars Christopher Lee and Charles Gray as dueling occultists in a tale of high-stakes Satanism. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 14, 2022 • 54min
Plant Memories, Part 2
Do plants remember? Do they communicate? What is the extent of their interaction with their environment? In this Stuff to Blow Your Mind series, Robert and Joe dive into the amazing world of plant intelligence research.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 13, 2022 • 3min
The Monstrefact: Blade and the Slime Mite
In this episode of STBYM’s The Monstrefact, Robert discusses a possible link between Blade the Vampire Hunter and a particular slime mite…See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 12, 2022 • 49min
Plant Memories, Part 1
Do plants remember? Do they communicate? What is the extent of their interaction with their environment? In this Stuff to Blow Your Mind series, Robert and Joe dive into the amazing world of plant intelligence research. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 11, 2022 • 23min
Listener Mail: Eyes of the Potato
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 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.
