Stuff To Blow Your Mind
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.
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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From the Vault: Phobos and Deimos, Part 1
The god of war does not march into battle alone. His sons, embodying panic and terror ride beside him. The same can be said of the planet Mars and its two moons: Phobos and Deimos. In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the Martian moons as well as a bit of mythology. (originally published 4/20/2021)
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14 May 2022
1 HR 01 MINS
1:01:28
14 May 2022
Weirdhouse Cinema: Jason Takes Manhattan
In celebration of Friday the 13, Rob and Joe dive into one of the sillier entries in the Jason Voorhees franchise with 1989's "Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan" on this week's Weirdhouse Cinema.
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13 May 2022
1 HR 38 MINS
1:38:41
13 May 2022
The Facsimile, Part 2
It’s easy to take document duplication for granted in our modern age, but our digital ease follows centuries of mechanical innovation and millennia of human specialization in the form of the scribe. In this Stuff to Blow Your Mind two-parter, Robert and Joe explore the history and invention of the facsimile.
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12 May 2022
52 MINS
52:21
12 May 2022
The Facsimile, Part 1
It’s easy to take document duplication for granted in our modern age, but our digital ease follows centuries of mechanical innovation and millennia of human specialization in the form of the scribe. In this Stuff to Blow Your Mind two-parter, Robert and Joe explore the history and invention of the facsimile.
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10 May 2022
49 MINS
49:41
10 May 2022
From the Vault: The Machine Lords of Barnard 68, Part 2
Even as humans reach out into the void with robotic probes and turn to artificial intelligence to aid in the search for extraterrestrial life, we face the possibility that the life we find out there might be mechanical and governed by artificial intelligence as well. In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss alien AI and post-organic life. (originally published 4/1/2021)
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07 May 2022
54 MINS
54:58
07 May 2022
Weirdhouse Cinema: Planet of the Vampires
In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss Mario Bava's hypnotic 1965 sci-fi horror movie "Planet of the Vampires." It has all the style you could ask for, plus giant space skeletons.
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06 May 2022
1 HR 04 MINS
1:04:38
06 May 2022
The Stargazer and the Well
Can you see the light of the stars from the bottom of a well? Did an astrologer once fall into a well because he was staring up at the stars? In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss a couple of well-and-cosmos-related tales from antiquity.
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05 May 2022
54 MINS
54:35
05 May 2022
The Monstrefact: The Bog Octopus
In this episode of STBYM’s The Monstrefact, Robert discusses tentacled lurkers in the bog from the worlds of gaming, fantasy literature and industrial music…
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04 May 2022
04 MINS
04:58
04 May 2022
Fire From the Rocks, Part 3
It might surprise you to learn that the oldest raging fires on Earth are actually underground. In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the world of eternal flames and coal seam fires.
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03 May 2022
40 MINS
40:03
03 May 2022
From the Vault: The Machine Lords of Barnard 68, Part 1
Even as humans reach out into the void with robotic probes and turn to artificial intelligence to aid in the search for extraterrestrial life, we face the possibility that the life we find out there might be mechanical and governed by artificial intelligence as well. In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss alien AI and post-organic life. (originally published 3/30/2021)
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30 Apr 2022
1 HR 00 MINS
1:00:39
30 Apr 2022
Weirdhouse Cinema: Atragon
The surface world fights back against undersea aggression! In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss Ishirô Honda’s 1963 Toho film “Atragon,” which features an armored submarine and the debut of the kaiju Manda!
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29 Apr 2022
1 HR 11 MINS
1:11:36
29 Apr 2022
Fire From the Rocks, Part 2
It might surprise you to learn that the oldest raging fires on Earth are actually underground. In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the world of eternal flames and coal seam fires.
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28 Apr 2022
46 MINS
46:17
28 Apr 2022
The Monstrefact: Torterra, a Pokemon
In this episode of STBYM’s The Monstrefact, Robert discusses the Pokemon known as Torterra with a little help from Sebastian…
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27 Apr 2022
05 MINS
05:46
27 Apr 2022
Fire From the Rocks, Part 1
It might surprise you to learn that the oldest raging fires on Earth are actually underground. In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the world of eternal flames and coal seam fires.
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26 Apr 2022
42 MINS
42:08
26 Apr 2022
From the Vault: Jupiter the Destroyer, Part 2
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 3/25/2021)
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23 Apr 2022
51 MINS
51:11
23 Apr 2022