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.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 47 minutes
- Episodes
- 2888
- Years Active
- 2010 - 2025
From the Vault: The Cauldron, Part 2
On a mundane level, a cauldron is nothing more than a great cooking pot, but it takes on supernatural dimensions in various myths and legends. In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robe…
Weirdhouse Cinema: Timecop
Watch out, causality! In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe strap themselves into a rocket-propelled time travel sled and discuss the brain-melting plot of 1994’s “Timecop,” starring Jean…
The Moons of Uranus, Part 2
In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe continue their multi-year mission to discuss the various moons of our solar system – this time with the literary-themed moons of the ice gia…
The Monstrefact: Aliens of the Planet of Doubt
In this episode of STBYM’s The Monstrefact, Robert discusses a fictional denizen of the planet Uranus, as brought to life in Stanley G. Weinbaum’s 1935 short story “The Planet of Doubt.”
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The Moons of Uranus, Part 1
In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe continue their multi-year mission to discuss the various moons of our solar system – this time with the literary-themed moons of the ice gia…
Listener Mail: Memories of Wax
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From the Vault: The Cauldron, Part 1
On a mundane level, a cauldron is nothing more than a great cooking pot, but it takes on supernatural dimensions in various myths and legends. In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robe…
Weirdhouse Cinema: The Mask (1961)
In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe finish out three weeks of 3-D movies with 1961’s “The Mask.” It’s a black-and-white Canadian thriller full of surrealist visions and artifact-based f…
A Game of Telephone, Part 2
In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the so-called “telephone game,” in which a whispered message travels through a chain of individuals and is eventually announced agai…
The Monstrefact: Nipper Sticks of ‘Labyrinth’
In this episode of STBYM’s The Monstrefact, Robert discusses goblin weapons known as nipper sticks in Jim Henson’s “Labyrinth.”
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A Game of Telephone, Part 1
In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the so-called “telephone game,” in which a whispered message travels through a chain of individuals and is eventually announced agai…
Listener Mail: Into the Void
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From the Vault: Creature with the Crystal Skin
It is dark inside the human body, but not every denizen of the animal kingdom is such a closed book. In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss various creatures with …
Weirdhouse Cinema: House of Wax (1953)
In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe continue their trio of 3-D films with the first color 3D feature film from a major American studio: 1953’s “House of Wax.” It’s the movie that remade…
Thar She Blows, Part 2
In this 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. (…
The Monstrefact: Max Rebo
In this episode of STBYM’s The Monstrefact, Robert discusses the famous Ortolan keyboard player from the Star Wars universe…
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Thar She Blows, Part 1
In this 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. (…
Listener Mail: Through The Nothing
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From the Vault: The Vegetable Lamb, Part 2
In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the legendary vegetable lamb of Tartary, said to be a flesh-and-blood animal that grew from the ground. (originally publishe…
Weirdhouse Cinema: Treasure of the Four Crowns
In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe kick off three weeks of 3D pictures with the 1983 adventure film “Treasure of the Four Crowns.” Is it a good movie? No. But does it throw lots of thi…