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
- 2890
- Years Active
- 2010 - 2025
Listener Mail: Gremlins Have Pictures
Once more, it's time for a weekly dose of Stuff to Blow Your Mind and Weirdhouse Cinema listener mail...
Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
From the Vault: Pykrete
Whether plotting to build a great northern wall or an aircraft carrier made of ice instead of steel, the substance you’re looking for is Pykrete. In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, R…
Weirdhouse Cinema: Deep Blue Sea
In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the 1999 shark film “Deep Blue Sea” in which super-smart sharks run wild in a sea base.
Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.ihea…
Whispers of the Speaking Sword
Weapons capable of thought, speech and autonomous action appear throughout multiple myths and legends. In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe explore some stand-out examples and d…
The Artifact: The Horse Skull Under the Floor
In this episode of STBYM’s The Artifact, Robert discusses the practice of placing horse skulls underneath your floorboards…
Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Se…
From the Vault: The Monoliths of Lalibela
Lalibela, Ethiopia is home to one of the true wonders of the world: a series of 11 rock-hewn monolithic churches -- all interconnected by tunnels and passages that connect to catacombs and hermit cav…
Listener Mail: Centaur on Fire
Once more, it's time for a weekly dose of Stuff to Blow Your Mind and Weirdhouse Cinema listener mail...
Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
From the Vault: The Spotlight Effect
Ever feel like everyone in the Zoom call is looking at you? Ever astonished to find your contribution to a project goes unrecognized, or that your latest faux pas didn’t destroy you? Perhaps you’re n…
Weirdhouse Cinema: Spontaneous Combustion
In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe celebrate legendary weird actor Brad Dourif by watching his talent burn through in Tobe Hooper’s flawed tale of love, rage and pyrokinesis.
Learn mo…
The Waiting, Part 3
In this episode of the Stuff to Blow Your Mind podcast, Robert and Joe discuss waiting in line and psychology of queuing up.
Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
S…
The Waiting, Part 2
In this episode of the Stuff to Blow Your Mind podcast, Robert and Joe discuss waiting in line and psychology of queuing up.
Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
S…
Listener Mail: It's a Cold Night For Alligators
Once more, it's time for a weekly dose of Stuff to Blow Your Mind and Weirdhouse Cinema listener mail...
Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
The Artifact: Boiling Tar and Murder Holes
In this episode of STBYM’s The Artifact, Robert discusses the meurtrière or “murder hole” found in the ceiling of a a fortress’s gateway or passageway -- and what you might push through it...
Learn …
From the Vault: Volcanoes of Life
From our earliest experiences with paleoart to tales of Pompeii and visions of modern catastrophes, it’s easy to associate volcanoes with death and destruction. But what if it’s less a case of Mount …
Weirdhouse Cinema: Godzilla vs. Hedorah
In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss 1971’s “Godzilla vs. Hedorah,” also known as “Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster.” The king of all monsters tears it up with a pollution-powered a…
The Waiting, Part 1
In this episode of the Stuff to Blow Your Mind podcast, Robert and Joe discuss waiting in line and psychology of queuing up.
Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
S…
The Artifact: The Blood Gutter
In this episode of STBYM’s The Artifact, Robert discusses the fuller, a groove found in many blades that you might have heard referred to as a “blood gutter.”
Learn more about your ad-choices at htt…
Ancient Pacific Navigation, Part 3
The original discoverers of the Polynesian Islands traversed a vast ocean, bringing civilization to islands untouched by human activity. How did they do it? In this Stuff to Blow Your Mind three-part…
Listener Mail: That Sweaty Horse Light
Once more, it's time for a weekly dose of Stuff to Blow Your Mind and Weirdhouse Cinema listener mail...
Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
From the Vault: Heaven and Hell with Bart Ehrman
Majorities of Americans believe in the literal existence of Heaven and Hell, but where did these concepts originally come from, and how have they changed over the centuries? In this classic episode o…