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
The Artifact Revisited: The Psychedelic Blindfold
In this episode of STBYM’s The Artifact, Joe talks about a 2004 study of blindfolding and visual hallucinations.
Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
See omnystudi…
The Origins of Numeracy
What are numbers and where does our number sense come from? Is numeracy an innate part of our biology, or is it a cultural invention? In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe explor…
Listener Mail: Fume Cupboard
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: Cancer and Evolution with Kat Arney
In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Joe chats with Kat Arney about her upcoming book "Rebel Cell: Cancer, Evolution, and the New Science of Life's Oldest Betrayal." (originally publis…
Weirdhouse Cinema: Metalstorm
It’s time to get Road Warrior-esque! In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe consider Charles Band’s 1983 3D sci-fi film “Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn,” starring Richard Moll, M…
Musical Frisson with Seth of Record Store Society
In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Joe is joined by producer and host of the Record Store Society podcast Seth Nicholas Johnson to talk about that moment when a song sends a shiver down your…
Smart Talks with IBM and Malcolm Gladwell: Couch vs. cubicle: is the future of work hybrid?
Remote working has kept many businesses afloat over the last year, but has it kept employees productive, enthusiastic, and inspired? In this special episode of Smart Talks, recorded at IBM’s Think Co…
The Moonless Skies of Mercury and Venus
Moons are a popular accessory for the outer planets in our solar system, but Mercury and Venus are suspiciously unadorned. In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss why the t…
Listener Mail: Cat Comfort
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: Ant Wars, Episode 3
The war has raged for at least 100 million years. Armored warriors boil up out of the ground and surge across the battlefield. Mandibles clash. Bodies are torn asunder. As the will of one colony clas…
Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: Without Warning
In this classic episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss "Without Warning," a perfectly serviceable sci-fi horror film directed by Greydon Clark. The year is 1980 and only a delusional Marti…
From the Vault: Ant Wars, Episode 2
The war has raged for at least 100 million years. Armored warriors boil up out of the ground and surge across the battlefield. Mandibles clash. Bodies are torn asunder. As the will of one colony clas…
Smart Talks with IBM and Malcolm Gladwell: Can AI be empathetic? Reinventing client experiences
In a time that’s been challenging for everyone, perhaps no other industry has been hit harder than healthcare. Anthem, one of America’s leading health benefits companies, needed to be ready to answer…
From the Vault: Ant Wars, Episode 1
The war has raged for at least 100 million years. Armored warriors boil up out of the ground and surge across the battlefield. Mandibles clash. Bodies are torn asunder. As the will of one colony clas…
Summer Vacation!
Stuff to Blow Your Mind is off for the week, but Robert and Joe take a few minutes to discuss the classic episodes that will be showcased in the feed.
Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www…
From the Vault: Into the Egg Chamber
Eggs are amazing and some of the varieties we find in nature are wonderfully weird, riveling or exceeding anything you’d ever find on a fictional derelict spaceship. In this episode of Stuff to Blow …
Weirdhouse Cinema: Hanuman vs. 7 Ultraman
In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe consider the 1974 Thai co-production "Hanuman vs. & Ultraman," in which the hindu god Hanuman teams up with the Ultra Seven to defeat evil monsters a…
Aniconism, Images and the Divine: Part 2
Examples of aniconism -- the avoidance of images or idols -- can be found across multiple religions But what does it DO? What does it mean to employ religious icons or to avoid them in the contemplat…
The Artifact: The Theropod Gap
In this episode of STBYM’s The Artifact, Joe looks at an intriguing question about missing carnivorous dinosaurs.
Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
See omnystud…
Aniconism, Images and the Divine: Part 1
Examples of aniconism -- the avoidance of images or idols -- can be found across multiple religions But what does it DO? What does it mean to employ religious icons or to avoid them in the contemplat…