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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.

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61:33

From the Vault: The Manta Ray, Part 3

Stuff To Blow Your Mind ·

2026/06/27

In this series of classic episodes from Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the majestic manta ray, from its biology and lifecycle to conservation issues and its portrayal in mythology, folk beliefs and even 1930s horror movies. Learn all about these strange and beautiful creatures and what’s being done to ensure their survival. (originally published 7/10/2025) (part 3 of 3)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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108:07

Weirdhouse Cinema: Night Tide

Stuff To Blow Your Mind ·

2026/06/26

In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the 1961 Curtis Harrington beatnik folk horror film “Night Tide,” starring Dennis Hopper and Linda Lawson.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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64:08

The Gila Monster, Part 1

Stuff To Blow Your Mind ·

2026/06/25

In this series from Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the biology, history and mythology of the gila monster, the venomous lizard with surprising connections to modern pharmacology. (part 1 of 3)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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6:54

The Monstrefact: The Boneless of Ravenloft

Stuff To Blow Your Mind ·

2026/06/24

In this episode of STBYM’s The Monstrefact, Robert discusses another monster from the Ravenloft setting of Dungeons and Dragons: The Boneless… See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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37:27

From the Vault: Lone Wolf, with Adam Weymouth

Stuff To Blow Your Mind ·

2026/06/23

In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert chats with Adam Weymouth, author of “Lone Wolf: Walking the Line Between Civilization and Wildness” about the European wolf, its recent comeback and the similarities between the human and lupine world. (originally published 6/12/2025)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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77:29

Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: The White Reindeer

Stuff To Blow Your Mind ·

2026/06/22

In this classic episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the 1952 Finnish folk horror film "The White Reindeer," starring Mirjami Kuosmanen. (originally published 7/11/2025) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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38:50

From the Vault: The Manta Ray, Part 2

Stuff To Blow Your Mind ·

2026/06/20

In this series of classic episodes from Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the majestic manta ray, from its biology and lifecycle to conservation issues and its portrayal in mythology, folk beliefs and even 1930s horror movies. Learn all about these strange and beautiful creatures and what’s being done to ensure their survival. (originally published 7/8/2025) (part 2 of 3)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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94:30

Weirdhouse Cinema: Space Is the Place

Stuff To Blow Your Mind ·

2026/06/19

In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the 1974 Afrofuturist science fiction film "Space Is the Place," featuring the enigmatic Sun Ra and His Intergalactic Solar Arkestra.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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7:03

The Monstrefact: Monsters of Ravenloft

Stuff To Blow Your Mind ·

2026/06/17

In this episode of STBYM’s The Monstrefact, Robert discusses some of the monsters of Dungeons and Dragons’ “Ravenloft: The Horrors Within.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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59:55

Diatoms and Diatomaceous Earth, Part 2

Stuff To Blow Your Mind ·

2026/06/16

In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the strange, fossilized microscopic algae we know as diatomaceous earth.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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74:46

Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: Lady Terminator

Stuff To Blow Your Mind ·

2026/06/15

In this classic episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the infamously wild 1988 Indonesian folk-horror mockbuster “Lady Terminator,” directed by Tjut Djalil and starring Barbara Anne Constable as the unstoppable machine gun-toting avatar of the South Sea Queen. (originally published 6/27/2025)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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47:14

From the Vault: The Manta Ray, Part 1

Stuff To Blow Your Mind ·

2026/06/13

In this series of classic episodes from Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the majestic manta ray, from its biology and lifecycle to conservation issues and its portrayal in mythology, folk beliefs and even 1930s horror movies. Learn all about these strange and beautiful creatures and what’s being done to ensure their survival. (originally published 7/1/2025) (part 1 of 3)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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107:34

Weirdhouse Cinema: Paganini Horror

Stuff To Blow Your Mind ·

2026/06/12

In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe talk about the 1989 Italian rock-and-roll creepshow "Paganini Horror," directed by Luigi Cozzi and co-written by Daria Nicolodi.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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52:26

Diatoms and Diatomaceous Earth, Part 1

Stuff To Blow Your Mind ·

2026/06/11

In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the strange, fossilized microscopic algae we know as diatomaceous earth.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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5:43

The Monstrefact: The Purple People Eater

Stuff To Blow Your Mind ·

2026/06/10

In this episode of STBYM’s The Monstrefact, Robert discusses the one-eyed, one-horned, flying people eater from the 1958 novelty song by Sheb Wooley...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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61:36

STBYM Listener Mail: All Reason Departs

Stuff To Blow Your Mind ·

2026/06/09

Once more, it's time for a dose of Stuff to Blow Your Mind and Weirdhouse Cinema listener mail...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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57:24

From the Vault: The Invention of Roller Skates

Stuff To Blow Your Mind ·

2026/06/06

In this classic invention-themed episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe build on last month's episode on ice skates with a discussion of their wheelbase spin off: the rollerskate! (originally published 6/24/2025)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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76:20

Weirdhouse Cinema: Jim Henson’s The Soldier and Death

Stuff To Blow Your Mind ·

2026/06/05

In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss 1989’s “The Soldier and Death,” a short rendition of a classic Slavic folktale for Jim Henson’s The Storyteller. Directed by Henson and written by Anthony Minghella, it features Bob Peck as the titular soldier and John Hurt as the Storyteller.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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46:09

The Thing Before the Beginning, part 4

Stuff To Blow Your Mind ·

2026/06/04

In this episode, Robert and Joe come back to their Stuff to Blow Your Mind series on various mythological concepts of what came before the creation or emergence of our universe. (part 4 of 4)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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48:09

Smart Talks with IBM: Inside the Octagon: How AI...

Stuff To Blow Your Mind ·

2026/06/03

Most of what happens inside the UFC Octagon is too fast for the human eye to follow. Enter Alon Cohen, Executive Vice President of Innovation for TKO, who has spent 15 years building the data and AI systems that expose the hidden moments that help decide a match. Malcolm Gladwell sits down with Alon to uncover how UFC’s partnership with IBM turns chaos into clarity, giving fans and commentators a deeper story behind every bout. This is a paid advertisement from IBM. The conversations on this

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