Stuff To Blow Your Mind
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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...
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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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Episodes
From the Vault: You’ve Got Pee-Mail, Part 1
5/26/2026
In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe explore the amazing social power of urine, especially as it relates to urine-based communication in the animal world. (part 1 of 3) (originally published 5/15/2025)
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Duration:00:49:53
Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: The Wicker Man (1973) - Part 1
5/25/2026
In this classic episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the monumental 1973 British folk horror film “The Wicker Man,” directed by Robin Hardy, written by Anthony Shaffer and starring Edward Woodward and Christopher Lee. (Part 1 of 2) (originally published 5/2/2025)
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Duration:00:59:13
From the Vault: The Invention of Ice Skating
5/23/2026
In this classic invention-themed episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the origins and physics of skating on ice. (originally published 5/29/2025)
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Duration:00:49:07
Weirdhouse Cinema: Viy (1967)
5/22/2026
In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the 1967 Soviet folk horror film "Viy," based on the story by Nikolai Gogol.
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Duration:01:16:32
The Science of Rumination, with Donna Jackson Nakazawa
5/21/2026
In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert chats with science writer Donna Jackson Nakazawa about her new book "Mind Drama: The Science of Rumination and How to Outwit Your Inner Defeatist."
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Duration:00:54:05
The Monstrefact: The Hammerpedes of “Prometheus”
5/20/2026
In this episode of STBYM’s The Monstrefact, Robert discusses the serpentine hammerpedes from 2012 film “Prometheus.”
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Duration:00:07:23
Way of the Sith, Continued: Palp Facts
5/19/2026
In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe continue their Sith-related discussions from Star Wars Week...
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Duration:01:17:37
Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: Mothra vs. Godzilla
5/18/2026
In this classic episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe return to the wild world of kaiju with 1964’s “Mothra vs. Godzilla,” directed by Ishirō Honda. (originally published 5/23/2025)
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Duration:01:20:27
From the Vault: The Great Eye of Jupiter, Part 2
5/16/2026
In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the Great Red Spot of Jupiter. What actually is this great storm? How has it changed during the short history of its human observation? Find out… (part 2 of 2) (originally published 5/13/2025)
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Duration:00:40:15
Weirdhouse Cinema: Mutant Hunt
5/15/2026
In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe explore the slimy cyberpunk world of 1987’s “Mutant Hunt,” directed by Tim Kincaid. It’s a near-future in which drug-mutated cyborgs ravage the streets of direct-to-video New York City.
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Duration:01:43:45
STBYM Listener Mail: Darkness There and Nothing More
5/14/2026
Once more, it's time for a dose of Stuff to Blow Your Mind and Weirdhouse Cinema listener mail...
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Duration:00:52:15
The Monstrefact Omnibus: Even More Marvel Monsters
5/13/2026
In this special omnibus episode, Robert discusses Galactus, Lady Deathstrike, Squirrel Girl and the Quasi-Motivational Destruct Organism of Marvel Comics.
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Duration:00:22:14
From the Book of Sand
5/12/2026
In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe sink their toes into a couple of sand-related science and culture topics, recorded in The Studio at Baha Mar in the Bahamas.
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Duration:01:02:04
Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: Daughters of Darkness
5/11/2026
In this classic episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe dive back into the lovelives of vampires with 1971’s “Daughters of Darkness,” directed by Harry Kümel and starring the fabulous Delphine Seyrig as Countess Elizabeth Báthory. (originally published 5/16/2025)
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Duration:01:38:38
From the Vault: The Great Eye of Jupiter, Part 1
5/9/2026
In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the Great Red Spot of Jupiter. What actually is this great storm? How has it changed during the short history of its human observation? Find out… (part 1 of 2) (originally published 5/8/2025)
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Duration:00:39:01
Weirdhouse Cinema: Starcrash
5/8/2026
In this special Star Wars Week episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the 1978 Star Wars-knockoff “StarCrash,” directed by Luigi Cozzi and starring Caroline Munro, David Hasselhoff, Christopher Plummer and Joe Spinell.
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Duration:01:49:07
Star Wars Week 2026, Part 2: Way of the Sith
5/7/2026
This week on Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe celebrate Star Wars Week with various looks at science and culture connections in a galaxy far, far away…
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Duration:00:54:17
The Monstrefact: The Miraluka of "Star Wars"
5/6/2026
In this episode of STBYM’s The Monstrefact, Robert discusses the Miraluka of "Star Wars."
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Duration:00:04:56
Star Wars Week 2026, Part 1: Hoth
5/5/2026
This week on Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe celebrate Star Wars Week with various looks at science and culture connections in a galaxy far, far away…
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Duration:01:07:48
Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: The Humanoid
5/4/2026
This classic episode of Weirdhouse Cinema explores one of the many films that sought to cash in on the popularity of George Lucas’ 1977 classic. Behold, 1979’s “The Humanoid,” an Italian space opera starring Richard Kiel, Barbara Bach and a whole lot of stuff that looks like Star Wars. (originally published 5/7/2021)
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Duration:01:25:46