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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 future.
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Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams
Yesterday01:32:55Tap to summarizeIn this classic episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe dive into Akira Kurosawa’s gorgeous and surreal 1990 anthology film, "Dreams." (originally published 6/20/2025)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →From the Vault: The Invention of Roller Skates
3d ago00:57:24Tap to summarizeIn 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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Weirdhouse Cinema: Jim Henson’s The Soldier and Death
4d ago01:16:20Tap to summarizeIn 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.
Transcribe →The Thing Before the Beginning, part 4
5d ago00:46:09Tap to summarizeIn 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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Smart Talks with IBM: Inside the Octagon: How AI Brings UFC’s Fastest Moments into Focus
6d ago00:48:09Tap to summarizeMost 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 podcast don’t necessarily represent IBM's positions, strategies or opinions. Visit us at https://www.ibm.com/think/podcasts/smart-talksSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →The Thing Before the Beginning, part 3
1w ago00:54:47Tap to summarizeIn 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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: The Crawling Eye
1w ago01:19:37Tap to summarizeIn this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss 1958’s “The Crawling Eye” starring Forrest Tucker, Jennifer Jayne and Janet Munro. (originally published 5/30/2025)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →From the Vault: You’ve Got Pee-Mail, Part 3
1w ago00:51:47Tap to summarizeIn 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 3 of 3) (originally published 5/22/2025)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Weirdhouse Cinema: Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: The Wicker Man (1973) - Part 2
2w ago01:43:16Tap to summarizeIn 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 2 of 2) (originally published 5/9/2025)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →From the Vault: You’ve Got Pee-Mail, Part 2
2w ago00:50:54Tap to summarizeIn 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 2 of 3) (originally published 5/20/2025)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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