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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Episodes

From the Vault: The Manta Ray, Part 2

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.

Jun 20, 2026•39 min

Weirdhouse Cinema: Space Is the Place

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.

Jun 19, 2026•1 hr 35 min

The Monstrefact: Monsters of Ravenloft

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.

Jun 17, 2026•7 min

Diatoms and Diatomaceous Earth, Part 2

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.

Jun 16, 2026•1 hr

Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: Lady Terminator

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.

Jun 15, 2026•1 hr 15 min

From the Vault: The Manta Ray, Part 1

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.

Jun 13, 2026•47 min

Weirdhouse Cinema: Paganini Horror

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.

Jun 12, 2026•1 hr 48 min

Diatoms and Diatomaceous Earth, Part 1

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.

Jun 11, 2026•52 min

The Monstrefact: The Purple People Eater

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.

Jun 10, 2026•6 min

STBYM Listener Mail: All Reason Departs

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.

Jun 09, 2026•1 hr 2 min

Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams

In 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.

Jun 08, 2026•1 hr 33 min

From the Vault: The Invention of Roller Skates

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.

Jun 06, 2026•57 min

Weirdhouse Cinema: Jim Henson’s The Soldier and Death

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.

Jun 05, 2026•1 hr 16 min

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