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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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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@blowthemind
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English
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Episodes
STBYM Listener Mail: The Magical Mystery Cult
4/3/2025
Once more, it's time for a dose of Stuff to Blow Your Mind and Weirdhouse Cinema listener mail...
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Duration:00:51:13
The Monstrefact: The Werewolf, Part 3 - Lycaon
4/2/2025
In this episode of STBYM’s The Monstrefact, Robert continues his series on the werewolf of myth, legend and media with a look at the Myth of Lycaon…
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Duration:00:05:58
Hunters of the Dark Ocean, Part 4
4/1/2025
In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Rob and Joe discuss the recent discovery of a strange new deep-water predator and highlight some of the various weird, wild and downright gnarly hunters that haunt the deepest, darkest depths of Earth’s oceans. (part 4 of 4)
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Duration:00:53:01
Weirdhouse Rewind: Wolf Devil Woman
3/31/2025
In this classic episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the 1982 Taiwanese fantasy wuxia film Wolf Devil Woman, starring and directed by the amazing Pearl Chang! (originally published 4/5/2024)
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Duration:01:22:31
From the Vault: Authenticity, Part 1
3/29/2025
In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe explore the topic of authenticity. What is it? Why do we place such value on it? They discuss authenticity in terms of psychology, art, music, religion and more… (part 1 of 3) (3/19/2024)
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Duration:00:42:38
Weirdhouse Cinema: La Loba (1965)
3/28/2025
In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss Mexico’s first werewolf movie “La Loba” (AKA “The She-Wolf”) from 1965, starring Kitty de Hoyos as a female lycanthrope and co-starring Roberto Cañedo and José Elías Moreno. Draw blood!
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Duration:01:29:16
Hunters of the Dark Ocean, Part 3
3/27/2025
In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Rob and Joe discuss the recent discovery of a strange new deep-water predator and highlight some of the various weird, wild and downright gnarly hunters that haunt the deepest, darkest depths of Earth’s oceans.
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Duration:00:52:48
The Monstrefact: The Werewolf, Part 2 - Name of the Wolf
3/26/2025
In this episode of STBYM’s The Monstrefact, Robert continues his the werewolf of myth, legend and media with a breakdown of lycan terminology...
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Duration:00:07:08
Hunters of the Dark Ocean, Part 2
3/25/2025
In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Rob and Joe discuss the recent discovery of a strange new deep-water predator and highlight some of the various weird, wild and downright gnarly hunters that haunt the deepest, darkest depths of Earth’s oceans.
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Duration:00:37:13
Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: Purana Mandir
3/24/2025
In this classic episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe dive into the Bollywood horror films of the Ramsay brothers with 1984's “Purana Mandir.” Can Suman and Sanjay overcome an evil curse and a monstrous warlock to save their relationship? Find out… (originally published 06/30/2023)
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Duration:01:26:25
From the Vault: Life in the Hypogean World, Part 4
3/22/2025
We are creatures of the epigean world: the world of light on Earth’s surface. But there is another world – a world beneath the surface. In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe venture into the world of cave biology or biospeleology. (part 4 of 4, originally published 3/14/2024)
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Duration:00:49:55
Weirdhouse Cinema: The Telephone Box
3/21/2025
In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the award-winning 1972 Spanish short film “La cabina,” directed by Antonio Mercero, written by José Luis Garci
and starring José Luis López Vázquez.
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Duration:01:19:24
From the Vault: Life in the Hypogean World, Part 3
3/20/2025
We are creatures of the epigean world: the world of light on Earth’s surface. But there is another world – a world beneath the surface. In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe venture into the world of cave biology or biospeleology. (part 3 of 4, originally published 3/12/2024)
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Duration:00:41:23
The Monstrefact: Werewolves, Part 1 - Beginnings
3/19/2025
In this episode of STBYM’s The Monstrefact, Robert begins a series on the werewolf of myth, legend and media..
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Duration:00:08:33
Hunters of the Dark Ocean, Part 1
3/18/2025
In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Rob and Joe discuss the recent discovery of a strange new deep-water predator and highlight some of the various weird, wild and downright gnarly hunters that haunt the deepest, darkest depths of Earth’s oceans.
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Duration:00:49:42
Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: Gorgo
3/17/2025
Can London survive the bond between a giant monster and its young? In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the 1961 British kaiju film “Gorgo,” starring Bill Travers and William Sylvester. (originally published 1/12/2024)
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Duration:01:28:22
From the Vault: Life in the Hypogean World, Part 2
3/15/2025
We are creatures of the epigean world: the world of light on Earth’s surface. But there is another world – a world beneath the surface. In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe venture into the world of cave biology or biospeleology. (part 2 of 4, originally published 3/7/2024)
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Duration:00:43:57
Weirdhouse Cinema: Quest (1984)
3/14/2025
In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the 1984 Saul and Elaine Bass short film "Quest," a visionary take on human mortality, written by Ray Bradbury.
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Duration:01:11:00
Mystery Cults, Part 4
3/13/2025
In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe dive into the world of Greco-Roman Mystery Cults. What exactly were the Mysteries and how did they factor into religious practices of the day? Find out…
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Duration:00:59:56
The Monstrefact Redux: The Salamander
3/12/2025
In this episode of STBYM’s The Monstrefact, Robert discusses the mythical salamander… (originally published 1/17/2024)
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Duration:00:04:45