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Stuff To Blow Your Mind iHeartRadio
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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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The Halo, Part 2
From glowing rings to flaming sun discs, the halo takes many forms in religious iconography. Why do angels, saints, gods and demigods love standing beneath or in front of these things? In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe explore the nature of halos in myth, art and optics.
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Listener Mail: Avatar State, Yip Yip!
Once more, it's time for a weekly dose of Stuff to Blow Your Mind and Weirdhouse Cinema listener mail...
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From the Vault: Overconfidence, Part 1
What is overconfidence? We tend to know it when we see it, but the concept is increasingly hard to nail down the more you think about it. In this Stuff to Blow Your Mind two-parter, Robert and Joe explore the mythic roots of hubris, the psychology of overconfidence and its role in society and business. (Originally published 2/25/2020)
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Weirdhouse Cinema: Santo in the Treasure of Dracula
In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe dive into one of Mexican luchador El Santo's various horror cinema adventures -- and not just any Santo film but the legendary "Santo In The Treasure of Dracula," which features time travel, Dracula and more.
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The Halo, Part 1
From glowing rings to flaming sun discs, the halo takes many forms in religious iconography. Why do angels, saints, gods and demigods love standing beneath or in front of these things? In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe explore the nature of halos in myth, art and optics.
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The Artifact: The Macuahuitl
In this episode of STBYM’s The Artifact, Robert discusses the Mesoamerican weapon known as the Macuahuitl...
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Interesting
Always an interesting podcast to listen to. It would be nice to hear Robert more, Joe tends to try and monopolize the talking,
A view into life and consciousness
To really appreciate this podcast, you need to listen to several episodes so that you can catch the repeating themes, questions about the nature of life itself (on the cellular level, on the level of the organism and the things that live within it or on it, at the species level) and questions about the nature of consciousness: how does the brain work? Is the mind more than just the brain? Is the "singularity" a real possibility? How do animals perceive the world? How are human thoughts and emotions affected by their physical bodies? And many more...
Blabla
I was looking for something similar to Radiolab and found this podcast. I like the blog (howstuffworks), but the podcast is a bit boring and it definitively didn't blow my mind even though the topics are actually quite interesting… it's just too much blahblah and no excitement.