Mi Mind MashUps

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Welcome to Mi Mind MashUps – the podcast that bends minds and expands perspectives. Explore the edges of reality with thought-provoking Deep Dives and soul-shifting Motivational Sundays. This podcast fuses science, psychology, spirituality, and the mysteries of existence to spark curiosity and fuel growth. From AI and space exploration to dreams, energy, and the unseen—each episode is crafted to challenge how you think, feel, and evolve. 🎙️ What You’ll Hear: 🔬 Mind-expanding science & tech 🧠 Consciousness, philosophy, psychology & paranormal 💡 Motivation & resilience

  1. 2d ago

    Wendigo in Appalachia? That’s Not Where This Story Comes From

    If something calls your name from the Appalachian woods, the internet says don’t answer. This Orb asks whether the name people give that moment is the right one. Modern stories mix Wendigos, mimics, the Not Deer, and the viral Rules of Appalachia — but those ideas do not all come from the same place, culture, or period. Windigo and Wiindigoo traditions are northern Algonquian. Appalachia has its own living supernatural traditions. The internet supplied a new vocabulary. A short setup for this week’s Mi Mind MashUps Deep Dive: documented tradition, modern folklore, witness reports, natural explanations, and the cases that remain unresolved. 🎵 Original Music by Mi Mind MashUps © 2026 Mi Mind MashUps. All Rights Reserved Website: https://mimindmashups.com/ ☕ Support the Channel 👉 https://buymeacoffee.com/mimindmashups 📘 Facebook 👉 https://www.facebook.com/MiMindMashUps 🎥 YouTube 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@mmmups 🍎 Apple Podcasts 👉 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mi-mind-mashups/id1896791123 🎧 Amazon Music 👉 https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/5780fe81-1095-417d-9f68-6a207079b7dc/mi-mind-mashups 📱 Pocket Casts 👉 https://pca.st/qh1d87fe 🎶 Spotify 👉 https://open.spotify.com/show/6RtCRSQQl89rYGF3DLqLfe?si=3TJIUhHPQoaci33-MiawCg 🔊 Audible 👉 https://www.audible.com/podcast/Mi-Mind-MashUps/B0DTG1YM52?source_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp 🎵 TikTok 👉 https://www.tiktok.com/@mimindmashups 🔊 TrueFans 👉 https://truefans.fm/mi-mind-mashups

    Wendigo in Appalachia? That’s Not Where This Story Comes From
  2. 5d ago

    A Shark Graveyard in the Desert: When Egypt Was Underwater | Deep Dive

    A shark fossil in the Egyptian desert raises an irresistible question: what happened to the world around it? In this Mi Mind MashUps Deep Dive, we explore Abu-Tartur, the evidence behind the “shark graveyard” headline, and the scientific work that turns fragments into a picture of the past. What can a tooth reveal? What can the surrounding rock tell us? And which parts of the story remain uncertain? We distinguish reported discoveries from tentative identifications and examine why a dramatic name is only the beginning of an investigation. Subscribe for more conversations where curiosity meets evidence. Thank you for listening—and to everyone who supports the show with a coffee. Question for you: would you rather discover the fossil or reconstruct the world it came from? Research: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2026.106476 Earlier research: https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2024.2432905 Illustrative prehistoric scenes are reconstructions. 📚 Featured Reading for This Deep Dive Bookshop.org list: https://bookshop.org/lists/reconstructing-a-lost-sea-books-for-a-shark-graveyard-in-the-desert Amazon list: Otherlands by Thomas Halliday https://amzn.to/4xrA9nm Start here if the episode made you want the vanished world, not just the tooth. Halliday rebuilds extinct landscapes from fossils and geology, site by site, without pretending a reconstruction is a photograph. Best for the listener who asked, “What did this place once look like?” The Seashell on the Mountaintop by Alan Cutler, Grover Gardner https://amzn.to/4ygvKFf The long version of the Orb’s first shock: marine remains where no ocean stands. Cutler tells how Nicolaus Steno turned that mismatch into stratigraphy. Best for readers who care why “the landscape changed” is a scientific claim and not a shrug. The Map That Changed the World by Simon Winchester, Soun Vannithone https://amzn.to/4j05zxy The practical next step after the episode. Smith learned to read fossils as time-stamps in rock, then walked those layers until a hidden landscape appeared. Best for readers who want to know how a fragment becomes a map. It will not identify the Abu-Tartur sharks. Wonderful Life by The Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology Stephen Jay Gould https://amzn.to/4haADbi The balancing book. Gould’s Burgess Shale is famous because the preservation is exceptional and the interpretation was fought over. Use it against the temptation to treat any marine fossil pile as a complete community or a single day. Best for the viewer who voted “how much of the story is still missing?” Affiliate disclosure: Mi Mind MashUps is a Bookshop.org affiliate and may earn a commission from Bookshop.org purchases made through our links, at no extra cost to you. Mi Mind MashUps also participates in the Amazon Associates Program. As an Amazon Associate, Mi Mind MashUps earns from qualifying purchases. We only recommend books that meaningfully connect to our episode topics, research, or learning goals. 🎵 Original Music by Mi Mind MashUps © 2026 Mi Mind MashUps. All Rights Reserved Website: https://mimindmashups.com/ ☕ Support the Channel 👉 https://buymeacoffee.com/mimindmashups 📘 Facebook 👉 https://www.facebook.com/MiMindMashUps 🎥 YouTube 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@mmmups 🍎 Apple Podcasts 👉 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mi-mind-mashups/id1896791123 🎧 Amazon Music 👉 https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/5780fe81-1095-417d-9f68-6a207079b7dc/mi-mind-mashups 📱 Pocket Casts 👉 https://pca.st/qh1d87fe 🎶 Spotify 👉 https://open.spotify.com/show/6RtCRSQQl89rYGF3DLqLfe?si=3TJIUhHPQoaci33-MiawCg 🔊 Audible 👉 https://www.audible.com/podcast/Mi-Mind-MashUps/B0DTG1YM52?source_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp 🎵 TikTok 👉 https://www.tiktok.com/@mimindmashups 🔊 TrueFans 👉 https://truefans.fm/mi-mind-mashups

    A Shark Graveyard in the Desert: When Egypt Was Underwater | Deep Dive
  3. 6d ago ·  Bonus

    The Shark Graveyard

    The title sounds like a monster movie. The investigation is about something even bigger: how an entire landscape can hide its history. 📚 Featured Reading for This Deep Dive Bookshop.org list: https://bookshop.org/lists/reconstructing-a-lost-sea-books-for-a-shark-graveyard-in-the-desert Otherlands by Thomas Halliday Start here if the episode made you want the vanished world, not just the tooth. Halliday rebuilds extinct landscapes from fossils and geology, site by site, without pretending a reconstruction is a photograph. Best for the listener who asked, “What did this place once look like?” The Seashell on the Mountaintop by Alan Cutler, Grover Gardner The long version of the Orb’s first shock: marine remains where no ocean stands. Cutler tells how Nicolaus Steno turned that mismatch into stratigraphy. Best for readers who care why “the landscape changed” is a scientific claim and not a shrug. The Map That Changed the World by Simon Winchester, Soun Vannithone The practical next step after the episode. Smith learned to read fossils as time-stamps in rock, then walked those layers until a hidden landscape appeared. Best for readers who want to know how a fragment becomes a map. It will not identify the Abu-Tartur sharks. Wonderful Life by The Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology Stephen Jay Gould The balancing book. Gould’s Burgess Shale is famous because the preservation is exceptional and the interpretation was fought over. Use it against the temptation to treat any marine fossil pile as a complete community or a single day. Best for the viewer who voted “how much of the story is still missing?” Affiliate disclosure: Mi Mind MashUps is a Bookshop.org affiliate and may earn a commission from Bookshop.org purchases made through our links, at no extra cost to you. Mi Mind MashUps also participates in the Amazon Associates Program. As an Amazon Associate, Mi Mind MashUps earns from qualifying purchases. We only recommend books that meaningfully connect to our episode topics, research, or learning goals. Website: https://mimindmashups.com/ ☕ Support the Channel 👉 https://buymeacoffee.com/mimindmashups 📘 Facebook 👉 https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61571480709001 🎥 YouTube 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@mmmups 🍎 Apple Podcasts 👉 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mi-mind-mashups/id1896791123 🎧 Amazon Music 👉 https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/5780fe81-1095-417d-9f68-6a207079b7dc/mi-mind-mashups 📱 Pocket Casts 👉 https://pca.st/qh1d87fe 🎶 Spotify 👉 https://open.spotify.com/show/6RtCRSQQl89rYGF3DLqLfe?si=3TJIUhHPQoaci33-MiawCg 🔊 Audible 👉 https://www.audible.com/podcast/Mi-Mind-MashUps/B0DTG1YM52?source_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp 🎵 TikTok 👉 https://www.tiktok.com/@mimindmashups 🔊 TrueFans 👉 https://truefans.fm/mi-mind-mashups Disclosure: This page may include affiliate links. Mi Mind MashUps may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.

  4. Oct 7

    A Shark Graveyard in the Egyptian Desert?

    Why are there shark teeth in Egypt’s desert? This Orb of Knowledge follows fossil teeth from Abu-Tartur and asks what a “shark graveyard” actually means. Sharks shed teeth throughout their lives, so a collection of teeth is not automatically a mass-death scene. The deeper question is how scientists reconstruct an ancient sea from fragments and the rock around them. Continue with the full episode: A Shark Graveyard in the Desert: When Egypt Was Underwater. 📚 Featured Reading for This Deep Dive Bookshop.org list: https://bookshop.org/lists/reconstructing-a-lost-sea-books-for-a-shark-graveyard-in-the-desert Otherlands by Thomas Halliday Start here if the episode made you want the vanished world, not just the tooth. Halliday rebuilds extinct landscapes from fossils and geology, site by site, without pretending a reconstruction is a photograph. Best for the listener who asked, “What did this place once look like?” The Seashell on the Mountaintop by Alan Cutler, Grover Gardner The long version of the Orb’s first shock: marine remains where no ocean stands. Cutler tells how Nicolaus Steno turned that mismatch into stratigraphy. Best for readers who care why “the landscape changed” is a scientific claim and not a shrug. The Map That Changed the World by Simon Winchester, Soun Vannithone The practical next step after the episode. Smith learned to read fossils as time-stamps in rock, then walked those layers until a hidden landscape appeared. Best for readers who want to know how a fragment becomes a map. It will not identify the Abu-Tartur sharks. Wonderful Life by The Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology Stephen Jay Gould The balancing book. Gould’s Burgess Shale is famous because the preservation is exceptional and the interpretation was fought over. Use it against the temptation to treat any marine fossil pile as a complete community or a single day. Best for the viewer who voted “how much of the story is still missing?” Affiliate disclosure: Mi Mind MashUps is a Bookshop.org affiliate and may earn a commission from Bookshop.org purchases made through our links, at no extra cost to you. Mi Mind MashUps also participates in the Amazon Associates Program. As an Amazon Associate, Mi Mind MashUps earns from qualifying purchases. We only recommend books that meaningfully connect to our episode topics, research, or learning goals. 🎵 Original Music by Mi Mind MashUps © 2026 Mi Mind MashUps. All Rights Reserved Website: https://mimindmashups.com/ ☕ Support the Channel 👉 https://buymeacoffee.com/mimindmashups 📘 Facebook 👉 https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61571480709001 🎥 YouTube 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@mmmups 🍎 Apple Podcasts 👉 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mi-mind-mashups/id1896791123 🎧 Amazon Music 👉 https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/5780fe81-1095-417d-9f68-6a207079b7dc/mi-mind-mashups 📱 Pocket Casts 👉 https://pca.st/qh1d87fe 🎶 Spotify 👉 https://open.spotify.com/show/6RtCRSQQl89rYGF3DLqLfe?si=3TJIUhHPQoaci33-MiawCg 🔊 Audible 👉 https://www.audible.com/podcast/Mi-Mind-MashUps/B0DTG1YM52?source_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp 🎵 TikTok 👉 https://www.tiktok.com/@mimindmashups 🔊 TrueFans 👉 https://truefans.fm/mi-mind-mashups Tools & Resources We Use Some of the tools and resources behind Mi Mind MashUps, including our video repurposing workflow and curated reading lists, are listed here: https://mimindmashups.com/tools-resources-we-use/ Disclosure: This page may include affiliate links. Mi Mind MashUps may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.

    A Shark Graveyard in the Egyptian Desert?
  5. Oct 3 ·  Bonus

    Antikythera Shipwreck

    Archaeology just made the mystery harder—in the best way.: A 2026 peer-reviewed study leaves three live possibilities for Antikythera: multiple merchant ships lost together, unrelated ships from the same period, or one huge carrier that broke apart. The evidence got stronger while the answer got less simple. 📚 Featured Reading for This Deep Dive This list is for listeners who finished the Deep Dive and still want the object, the ship, and the science without the lost-civilization detour. One book tells how the mechanism was decoded. One explains what it actually was. One puts the wreck back into Mediterranean seafaring. One shows that Hellenistic astronomy already had a mathematical tradition — so the machine is extraordinary without being impossible. Bookshop.org list: https://bookshop.org/lists/antikythera-after-the-ancient-computer Decoding the Heavens by Jo Marchant The readable century-long hunt from sponge divers to X-ray tomography. Best for listeners who want people, false starts, and why the corroded lump took so long to make sense. Keep the episode’s rule in your head while you read: “first computer” means analog mechanical calculator, not a laptop on the seabed. A Portable Cosmos by Alexander Jones The book to read when the documentary glow wears off. Jones is a historian of ancient exact sciences, and he walks through functions, open questions, and the social world that could want a portable cosmos. Best for the viewer who asked “what did it actually do?” The Ancient Mariners by Professor Lionel Casson The corrective if the episode made you picture only gears. Casson is the clear public guide to how Mediterranean ships were built, crewed, and wrecked. Best for anyone pulled by the hull fragments, amphorae, and the possibility of more than one contemporary wreck. The Exact Sciences in Antiquity by O. Neugebauer The challenge volume. It will not mention every 2026 trench. It will show that eclipse cycles, arithmetical astronomy, and transmitted Babylonian methods were already in the bloodstream of the Hellenistic world. Best for the listener tempted to treat the mechanism as a one-off miracle. Affiliate disclosure: Mi Mind MashUps is a Bookshop.org affiliate and may earn a commission from Bookshop.org purchases made through our links, at no extra cost to you. Mi Mind MashUps also participates in the Amazon Associates Program. As an Amazon Associate, Mi Mind MashUps earns from qualifying purchases. We only recommend books that meaningfully connect to our episode topics, research, or learning goals. Website: https://mimindmashups.com/ ☕ Support the Channel 👉 https://buymeacoffee.com/mimindmashups 📘 Facebook 👉 https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61571480709001 🎥 YouTube 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@mmmups 🍎 Apple Podcasts 👉 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mi-mind-mashups/id1896791123 🎧 Amazon Music 👉 https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/5780fe81-1095-417d-9f68-6a207079b7dc/mi-mind-mashups 📱 Pocket Casts 👉 https://pca.st/qh1d87fe 🎶 Spotify 👉 https://open.spotify.com/show/6RtCRSQQl89rYGF3DLqLfe?si=3TJIUhHPQoaci33-MiawCg 🔊 Audible 👉 https://www.audible.com/podcast/Mi-Mind-MashUps/B0DTG1YM52?source_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp 🎵 TikTok 👉 https://www.tiktok.com/@mimindmashups 🔊 TrueFans 👉 https://truefans.fm/mi-mind-mashups Affiliate disclosure: Mi Mind MashUps is a Bookshop.org affiliate and may earn a commission from Bookshop.org purchases made through our links, at no extra cost to you. Mi Mind MashUps also participates in the Amazon Associates Program. As an Amazon Associate, Mi Mind MashUps earns from qualifying purchases. We only recommend books that meaningfully connect to our episode topics, research, or learning goals.

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Welcome to Mi Mind MashUps – the podcast that bends minds and expands perspectives. Explore the edges of reality with thought-provoking Deep Dives and soul-shifting Motivational Sundays. This podcast fuses science, psychology, spirituality, and the mysteries of existence to spark curiosity and fuel growth. From AI and space exploration to dreams, energy, and the unseen—each episode is crafted to challenge how you think, feel, and evolve. 🎙️ What You’ll Hear: 🔬 Mind-expanding science & tech 🧠 Consciousness, philosophy, psychology & paranormal 💡 Motivation & resilience