Stuff To Blow Your Mind

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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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September 22, 2025 85 mins

In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe learn almost too late that man is a feeling creature... and because of it, the greatest in the universe. Tune in as they discuss Roger Corman’s 1956 sci-fi horror thriller “It Conquered the World” starring Peter Graves, Beverly Garland and Lee Van Cleef. (originally published 9/20/2024)

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In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe explore the world of odd and even numbers. How does it factor into our psychology, our art and our culture? Find out…(originally published 9/12/2024)

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September 19, 2025 91 mins

In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe dive into the grisly black sorcery and mind-bending Buddhist magic in the legendary Shaw Brothers film “The Boxer’s Omen,” directed by Kuei Chih-Hung.

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September 18, 2025 52 mins

In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the giant clam and the many inaccurate myths, legends and traditions about their propensity for chomping down on or swallowing human beings.

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September 16, 2025 52 mins

Once more, it's time for a dose of Stuff to Blow Your Mind and Weirdhouse Cinema listener mail...

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September 15, 2025 88 mins

In this classic episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe enter the magical world of Jim Henson’s 1986 fantasy musical “Labyrinth,” starring David Bowie and Jennifer Connelly. (originally published 9/13/2024)

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September 13, 2025 44 mins

In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe explore the world of odd and even numbers. How does it factor into our psychology, our art and our culture? Find out…(originally published 9/10/2024)

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September 12, 2025 93 mins

In this special Star Trek Week episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss 1982's "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan."

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September 11, 2025 66 mins

In this special Star Trek Week episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss teleportation in the Star Trek universe and the questions it raises about human identity and consciousness.

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September 10, 2025 4 mins

In this episode of STBYM’s The Monstrefact, Robert discusses the Neuralian Mugatos of Star Trek…

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September 9, 2025 65 mins

In this special Star Trek Week episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the salt vampires of M-113 from “Star Trek: The Original Series.”

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September 8, 2025 76 mins

In this classic episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the 1958 sci-fi movie “The Brain Eaters,” which doesn’t actually feature brain eating but is still a lot of fun. We're re-running it during Trek Week because it features Leonard Nimoy! (originaly published 02/11/2022)

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September 6, 2025 54 mins

In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe explore the world of odd and even numbers. How does it factor into our psychology, our art and our culture? Find out…(originally published 9/5/2024)

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September 5, 2025 99 mins

In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the 1960 film adaptation of H.G. Wells’ “The Time Machine,” starring Rod Taylor and Yvette Mimieux. Prepare for Morlock mania! 

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September 4, 2025 36 mins

In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert welcomes bestselling author Mary Roach back to the program to discuss her latest book “Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy.”

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September 3, 2025 6 mins

In this episode of STBYM’s The Monstrefact, Robert discusses the dismemberment-loving Fireys of Jim Henson’s “Labyrinth.”

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In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe explore the mysteries and marvels of oar-powered galleys and warships in the ancient Mediterranean world. How many oars did they depend on? How many rowers and how many levels of rowers? And what are we to make of Ptolemy IV Philopator’s 40-oar Tessarakonteres? Find out… (originally published 8/27/2024)

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In this classic episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe explore the mind-bending, non-narrative CGI acid trip that is 1992’s “Beyond the Mind’s Eye,” directed by Michael Boydstun and featuring the music of Jan Hammer. (originally published 9/6/2024)

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In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe explore the mysteries and marvels of oar-powered galleys and warships in the ancient Mediterranean world. How many oars did they depend on? How many rowers and how many levels of rowers? And what are we to make of Ptolemy IV Philopator’s 40-oar Tessarakonteres? Find out… (originally published 8/22/2024)

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