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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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Atlanta, GA

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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

Authenticity, Part 3

3/28/2024
In this 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 3 of 3) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:01:03:45

Smart Talks with IBM: AI in Healthcare: How Generative AI Is Expanding Fertility Treatment

3/27/2024
As artificial intelligence progresses, healthcare providers are exploring how the technology can be used to offer personalized care at scale. In this episode of Smart Talks with IBM, Dr. Laurie Santos sits down with Alice Crisci, co-founder and CEO of fertility-care provider Ovum Health. They discuss the barriers to healthcare access, the ways in which AI can be leveraged to expand the reach of healthcare providers, and how Ovum Health’s partnership with IBM and their use of watsonx has been enhancing the patient experience. Visit us at: ibm.com/smarttalks Learn more about watsonx Assistant This is a paid advertisement from IBM. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:35:09

Asgardians: Odin, with George O'Connor

3/26/2024
In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert chats with author and illustrator George O'Connor, creator of the popular Olympions graphic novel series, about his new venture into the world of Norse mythology, beginning with “Asgardians: Odin,” out now in all formats. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:50:11

Listener Mail: Trip the Light

3/25/2024
Once more, it's time for a weekly dose of Stuff to Blow Your Mind and Weirdhouse Cinema listener mail... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:26:47

From the Vault: Washing of the Waters, Part 4

3/23/2024
The idea of healing via immersion in sacred or special waters dates back to prehistory, and it’s still alive and well in the modern world. In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe consider the myth, history and reality and healing waters. (originally published 03/23/2023) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:39:32

Weirdhouse Cinema: Dead Mountaineer's Hotel

3/22/2024
In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the 1979 Estonian sci-fi thriller “Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel,” based on the novel by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:01:26:04

Authenticity, Part 2

3/21/2024
In this 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 2 of 3) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:01:08:15

Animalia Stupendium: The Glass Frog

3/20/2024
Bored with dragons, the wizard Argomandanies turns his arcane attention to the fantastic fauna of the natural world. Welcome to Animalia Stupendium, a chronicle of Earth’s amazing biodiversity with all the enthusiasm of a fantasy monster book. In this episode, the wizard will consider the glorious glass frog. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:07:17

Authenticity, Part 1

3/19/2024
In this 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) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:42:13

Listener Mail: The Reflecting Chamber

3/18/2024
Once more, it's time for a weekly dose of Stuff to Blow Your Mind and Weirdhouse Cinema listener mail... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:19:28

From the Vault: Washing of the Waters, Part 3

3/16/2024
The idea of healing via immersion in sacred or special waters dates back to prehistory, and it’s still alive and well in the modern world. In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe consider the myth, history and reality and healing waters. (originally published 03/21/2023) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:48:29

Weirdhouse Cinema: Dune (1984), Part 2

3/15/2024
In this special two-part episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe return to the planet of Arrakis in their discussion of David Lynch’s wild 1984 adaptation of Frank Herbert’s legendary novel “Dune.” The sleeper must awaken. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:01:47:00

Life in the Hypogean World, Part 4

3/14/2024
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 episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe venture into the world of cave biology or biospeleology. (part 4 of 4) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:49:27

The Artifact: Ornithopters of Dune

3/13/2024
In this episode of STBYM’s The Artifact, Robert discusses the ornithopters of Frank Herbert’s “Dune” and its cinematic adaptations… See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:08:23

Life in the Hypogean World, Part 3

3/12/2024
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 episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe venture into the world of cave biology or biospeleology. (part 3 of 4) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:40:39

Listener Mail: Breathing the Pulse

3/11/2024
Once more, it's time for a weekly dose of Stuff to Blow Your Mind and Weirdhouse Cinema listener mail... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:27:32

From the Vault: Washing of the Waters, Part 2

3/9/2024
The idea of healing via immersion in sacred or special waters dates back to prehistory, and it’s still alive and well in the modern world. In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe consider the myth, history and reality and healing waters. (Originally published 03/16/2023) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:43:26

Weirdhouse Cinema: Dune (1984), Part 1

3/8/2024
In this special two-part episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe return to the planet of Arrakis in their discussion of David Lynch’s wild 1984 adaptation of Frank Herbert’s legendary novel “Dune.” The sleeper must awaken. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:01:22:30

Life in the Hypogean World, Part 2

3/7/2024
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 episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe venture into the world of cave biology or biospeleology. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:43:36

The Monstrefact: The Hecatoncheires

3/6/2024
In this episode of STBYM’s The Monstrefact, Robert discusses the Hecatoncheires or hundred-handed warriors of Greek mythology… See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:07:49