From the Vault: The Machine Lords of Barnard 68, Part 1

From the Vault: The Machine Lords of Barnard 68, Part 1

Even as humans reach out into the void with robotic probes and turn to artificial intelligence to aid in the search for extraterrestrial life, we face the possibility that the life we find out there might be mechanical and governed by artificial intelligence as well. In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss alien AI and post-organic life. (originally published 3/30/2021)

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From the Vault: Dangerous Foods III

From the Vault: Dangerous Foods III

Thanksgiving is a time of feasting and the wages of feasting, and so Robert and Joe are here to dish up a third installment of Stuff to Blow Your Mind’s “Dangerous Foods” series. Do you dare bite into...

24 Marras 20181h 8min

Halloween Hangover Listener Mail, Part 1

Halloween Hangover Listener Mail, Part 1

Halloween may be over, but that doesn’t mean all the ghosts and ghouls are banished to the cellar. In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, join Robert Lamb and Joe McCormick as they bust dive into...

22 Marras 201857min

Animals That Eat Poop

Animals That Eat Poop

Thanksgiving is a time during which many Americans eat things they shouldn’t -- so it’s a perfect time to discuss coprophagia in the animal kingdom. But, unlike many holiday dinners, these examples of...

20 Marras 201859min

From the Vault: Dangerous Foods II

From the Vault: Dangerous Foods II

Can your heart stand the shocking facts about toxic potatoes, mad honey and the mysteries of the dead man’s fingers? In this classic episode, Robert Lamb and Joe McCormick enjoy a heaping helping of p...

17 Marras 20181h 9min

Motivated Numeracy and the Politics-ridden Brain

Motivated Numeracy and the Politics-ridden Brain

If science were a candle in the dark, we’d need only spread its light to combat climate change denial and vaccine conspiracy theories. But what if the problem is more complex than that? What if a quir...

15 Marras 20181h 5min

Stone Age Technology with Dietrich Stout

Stone Age Technology with Dietrich Stout

Paleolithic tools inform not just our understanding of prehistoric lives, but also the evolution and nature of the human mind. In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert Lamb and Joe McCormick...

13 Marras 20181h 2min

From the Vault: The Gordian Knot of Race

From the Vault: The Gordian Knot of Race

How deep-seated are today's racial issues? In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert Lamb and Julie Douglas explore how something so abstract - like unconscious racial biases - can ha...

10 Marras 201838min

Ig Nobel Prizes 2018: Part 2

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Each year, the Ig Nobel prizes honor the weirdest and wackiest contributions to humanity’s scientific understanding of the natural world. In this pair of Stuff to Blow Your Mind podcast episodes, Robe...

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