Ghouls: Myth, Fiction and... Evolutionary Heritage?

Ghouls: Myth, Fiction and... Evolutionary Heritage?

If your fictional diet contains significant quantities of horror or dark fantasy, then you've likely encountered the ghoul: a scavenging, grave-robbing race of unnatural beings with an insatiable hunger for the dead. As Robert and Joe explore in this episode, the roots of ghouldom sink back into pre-Islamic Arabic folklore -- as well into the distant evolutionary history of humanity itself.

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The Artifact: Cones!

The Artifact: Cones!

In this episode of STBYM’s The Artifact, Joe discusses why people in ancient Egyptian paintings sometimes have little cones on their heads. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodca...

30 Joulu 20209min

From the Vault: The Gerasene Demoniac

From the Vault: The Gerasene Demoniac

“My name is Legion.” In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe consider the Biblical tale of exorcism and swine. What did the story mean? How was it used to enforce our relationship w...

29 Joulu 20201h

Listener Mail: Spin Kick!

Listener Mail: Spin Kick!

What's so great a bout a spin kick? Find out in this batch of Stuff to Blow Your Mind listener mail. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listene...

28 Joulu 202036min

Presenting Prodigy: The Polgar Sisters

Presenting Prodigy: The Polgar Sisters

Can prodigies be created with early specialization? Laszlo Polgar was an educational psychologist who believed they could. He experimented with his own children and the results were fascinating. Lear...

27 Joulu 202040min

From the Vault: Shrooms Like Cedars in the Devonian Wilds

From the Vault: Shrooms Like Cedars in the Devonian Wilds

Did 20-foot-tall giant fungi rule the earth 400 million years ago? In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the puzzling prototaxites fossils from the Devonian period. (Origi...

26 Joulu 202052min

Weirdhouse Cinema: Robot Jox

Weirdhouse Cinema: Robot Jox

What if the nations of the Earth solved all their problems with giant robot gladiatorial battles? That’s the concept behind 1990’s “Robot Jox,” directed by horror wizard Stuart Gordon and written by m...

25 Joulu 20201h 22min

The Toaster Not Taken

The Toaster Not Taken

It’s obvious that our preferences guide our choices, but do our choices also determine our preferences? Join Robert and Joe as they explore this question with the help of a half-century of psychologic...

24 Joulu 20201h 2min

The Artifact: Map of the Underworld

The Artifact: Map of the Underworld

In this episode of STBYM’s The Artifact, Robert discusses one of humanity's oldest maps -- from a coffin text detailing paths through the Ancient Egyptian Afterlife. Learn more about your ad-choices ...

23 Joulu 20204min

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