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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Psychedelics Playlist: The Manifested Mind, Part 3

Psychedelics Playlist: The Manifested Mind, Part 3

What are psychedelics? How have these substances influenced human minds and culture? What exactly do they invoke in the brain and how could a renaissance of scientific study into their properties impr...

22 Touko 20201h 12min

Psychedelics Playlist: The Manifested Mind, Part 2

Psychedelics Playlist: The Manifested Mind, Part 2

What are psychedelics? How have these substances influenced human minds and culture? What exactly do they invoke in the brain and how could a renaissance of scientific study into their properties impr...

22 Touko 20201h 3min

Psychedelics Playlist: The Manifested Mind, Part 1

Psychedelics Playlist: The Manifested Mind, Part 1

What are psychedelics? How have these substances influenced human minds and culture? What exactly do they invoke in the brain and how could a renaissance of scientific study into their properties impr...

22 Touko 20201h 20min

Listener Mail: Hobbits, Gorgons and More

Listener Mail: Hobbits, Gorgons and More

It's time for another listener mail episode, this time with your thoughts on hobbits, gorgons, pointing and much more... Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee om...

21 Touko 202059min

Smart Talks with IBM: Rethinking Supply Chains

Smart Talks with IBM: Rethinking Supply Chains

The supply chain is vital to life in the modern world, and the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted this flow of goods and materials to a considerable degree. In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Ro...

19 Touko 202052min

From the Vault: Send an Owl/Raven/Pigeon!

From the Vault: Send an Owl/Raven/Pigeon!

Harry Potter sends messages by owl. The characters of ‘Game of Thrones’ employ ravens. Meanwhile, real-life messenger pigeons have carried messages for thousands of years. In this episode of Stuff to ...

16 Touko 20201h 5min

Invention Playlist 4: Invented Words, Part 2

Invention Playlist 4: Invented Words, Part 2

Where do new words come from? Robert and Joe explore... Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

15 Touko 202052min

Invention Playlist 4: Invented Words, Part 1

Invention Playlist 4: Invented Words, Part 1

Where do new words come from? Robert and Joe explore... Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

15 Touko 202051min

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