Supernormal Stimuli

Supernormal Stimuli

No longer limited by the constrains of their environment or biology, humans have remade their world. Why walk when you can soar? Why shout when you can whisper in the ear of a listener halfway round the world? And why limit yourself to normal stimuli when you can condense the sensory world into nuggets of superstimuli. Join Robert and Julie in this classic episode as they discuss junk food, gaming, pornography, the Internet and beauty itself all in the framework of natural biology.

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Fantastic Numbers, with Antonio Padilla

Fantastic Numbers, with Antonio Padilla

In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert chats with theoretical physicist and cosmologist Professor Antonio Padilla, author of the new book "Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them." Strap ...

28 Heinä 202238min

Smart Talks with IBM: The Good Hacker: Hacking Businesses before Criminals Do

Smart Talks with IBM: The Good Hacker: Hacking Businesses before Criminals Do

The headlines tell us cyberattacks are a big, consistent threat to business data – and ours. In this episode of Smart Talks with IBM, Malcolm Gladwell takes on this topic with Tim Harford, host of Cau...

27 Heinä 202229min

From the Vault: Creature of the Gear

From the Vault: Creature of the Gear

What is a gear and when did humans invent it? Plus, Rob and Joe discuss the only known creature to have gears in its anatomy. Plus hear about a couple of wheel-based mythical creatures in this classic...

26 Heinä 202257min

Listener Mail: Warlocks in the Sky

Listener Mail: Warlocks in the Sky

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.

25 Heinä 202225min

From the Vault: Where do numbers come from?

From the Vault: Where do numbers come from?

Join Robert and Joe as they continue their discussion on numeracy and the origins of numerals on Stuff to Blow Your Mind. (originally published 6/17/2021)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inform...

23 Heinä 202257min

Weirdhouse Cinema: Fruit of Paradise

Weirdhouse Cinema: Fruit of Paradise

It's time for a little arthouse Adam and Eve! In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the 1970 experimental Czech film "Fruit of Paradise.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf...

22 Heinä 20221h

Dethroned Emperor: The Fall of Valerian, Part 2

Dethroned Emperor: The Fall of Valerian, Part 2

In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe travel back to the third century CE to discuss the Battle of Edessa, in which the Sasanian Empire not only defeated the Roman army but also t...

21 Heinä 202250min

The Artifact Revisited: Sharur the Talking Mace

The Artifact Revisited: Sharur the Talking Mace

In this episode of STBYM’s The Artifact, Robert discusses Sharur, the talking mace from Sumerian mythology…See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

20 Heinä 20224min

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