The First Monster

The First Monster

Humans love monsters, but when did we first dare to dream up bestial hybrids and chimerical horrors? In this episode of the Stuff to Blow Your Mind podcast, Robert and Joe consider the 35-40 thousand-year-old Löwenmensch statues. Who created these images of lion-headed men? What do they represent and what do they reveal about human cognition?

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Smart Talks with IBM: How AI Can Accelerate Cybersecurity

Smart Talks with IBM: How AI Can Accelerate Cybersecurity

In this episode of Smart Talks with IBM, Malcolm Gladwell speaks with Jason Kelley, GM, Strategic Partners and Ecosystems at IBM, and Kristy Friedrichs, SVP and Chief Partnership Officer at Palo Alto ...

23 Okt 202440min

Listener Mail: The Funk of Forty Thousand Years

Listener Mail: The Funk of Forty Thousand Years

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

22 Okt 202449min

Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: The Masque of the Red Death

Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: The Masque of the Red Death

As the Red Death ravages the surrounding countryside, Prince Prospero and his followers celebrate darkness within their rainbow-hued castle. In this classic episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe d...

21 Okt 20241h 16min

From the Vault: The Necromantic Urge, Part 3

From the Vault: The Necromantic Urge, Part 3

In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe explore the historic and psychological origins of necromancy: the ancient practice by which shamans, wizards and sorcerers sought com...

19 Okt 202454min

Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: House by the Cemetery

Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: House by the Cemetery

In this classic episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss Lucio Fulci’s 1981 “The House by the Cemetery” -- a bloody and bonkers tale guaranteed to satisfy your craving for ghosts, haunted hou...

18 Okt 20241h 20min

From the Vault: The Necromantic Urge, Part 2

From the Vault: The Necromantic Urge, Part 2

In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe explore the historic and psychological origins of necromancy: the ancient practice by which shamans, wizards and sorcerers sought com...

17 Okt 202452min

The Monstrefact Omnibus: Alien

The Monstrefact Omnibus: Alien

In this special omnibus episode of the Monstrefact, enjoy the entire eight-part series on the creatures of the "Alien" universe all in a single package. Listen in as Robert outlines some of the detail...

16 Okt 202449min

From the Vault: The Necromantic Urge, Part 1

From the Vault: The Necromantic Urge, Part 1

In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe explore the historic and psychological origins of necromancy: the ancient practice by which shamans, wizards and sorcerers sought com...

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