Unraveling the Mythic

Unraveling the Mythic

Mythology is a powerful force, but what exactly IS myth? How does it differ from legend and folklore? How do we study it?Join Robert and Christian as they consider the powerful, polyfunctional nature of myth and all the various ways we interpret it.

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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 Nov 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 Nov 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 Nov 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 Nov 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 Nov 201838min

Ig Nobel Prizes 2018: Part 2

Ig Nobel Prizes 2018: Part 2

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...

8 Nov 20181h 3min

Ig Nobel Prizes 2018: Part 1

Ig Nobel Prizes 2018: Part 1

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...

6 Nov 201845min

From the Vault:  Cambrian Monster Mash

From the Vault: Cambrian Monster Mash

Welcome to the ocean of monsters. In this classic episode of the Stuff to Blow Your Mind podcast, Robert Lamb and Joe McCormick travel back 500 million years to the monster-haunted waters of the Cambr...

3 Nov 20181h 12min

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