Human Remains: Past, Present and Future

Human Remains: Past, Present and Future

Humanity currently stands at a crossroads in the treatment of its dead. Forced to contend with the environmental and economic downsides to modern mortuary customs, various innovators look back to our most basic burial customs and recreate them with a suitably high-tech design twist. Join Robert and Joe for a look at human remains and the way we help (or hinder) their return to the soil.

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From the Vault: The Well-Connected Animal, with Lee Alan Dugatkin

From the Vault: The Well-Connected Animal, with Lee Alan Dugatkin

In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert chats with evolutionary biologist and historian of science Lee Alan Dugatkin about his new book “The Well-Connected Animal: Social Networks a...

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Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: Highlander II, Part 2

Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: Highlander II, Part 2

In this classic two-part episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the original theatrical cut of Russell Mulcahy’s “Highlander II: The Quickening,” starring Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery ...

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Lone Wolf, with Adam Weymouth

Lone Wolf, with Adam Weymouth

In this NEW episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert chats with Adam Weymouth, author of “Lone Wolf: Walking the Line Between Civilization and Wildness” about the European wolf, its recent comeback ...

12 Jun 202536min

The Monstrefact Omnibus: The Werewolf

The Monstrefact Omnibus: The Werewolf

In this special omnibus edition of The Monstrefact, join Robert for all five episodes of his recent look at the werewolf of myth, legend and media – from prehistoric wolf interactions and the ancient ...

11 Jun 202534min

From the Vault: Sharks Don't Sink, with Jasmin Graham

From the Vault: Sharks Don't Sink, with Jasmin Graham

In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert chats with shark scientist Jasmin Graham about her new book “Sharks Don't Sink: Adventures of a Rogue Shark Scientist.” (originally published...

10 Jun 202545min

Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: Highlander II, Part 1

Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: Highlander II, Part 1

In this classic two-part episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the original theatrical cut of Russell Mulcahy’s “Highlander II: The Quickening,” starring Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery ...

9 Jun 20251h 13min

Smart Girl Dumb Questions: Neil DeGrasse Tyson on “Are We Living in a Simulation?”

Smart Girl Dumb Questions: Neil DeGrasse Tyson on “Are We Living in a Simulation?”

Today on STBYM, we’re bringing you an episode on the Cosmos from a new podcast: Smart Girl Dumb Questions. In each episode, host Nayeema Raza asks simple questions to big thinkers. This one is with as...

8 Jun 20251h 1min

From the Vault: Meteoric Metal and Alien Iron, Part 3

From the Vault: Meteoric Metal and Alien Iron, Part 3

Before the dawn of the iron age, ancient humans had but one source of workable iron for their artifacts and weapons: meteorites. In this classic and very-metal episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robe...

7 Jun 202549min

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