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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From the Vault: Surfing Neanderthals

From the Vault: Surfing Neanderthals

What do recent studies about surfer’s ear and neanderthals reveal about their relationship with the ocean? In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the condition and some rec...

29 Aug 202038min

Tomato, Tomato, Part 2

Tomato, Tomato, Part 2

While the so-called “golden apple” has at times been viewed with suspicion, it has become a staple of summertime cuisine and may one day follow us to farms on other worlds. In this episode of Stuff to...

27 Aug 20201h 1min

Tomato, Tomato, Part 1

Tomato, Tomato, Part 1

While the so-called “golden apple” has at times been viewed with suspicion, it has become a staple of summertime cuisine and may one day follow us to farms on other worlds. In this episode of Stuff to...

25 Aug 202054min

From the Vault: School Dreams

From the Vault: School Dreams

Have you ever experienced dreams of forgotten classes, impossible exams and other examples of school-age anxiety? In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe explore the pervasive natur...

22 Aug 202055min

Shatter Me Like Sub-Zero

Shatter Me Like Sub-Zero

From the ice-based violence of Mortal Kombat’s Sub-Zero to the body-shattering kills in action films like “Time Cop” and “Demolition Man,” we seem to have this obsession with frozen human bodies explo...

20 Aug 202056min

Pit of Serpents

Pit of Serpents

The Well of Souls sequence from “Raiders of the Lost Ark” is a memorable slice of blockbuster history but a very dubious presentation of snake behavior -- but that doesn’t mean the snake pit is mere f...

18 Aug 20201h 7min

From the Vault: Lot's Wife: Flesh into Salt

From the Vault: Lot's Wife: Flesh into Salt

You’ve probably heard the Biblical tale of Lot’s wife, in which a trio of angels destroy a couple of ancient cities and the resulting blast turns a woman into a pillar of salt. In this episode of Stuf...

15 Aug 202044min

From the Vault: Demogorgon

From the Vault: Demogorgon

You probably know the Demogorgon as the powerful demon lord from Dungeons and Dragons, or perhaps as the interdimensional monster from “Stranger Things.” But where does this curious name come from? In...

13 Aug 202058min

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