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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STBYM Halftober Monsterfest Playlist, Episode 4: Killer's Mask

STBYM Halftober Monsterfest Playlist, Episode 4: Killer's Mask

The most recent Friday the 13th holiday was kind of a bummer, so let's play catch-up with this 2018 episode about masked killers in reality, fiction and culture. Learn more about your ad-choices at h...

24 Apr 20201h 5min

STBYM Halftober Monsterfest Playlist, Episode 5: Cambrian Monsters

STBYM Halftober Monsterfest Playlist, Episode 5: Cambrian Monsters

Let's go back to 2017. Heck, let's go back 500 million years to the monster-haunted waters of the Cambrian period. Halftoberfest now. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetw...

24 Apr 20201h 10min

STBYM Halftober Monsterfest Playlist, Episode 3: The Curse

STBYM Halftober Monsterfest Playlist, Episode 3: The Curse

What is a curse and how does the concept factor into the human experience? The playlist continues with this 2018 Halloween episode from Robert and Joe. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www...

24 Apr 20201h 22min

STBYM Halftober Monsterfest Playlist, Episode 2: Demogorgon

STBYM Halftober Monsterfest Playlist, Episode 2: Demogorgon

Haftober Monsterfest continues with Robert and Joe's 2019 discussion on the origins of Dungeons and Dragons’ ultimate demon lord, the interdimensional beast from “Stranger Things” and an enigma of tra...

24 Apr 202057min

STBYM Halftober Monsterfest Playlist, Episode 1: Blood Type Drinker

STBYM Halftober Monsterfest Playlist, Episode 1: Blood Type Drinker

Halloween in March? It's happening. Here's our episode "I Drink Your Blood Type" from 2019. Drink up. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listen...

24 Apr 20201h 1min

Astronomical Suffering and the Terran Diaspora

Astronomical Suffering and the Terran Diaspora

For many futurists, the long term survival of humanity depends on its ability to become a true interplanetary and even interstellar species. But what is the potential moral cost of such a great techno...

23 Apr 20201h 4min

The Invention of Soap

The Invention of Soap

We’re all probably using a lot more soap these days, but… what is it exactly? How does it work? Who invented it and how has it changed the world? Join Robert and Joe as they explore the invention of S...

20 Apr 20201h 4min

From the Vault: Flatus Ex Machina, Part 1

From the Vault: Flatus Ex Machina, Part 1

Why is it so hilarious when robots and artificial intelligence fail? What does it reveal about comedy itself and our technological anxiety? Robert Lamb and Joe McCormick explore in this Stuff to Blow ...

18 Apr 202045min

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