The Monstrefact: The Nuppeppo
In this episode of STBYM’s The Monstrefact, Robert discusses a ghoulish blob from the yokai tradition of Japan…See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
11 Mai 20223min
The Facsimile, Part 1
It’s easy to take document duplication for granted in our modern age, but our digital ease follows centuries of mechanical innovation and millennia of human specialization in the form of the scribe. In this Stuff to Blow Your Mind two-parter, Robert and Joe explore the history and invention of the facsimile.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
10 Mai 202249min
Listener Mail: Turtle of Enormous Girth
Once more, it's time for a weekly dose of Stuff to Blow Your Mind and Weirdhouse Cinema listener mail...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
9 Mai 202223min
From the Vault: The Machine Lords of Barnard 68, Part 2
Even as humans reach out into the void with robotic probes and turn to artificial intelligence to aid in the search for extraterrestrial life, we face the possibility that the life we find out there might be mechanical and governed by artificial intelligence as well. In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss alien AI and post-organic life. (originally published 4/1/2021)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
7 Mai 202254min
Weirdhouse Cinema: Planet of the Vampires
In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss Mario Bava's hypnotic 1965 sci-fi horror movie "Planet of the Vampires." It has all the style you could ask for, plus giant space skeletons.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
6 Mai 20221h 4min
The Stargazer and the Well
Can you see the light of the stars from the bottom of a well? Did an astrologer once fall into a well because he was staring up at the stars? In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss a couple of well-and-cosmos-related tales from antiquity.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
5 Mai 202254min
The Monstrefact: The Bog Octopus
In this episode of STBYM’s The Monstrefact, Robert discusses tentacled lurkers in the bog from the worlds of gaming, fantasy literature and industrial music…See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
4 Mai 20224min
Fire From the Rocks, Part 3
It might surprise you to learn that the oldest raging fires on Earth are actually underground. In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the world of eternal flames and coal seam fires.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
3 Mai 202240min
