Give the Gift of a Mystery Box

Give the Gift of a Mystery Box

Give the Gift of a Mystery Box: Why are mystery packages so appealing? How do they improve our mental faculties and fuel our creativity? In this episode, Julie and Robert share tales of sealed envelopes, quantum thought experiments, virginity boxes and things Pandora should never have opened. You might even score a gift idea or two. To learn more about the illustration, visit Art Spotlight: Arthur Rackham's Pandora.

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The Monstrefact: Falkor from "The Neverending Story"

The Monstrefact: Falkor from "The Neverending Story"

In this episode of STBYM’s The Monstrefact, Robert discusses the luckdragon Falkor from Michael Ende’s 1979 novel “The Neverending Story” and its 1984 film adaptation. See omnystudio.com/listener for ...

4 Feb 5min

The Doomsday Water, Part 2: Pathological Science

The Doomsday Water, Part 2: Pathological Science

In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe continue their discussion from last episode with a focus on so-called pathological science as well as other examples of hypothetical catastro...

3 Feb 1h 19min

Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: The Brainiac

Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: The Brainiac

In this classic episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the 1962 Mexican monster movie “The Brainiac,” directed by Chano Urueta and starring Abel Salazar as the evil Baron Vitelius d'Estera....

2 Feb 1h 30min

From the Vault: The Burning Mountains of Io, Part 1

From the Vault: The Burning Mountains of Io, Part 1

In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe return once more to the Jovian moon of Io, to discuss more recent findings about its volcanism and geology, as well as a look at the ...

31 Jan 47min

Weirdhouse Cinema: The Prophecy (1995)

Weirdhouse Cinema: The Prophecy (1995)

In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss 1995’s “The Prophecy,” in which rebel angels vie for the soul of a war criminal in the Arizona desert. Written and directed by “Highlander” cr...

30 Jan 1h 54min

The Doomsday Water

The Doomsday Water

In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the intriguing history of polywater: the hypothesized polymerized form of water that kicked off a cold-war controversy.See omnystudio...

29 Jan 1h 10min

The Monstrefact: Gmork from "The Neverending Story"

The Monstrefact: Gmork from "The Neverending Story"

In this episode of STBYM’s The Monstrefact, Robert discusses the monstrous wolf Gmork from Michael Ende’s 1979 novel “The Neverending Story” and its 1984 film adaptation.See omnystudio.com/listener fo...

28 Jan 5min

Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: Dracula (1931)

Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: Dracula (1931)

In this classic episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the iconic 1931 Universal Pictures adaptation of “Dracula,” directed by Tod Browning and starring Bela Lugosi in his most iconic perfo...

27 Jan 1h 35min

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