From the Vault: Ancient Oars on the Wine-Dark Sea, Part 3

From the Vault: Ancient Oars on the Wine-Dark Sea, Part 3

In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe explore the mysteries and marvels of oar-powered galleys and warships in the ancient Mediterranean world. How many oars did they depend on? How many rowers and how many levels of rowers? And what are we to make of Ptolemy IV Philopator’s 40-oar Tessarakonteres? Find out… (originally published 8/27/2024)

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Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: The Hunger

Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: The Hunger

In this classic episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the 1983 goth LGBTQ vampire horror film “The Hunger,” directed by Tony Scott and starring Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie and Susan Sar...

9 Feb 1h 38min

From the Vault: The Burning Mountains of Io, Part 2

From the Vault: The Burning Mountains of Io, Part 2

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 ...

7 Feb 47min

Weirdhouse Cinema: I Married a Monster from Outer Space

Weirdhouse Cinema: I Married a Monster from Outer Space

In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss 1958’s “I Married a Monster from Outer Space,” directed by Gene Fowler Jr. and starring Gloria Talbott and Tom Tryon. See omnystudio.com/liste...

6 Feb 1h 46min

Lilliputian Hallucinations and the Kingdom of the Small

Lilliputian Hallucinations and the Kingdom of the Small

In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the psychedelic mushroom tied to hallucinations of little people and how it might have impacted Chinese myths and folktales of tiny m...

5 Feb 59min

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

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