In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the old maritime superstition that bananas on a ship are bad luck – and just what sorts of factors might actually have influenced that notion.

In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the old maritime superstition that bananas on a ship are bad luck &ndash; and just what sorts of factors might actually have influenced that notion.

Deep in the back of your mind, you’ve always had the feeling that there’s something strange about reality. There is. Join Robert Lamb and Joe McCormick as they examine neurological quandaries, cosmic mysteries, evolutionary marvels and our transhuman future.

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Bananas on the Rotting Sea

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In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert chats with Sam Kean about his new book “Dinner with King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists Are Re-creating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations.” (originally published 7/3/2025)

In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert chats with Sam Kean about his new book &ldquo;Dinner with King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists Are Re-creating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations.&rdquo; (originally published 7/3/2025)

From the Vault: Dinner with King Tut, with Sam Kean

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In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss 1953’s “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms,” a pivotal entry in the history of giant monster movies directed by Eugène Lourié and with effects by the legendary Ray Harryhausen. It stars Paul Hibschmid, Paula Raymond and Cecil Kellaway.

In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss 1953&rsquo;s &ldquo;The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms,&rdquo; a pivotal entry in the history of giant monster movies directed by Eug&egrave;ne Louri&eacute; and with effects by the legendary Ray Harryhausen. It stars Paul Hibschmid, Paula Raymond and Cecil Kellaway.

Weirdhouse Cinema: The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

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In this series from Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the vast North American grasslands of which poet William Cullen Bryant wrote, “These are the gardens of the desert, these the unshorn fields, boundless and beautiful, for which the speech of England has no name — The Prairies."

In this series from Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the vast North American grasslands of which poet William Cullen Bryant wrote, &ldquo;These are the gardens of the desert, these the unshorn fields, boundless and beautiful, for which the speech of England has no name &mdash; The Prairies."

The Shocking Vastness of Prairie , Part 1

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