In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe explore the nature of gold, humanity’s history extracting it from the Earth and the amazing properties of gold nanoparticles. (Originally published 2/16/2021)

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In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe explore the nature of gold, humanity’s history extracting it from the Earth and the amazing properties of gold nanoparticles. (Originally published 2/16/2021) Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com">https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com</a>

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.

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

From the Vault: Gold, Metal of the Sun

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/2195d5ae-8e7f-49fb-9ed3-ae410098a1f7/transcript

In this classic invention-themed episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the origins and physics of skating on ice. (originally published 5/29/2025)

In this classic invention-themed episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the origins and physics of skating on ice. (originally published 5/29/2025)

From the Vault: The Invention of Ice Skating 

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/f900e2f5-7af9-4215-af9c-b4510161d5cd/transcript

In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the 1967 Soviet folk horror film "Viy," based on the story by Nikolai Gogol.

In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the 1967 Soviet folk horror film "Viy," based on the story by Nikolai Gogol.

Weirdhouse Cinema: Viy (1967)

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/714af503-6ec6-4ecb-bf0a-b451011f8586/transcript

In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert chats with science writer Donna Jackson Nakazawa about her new book "Mind Drama: The Science of Rumination and How to Outwit Your Inner Defeatist."

In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert chats with science writer Donna Jackson Nakazawa about her new book "Mind Drama: The Science of Rumination and How to Outwit Your Inner Defeatist."

The Science of Rumination, with Donna Jackson Nakazawa

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/83ce622d-2cfe-4c09-aade-b45000eaa93d/transcript

From the Vault: Gold, Metal of the Sun

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