Imagine a work of art so beautiful that it causes heart palpitations and hallucinations. This Stuff to Blow Your Mind episode dives into the surreal world of Stendhal syndrome. What's the science behind this psychosomatic illness? Tune in to find out.

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Imagine a work of art so beautiful that it causes heart palpitations and hallucinations. This Stuff to Blow Your Mind episode dives into the surreal world of Stendhal syndrome. What's the science behind this psychosomatic illness? Tune in to find out. 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

Imagine a work of art so beautiful that it causes heart palpitations and hallucinations. This Stuff to Blow Your Mind episode dives into the surreal world of Stendhal syndrome. What's the science behind this psychosomatic illness? Tune in to find out.

Stendhal Syndrome: Kicked in the Brain by Art

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/e8a37ef1-328b-4649-96b3-ae2f00edc753/transcript

In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Rob and Joe discuss Arizona’s Kartchner Caverns, a remarkable milestone in living cave preservation and seasonal home to thousands of bats.

In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Rob and Joe discuss Arizona&rsquo;s Kartchner Caverns, a remarkable milestone in living cave preservation and seasonal home to thousands of bats.

Kartchner Caverns, Part 1

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/170068f2-0258-49ea-a659-b405011d0ce2/transcript

Yes, it’s time to grease up Weirdhouse Cinema with a Shaw Brothers horror film from 1976. “The Oily Maniac” is a tale of sleaze, revenge and a rampaging black-magic oil monster. (originally published 01/22/2021)

Yes, it&rsquo;s time to grease up Weirdhouse Cinema with a Shaw Brothers horror film from 1976. &ldquo;The Oily Maniac&rdquo; is a tale of sleaze, revenge and a rampaging black-magic oil monster. (originally published 01/22/2021)

Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: The Oily Maniac

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/0144cca5-66f8-40ba-8e98-b402012b1b36/transcript

In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Rob and Joe discuss the recent discovery of a strange new deep-water predator and highlight some of the various weird, wild and downright gnarly hunters that haunt the deepest, darkest depths of Earth’s oceans. (part 1 of 4, originally published 3/18/2025)

In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Rob and Joe discuss the recent discovery of a strange new deep-water predator and highlight some of the various weird, wild and downright gnarly hunters that haunt the deepest, darkest depths of Earth&rsquo;s oceans. (part 1 of 4, originally published 3/18/2025)

From the Vault: Hunters of the Dark Ocean, Part 1

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/8ebdcb8e-1ce5-476b-9f1f-b4020122af74/transcript

Stendhal Syndrome: Kicked in the Brain by Art

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