Jacques de Vaucanson's fabulous digesting duck was a clockwork miracle capable of reproducing the processes of ingestion, digestion and defecation. Join Robert and Julie to learn more about robotic digestion from the pooping duck to the modern day.

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Jacques de Vaucanson's fabulous digesting duck was a clockwork miracle capable of reproducing the processes of ingestion, digestion and defecation. Join Robert and Julie to learn more about robotic digestion from the pooping duck to the modern day. 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.

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Jacques de Vaucanson's fabulous digesting duck was a clockwork miracle capable of reproducing the processes of ingestion, digestion and defecation. Join Robert and Julie to learn more about robotic digestion from the pooping duck to the modern day.

The Pooping Duck: When Robots Digest

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/a891005d-763e-457c-b710-ae2f00f25e37/transcript

In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the legendary saint whose feast day is July 15, the folkloric weather prophecies associated with the day and what modern meteorology has to say about it. (originally published 8/12/2025)

In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the legendary saint whose feast day is July 15, the folkloric weather prophecies associated with the day and what modern meteorology has to say about it. (originally published 8/12/2025)

From the Vault: Saint Swithin's Revenge

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/36bb2faf-54ee-4031-9893-b4a60116b75d/transcript

In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the 1983 Italian romantic fantasy film “Adam and Eve,” starring Mark Gregory and Andrea Goldman. This 100 percent Biblically accurate film recounts the creation of the first human beings, their ejection from Eden and subsequent encounters with pteranodons and cavemen.

In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the 1983 Italian romantic fantasy film &ldquo;Adam and Eve,&rdquo; starring Mark Gregory and Andrea Goldman. This 100 percent Biblically accurate film recounts the creation of the first human beings, their ejection from Eden and subsequent encounters with pteranodons and cavemen.

Weirdhouse Cinema: Adam and Eve (1983)

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/0a15ce19-5d9c-42b2-bced-b4a600f7e5b1/transcript

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 4

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/13a96c4e-ff04-4bf0-9418-b4a40148c706/transcript

The Pooping Duck: When Robots Digest

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