• Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: Highlander II, Part 1
    Jun 9 2025

    In this classic two-part episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the original theatrical cut of Russell Mulcahy’s “Highlander II: The Quickening,” starring Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery and Michael Ironside. Long live the Zeist cut! (originally published 04/ 27/24)

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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Smart Girl Dumb Questions: Neil DeGrasse Tyson on “Are We Living in a Simulation?”
    Jun 8 2025

    Today on STBYM, we’re bringing you an episode on the Cosmos from a new podcast: Smart Girl Dumb Questions. In each episode, host Nayeema Raza asks simple questions to big thinkers. This one is with astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. Nayeema asks him: what happened before the Big Bang? Would wormholes save us from ever going to the airport again? Do aliens exist? And, oh yes, are horoscopes real?

    If you like this episode of Smart Girl Dumb Questions, you can find more SGDQ with Mark Cuban on capitalism, Kenji Lopez on food science and 11 Year Olds on what kids do all day here.

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • From the Vault: Meteoric Metal and Alien Iron, Part 3
    Jun 7 2025

    Before the dawn of the iron age, ancient humans had but one source of workable iron for their artifacts and weapons: meteorites. In this classic and very-metal episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss various examples of meteoric metal artifacts, including several precious sky-weapons of antiquity. (originally published 5/16/2024)

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    50 mins
  • Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: Dune (1984), part 2
    Jun 6 2025

    In this classic two-part episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe return to the planet of Arrakis in their discussion of David Lynch’s wild 1984 adaptation of Frank Herbert’s legendary novel “Dune.” The sleeper must awaken. (originally published 3/15/24)

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    1 hr and 48 mins
  • The Monstrefact Omnibus: More Marvel Heroes
    Jun 4 2025

    In this special omnibus edition of The Monstrefact, join Robert for a collection of past Monstrefact episodes about the Marvel Comics characters Man-Thing, Colossus, Puff Adder and Medusa.

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    20 mins
  • From the Vault: Meteoric Metal and Alien Iron, Part 2
    Jun 5 2025

    Before the dawn of the iron age, ancient humans had but one source of workable iron for their artifacts and weapons: meteorites. In this classic and very-metal episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss various examples of meteoric metal artifacts, including several precious sky-weapons of antiquity. (originally published 5/9/2024)

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    49 mins
  • From the Vault: Meteoric Metal and Alien Iron, Part 1
    Jun 3 2025

    Before the dawn of the iron age, ancient humans had but one source of workable iron for their artifacts and weapons: meteorites. In this classic and very-metal episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss various examples of meteoric metal artifacts, including several precious sky-weapons of antiquity. (originally published 5/7/2024)

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    55 mins
  • From the Vault: The Queerness of Nature, with Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian
    May 31 2025

    In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert chats with Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian, author of “Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature” and Curator of Mycology at the New York State Museum. (originally published 4/9/25)

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    1 hr and 7 mins