Stuff to blow your mind
Stuff To Blow Your Mind
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The Power of Shame
Shame is a powerful emotion that, depending on the way ...
Shame is a powerful emotion that, depending on the way you frame it, can be a force for either good or evil. Find out what the difference is between embarrassment, guilt and shame. Do dogs feel shame? And have you ever suffered from second-hand embarrassment?
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The Gordian Knot of Race
To ""see no color"" is to gloss over the deep-seated ...
To ""see no color"" is to gloss over the deep-seated racial issues that exist today. Find out about how something so abstract – like unconscious racial biases – can have real-world implications in this episode of the Stuff to Blow Your Mind podcast.
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School to Prison Pipeline
No one ever says they want to be a convict ...
No one ever says they want to be a convict when they grow up. Julie and Robert look at the School-to-Prison pipeline and the variables that form this insidious system.
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Exploding Ants
Enter a world where toxic ants and termites explode at ...
Enter a world where toxic ants and termites explode at will to stave off murderous invasions – a world of highly-evolved chemical weapons an ruthless guerilla tactics. It’s all in this bombastic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind.
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Optimal Inattention: Willful Ignoring
It may not always be polite but optimal inattention, aka ...
It may not always be polite but optimal inattention, aka willful ignoring, someone or something is a necessity. Let's explore with a study on hands and feet, not to mention our wildly distracted eyes.
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Leprechaun Hallucinations
It's Saint Patrick’s Day, so our minds inevitably turn to ...
It's Saint Patrick’s Day, so our minds inevitably turn to the little people of Irish folklore. But diminutive fairy folk pop up in folk traditions around the world. Listen in for a celebration of the myth and science behind those Leprechaun encounters in this classic STBYM podcast episode.
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Cry Me a River
Tears are an integral part of the shared human language ...
Tears are an integral part of the shared human language of expression -- even though at one time in history a display of public waterworks was considered "emotional incontinence." Explore the world of lachrymal effluvia with us, won't you?
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Could you outrun a fireball?
It's a Hollywood classic: Our hero leaps in the nick ...
It's a Hollywood classic: Our hero leaps in the nick of time, right before tendrils of flames close in. But could you escape a raging fire in real life?
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The Scent of Cognition
We are enrobed in a world of scent, and as ...
We are enrobed in a world of scent, and as we know it's a heady powerful one -- with the power to make and summon memories. But this power is far more deep-seated in the brain than we previously thought. The ability to smell may even be root our ability to think.
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How much does the soul weigh?
Is it possible to measure the energy lost when the ...
Is it possible to measure the energy lost when the "soul" departs the body? Take a tour of soul-weighing and the quest to make what is immaterial material in this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind.
