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Blow Your Mind: Evolution and the Orgasm Wars
by Robert Lamb | October 11, 2011
What would aliens make of the human orgasm? Far more than a mere reproductive incentive, this intense neurological event stimulates human culture itself — yet science still hasn’t figured out exactly what the female orgasm is all about. In this tasteful-but-fun episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Julie and I examine the two warring factions in the debate over female orgasm evolution. We cover a lot of ground, discussing all the various theories as well as a lot of wide-angle contemplation of la petite mort.
So. I’ve been on a bit of a blogging hiatus, I’m sorry, I know, but that was because the preparations for my two-week-across-the-world-mega-trip were approaching the home stretch and in serious crunch mode, making my regular stress levels soar to round the clock fight or flight type freak-out mode, and something had to give. Happily, all those efforts paid off, and the trip was amazing. Apart from the fantastic ruins, fast foreign cars, delicious food, glorious sunsets, sun-soaked beaches and many other captivating sights, I also came away with several interesting travel insights. The first? How to get the first tray of food on an airplane.
Marathon-lovers, here’s one for you: November 30, 2011 will be the running of the seventh annual Antarctica Ice Marathon. Temperature will be balmy -4 F (-20 C) for your 26 mile run. And here’s a cheery note from the organizer’s Web site: “Forget about penguins or crowds cheering you along the route — no penguins [...]
Cute Animal Friday: Alligator Snapping Turtle
by Amanda Arnold | October 7, 2011
You know you’ve got a special turtle on your hands when its name includes the word “alligator.” Of course, if you had one of these “on your hands” your hands would be mashed something awful because this turtle weighs as much as linebacker — about 200 pounds.
Awesome Artistic Rendering of a Cubed Planet Earth
by Robert Lamb | October 6, 2011
The Stuff to Blow Your Mind podcast has some pretty awesome fans, including graphic artist Robert McLaren, who took it on himself to create this amazing interpretation of a cubical planet Earth after listening to our episode on the topic (which you can grab off iTunes, Zune and the RSS feed).
Blow Your Mind: Lucky Pants and the Bystander Effect
by Robert Lamb | October 6, 2011
This week brings you two more episodes of Stuff to Blow Your Mind. What are they about? I’m glad you asked…
The Science of Lucky Pants: Just what do psychologists think about your lucky rabbit’s foot? In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Julie and I break down the science of pre-game rituals and good luck charms. They look at just what luck reveals about the inner workings of the human mind, as well as whether any of it actually does us any good.
The Bystander Effect and You: The next time your car breaks down on the side of the road, count the number of vehicles that pass you by without stopping to help. That’s the bystander effect in action, and it means the random face in the crowd will probably look the other way if you need a helping hand. In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Julie and I discuss just how crowd apathy works and what it says about who we are.
PopStuff Show Notes: Episode 4, PopStuff Goes to the Movies
by Tracy V. Wilson | October 6, 2011
Oh, the lengths to which Holly and I will go to avoid a bad time at the movies. What did we talk about, besides how to avoid all the talking, texting and otherwise bad behavior at the movies? This.
The news about Steve Jobs passing away is taking the Web by storm. That’s only fitting considering Jobs’s impact on technology. Chris and I have recorded two TechStuff episodes about Steve Jobs. We could probably record two dozen and only scratch the surface of what Jobs accomplished.
This post might be kind of weird because it’s mostly going to be written by Charles Dickens. But I just think his description of a gondola ride in his 1846 travelogue “Pictures of Venice” is so haunting and lovely, and it made me really, really want to ride in a gondola.
“Looking out attentively, I saw, through the gloom, a something black and massive — like a shore …
PopStuff Show Notes: Episode 3, The Entitled World of Fandom
by Tracy V. Wilson | October 4, 2011
This episode was the first one Holly and I ever recorded but the third one we published. So, while finally saw “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2,” it wasn’t quite as late as October 2011, which is when the episode was available for download. Podcast time travel: It’s a magical thing.
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PopStuff
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