Weirdhouse Cinema: Dead Mountaineer's Hotel

In this classic invention-themed episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the origins and physics of skating on ice. (originally published 5/29/2025)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the 1967 Soviet folk horror film "Viy," based on the story by Nikolai Gogol.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Scientists reanimate cells from dead pigs, Michael Kosta hosts another trivia game in Times Square, and actor Amandla Stenberg discusses her horror comedy film "Bodies Bodies Bodies." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit pod ...  Show more

Connor investigates two high school productions of Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific: one that took place in 1990 during his freshman year at Jefferson City High in Missouri, and the other in 1974 at Skyline High in Oakland, California, where a high school senior named Thom H ...  Show more

Connor imagines an alternate timeline with the help of Saturday Night Live alumn Bobby Moynihan, who played a major role in one of Tom Hanks's late-career triumphs: David S. Pumpkins.Watch the Haunted Elevator sketch that gave the world David S. Pumpkins.Episode Transcript---Foll ...  Show more

Author Jason Heller breaks down his the new book "Strange Stars," which traces the weird, fascinating synergy between classic rock and science fiction, with host Brian Hiat Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices