The Monstrefact: The Flight of Dragons

In this classic episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and guest David Striepe of the Talkin' Tofu podcast discuss 1987’s “The Gate.” Prepare yourself for sleepovers, tiny demons and gateways to Hell. (originally published Oct. 28, 2022)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informat ...  Show more

In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the old maritime superstition that bananas on a ship are bad luck – and just what sorts of factors might actually have influenced that notion.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Can dragons be traced back to dinosaurs? Will Simon ever watch the Hobbit movie? In this episode of Decoding the Unknown, you'll find out the answers to these thrilling questions! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

In this episode, Richard Dawkins revisits a 2012 conversation from the Great Minds program, produced by the Educational Broadcasting System in South Korea. Drawing on themes from his book Flights of Fancy, Dawkins explores humanity’s ancient dream of flight, the physics that gove ...  Show more

Alex Schmidt, Katie Goldin, and Jason Pargin explore why dragons are secretly incredibly fascinating.

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Take dinosaur bones, snake poison, volcanic lava, fear of the unknown. Mix it all together and you have a dragon!

Today we're finding out about the ancient origins of dragons and why there used to be a much wider variety of dragon types than we see today. Our guide i ...