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Weirdhouse Cinema: Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss 1943's "Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man," starring Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi and Lionel Atwill.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1h 36m

Yesterday

It Lurks in the Mine Shaft, Part 2

In this sinister episode from Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss different folkloric and legendary monsters tied to mine shafts and mining...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

49m 32s

Oct 8

The Monstrefact: The “Minnie the Moocher” Walrus Ghost

In this episode of STBYM’s The Monstrefact, Robert discusses the Walrus Ghost from the spooky 1932 Fleischer Studios Betty Boop animated short "Minnie the Moocher."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

4m 16s

Feb 2015

Episode One

This is Episode One of PsychCrunch, the new podcast from the British Psychological Society's Research Digest. In this episode we speak to researchers in the field of personal attraction to see if their findings can provide real-life tips for people on a romantic date. Our guests, ... Show More

9m 36s

Jan 2022

ليش نتأثر بالأفلام؟

ما تأثير الأفلام علينا؟ سؤال نطرحه ونجيب عليه في هذه الحلقة، ونناقش الأسباب التي تدفعنا لمشاهدة الأفلام والتأثر بها رغم أننا نعلم أنها غير حقيقية. كما نتحدّث عن أنواع هذا التأثير وأشكاله.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

23m 54s

Jun 2022

Revealing the Hidden Brain, with Shankar Vedantam

How much insight do people have into why they behave the way they do? Science journalist Shankar Vedantam, host of the Hidden Brain podcast and author of “Useful Delusions: The Power and Paradox of the Self-Deceiving Brain,” talks about why he is fascinated by the paradoxes of hu ... Show More

40m 38s

Sep 2023

How We Live With Contradictions

Think about the last time you did something you knew was wrong. How did you explain your actions to yourself? All of us tell stories about why we do the things we do. We justify our failures, and come up with plausible explanations for our actions. This week, Elliot Aronson expla ... Show More

53m 53s

May 2023

Selects: How Color Works

Science doesn't have a good explanation for why we sense color, yet it is everywhere and affecting us all the time. But why should minutely different wavelengths of light have such an impact on our moods and motivations? Explore these questions and more with Josh and Chuck in thi ... Show More

41m 39s

Aug 2022

You 2.0: How To See Yourself Clearly

How well do we know ourselves? Maybe the better question to ask is how well can we truly know ourselves? Psychologist Tim Wilson says introspection only gets us so far, and that we often make important decisions in life and love for reasons we don't even realize. But he says ther ... Show More

50m 4s

Apr 2023

Cristina Mejia Visperas, "Skin Theory: Visual Culture and the Postwar Prison Laboratory" (NYU, 2022)

An abolitionist approach to STS and the history of the life sciences: this is the model that Cristina Mejia Visperas offers in her book, Skin Theory: Visual Culture and the Postwar Prison Laboratory (NYU 2022). By now, scientists’ experiments on captive men at Philadelphia’s Holm ... Show More

57m 32s

Jan 2023

Persuasion: Part 2

Think back to the last time someone convinced you to do something you didn't want to do, or to spend money you didn't want to spend. What techniques did that person use to persuade you? This week, we continue our look at the science of influence with psychologist Robert Cialdini, ... Show More

50m 21s

Feb 2017

The Spotlight Effect

Episode 237 - What you focus on expands. The reason for this is something in your brain called the spotlight effect. Listen in to this episode to learn how to "hack" your brain's spotlight effect.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

6m 58s

From the Vault: The Kuleshov Effect, Par...