The Seven Deadlies: Sloth

In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss 1989’s “The Soldier and Death,” a short rendition of a classic Slavic folktale for Jim Henson’s The Storyteller. Directed by Henson and written by Anthony Minghella, it features Bob Peck as the titular soldier and John Hur ... Show More

In this episode, Robert and Joe come back to their Stuff to Blow Your Mind series on various mythological concepts of what came before the creation or emergence of our universe. (part 4 of 4)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Most of what happens inside the UFC Octagon is too fast for the human eye to follow. Enter Alon Cohen, Executive Vice President of Innovation for TKO, who has spent 15 years building the data and AI systems that expose the hidden moments that help decide a match. Malcolm Gladwell ... Show More

Sloths only defecate once a week or so, and more sloths die during the process than at any other time. Learn why in this episode of BrainStuff. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

<p>Everyone knows sloths are super slow, but do you know they’re slow because their bodies produce an astoundingly small amount of energy? And did you know that might be an adaptation that protects them from predators? Sloths are awesome and we prove it in this classic episode.</ ... Show More

Why are sloths so slow? We’ll find out how one sloth scientist got crafty and discovered why slowness is a sloth’s secret to survival. Rebecca Cliffe, founder of the Sloth Conservation Foundation, shares the story of her quest to study these sneakily stealthy creatures, with the ... Show More

<p>What exactly it means to be conscious has long been a question of profound debate amongst philosophers, and more recently, scientists. There are no easy answers, and it gets even trickier when you start asking whether animals are conscious: how can you find out about their sub ... Show More

<p>What does the Seven Deadly Sins survey tell us about the people who listen to this podcast? Are we more afflicted by sloth or by lust? And what does Angela mutter under her breath?</p><p> </p><p>Take the Seven Deadly Sins survey: <a href="http://freakonomics.com/nsq-sins/">fre ... Show More

Yes, we’ve come to the seventh of the seven deadly sins. Sloth. Is it sloth as in both, or sloth as in moth? Whichever, sloth lives inside us all. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. 

Are humans the only dreamers on Earth? What goes on in the minds of animals when they sleep? When Animals Dream: The Hidden World of Animal Consciousness (Princeton UP, 2022) brings together behavioral and neuroscientific research on animal sleep with philosophical theories of dr ... Show More

<p>The girlies talk genius. Is it a magical trait only available to a lucky few? Is it a practiced skill that can be honed by anyone? They use two geniuses from history — Temple Grandin and Leonardo DaVinci — as case studies to talk about what makes up the most ingenious among us ... Show More

<p>Pointy heads. Spiked arms. Tragic romance. It’s a whole episode about praying mantises with a real life Mantodeologist, Lohit Garikipati. Do they really eat hummingbirds? Are they endangered? Invasive? Smart? Extraterrestrial? Get your fill of mantid mythology, evolutionary go ... Show More