1 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:06,560 Speaker 1: Welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind, a production of iHeartRadio. 2 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:12,800 Speaker 2: Hey you welcome to Stuff to Blow your Mind Listener mail. 3 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:14,240 Speaker 2: My name's Robert Lamb. 4 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:17,160 Speaker 3: And I am Joe McCormick. And it's Monday, the day 5 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:19,400 Speaker 3: of each week that we read back messages from the 6 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:22,479 Speaker 3: Stuff to Blow Your Mind email address. If you have 7 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 3: never gotten in touch with us before, maybe you should 8 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:27,520 Speaker 3: give it a try. You can reach us at contact 9 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:30,840 Speaker 3: at stuff to Blow your Mind dot com. Whatever you 10 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:32,760 Speaker 3: want to send us fair game. But we of course 11 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:37,040 Speaker 3: always appreciate feedback to recent episodes, especially if you have 12 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:40,040 Speaker 3: something interesting you'd like to add to a topic we've 13 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 3: talked about. Let's see, Rob if you don't mind, I'm 14 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:46,159 Speaker 3: going to kick things off with this message from Hannah 15 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 3: in response to our series on Strange Ice. Yeah, let's 16 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:58,320 Speaker 3: have it, Hannah says, Hi, guys, I've been listening for years. 17 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:02,120 Speaker 3: I love your podcast stimulating conversations with people in my 18 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:05,760 Speaker 3: daily life that are inspired by your episodes regarding the 19 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:09,760 Speaker 3: Strange Ice. Have you guys covered super cool liquid water? 20 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:13,440 Speaker 3: Once my father took a water bottle from our home freezer. 21 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 3: It was in liquid form inside the bottle as he 22 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:20,119 Speaker 3: opened it. And tilted it downward to poor We both 23 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 3: watched as the water began freezing from the mouth of 24 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:26,320 Speaker 3: the bottle all the way to the end of the bottle. 25 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:28,840 Speaker 3: It's been many years since this happened, and I know 26 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:32,000 Speaker 3: the phenomenon exists, but I'm starting to doubt that I 27 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:34,279 Speaker 3: saw it in real life as opposed to a dream 28 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:36,960 Speaker 3: or something. Do you know anything about this and is 29 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 3: it something that can happen in a conventional domestic freezer? Again, 30 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:43,600 Speaker 3: love your podcast, Keep up the good work, Robert, Joe 31 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:49,000 Speaker 3: and team. Sincerely, Hannah. Yes, Hannah, Yes, you are right. 32 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:52,360 Speaker 3: This is an example of what is called super cooling. 33 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 3: It happens when water gets below the freezing point, below 34 00:01:56,440 --> 00:01:59,600 Speaker 3: the temperature where it would normally freeze, while somehow still 35 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 3: remain a liquid, and in this super cooled state, it 36 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:07,560 Speaker 3: can freeze very rapidly all of a sudden, and it's 37 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:10,480 Speaker 3: not even especially rare from what I can tell. You 38 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 3: can look up tons of videos of this online. Often 39 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:17,919 Speaker 3: it seems to be happening with water inside smooth plastic 40 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 3: bottles or water or just bottled water. You pre bottled 41 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 3: water that's sold in stores when it is stored in 42 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:30,360 Speaker 3: the freezer or maybe outside in sub zero temperatures. And yeah, 43 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 3: it seems that it can happen in a normal domestic freezer. 44 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:36,919 Speaker 3: And that's because from everything I've read, it doesn't really 45 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:40,840 Speaker 3: actually depend very much on the environment outside the container 46 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:44,240 Speaker 3: of water, apart from it being below the freezing temperature. 47 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:48,120 Speaker 3: It is more related to what's inside the container. It's 48 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 3: related to the makeup of the water and the container 49 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:55,600 Speaker 3: in which it is stored. So the common explanation is 50 00:02:55,639 --> 00:03:00,639 Speaker 3: that ice crystals need what are called nucleation points. So 51 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:05,280 Speaker 3: that's a place where where crystals of ice can begin 52 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:09,240 Speaker 3: to form within the mass of liquid water. And usually 53 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 3: this is some kind of impurity in the water, maybe 54 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 3: some kind of particle suspended within it or something dissolved 55 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:19,520 Speaker 3: in it, or it can be a rough place in 56 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:22,240 Speaker 3: the wall of the container in which the water is stored. 57 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 3: But in a smooth container with very pure water, sometimes 58 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:30,600 Speaker 3: there isn't any nucleation point that would allow ice crystals 59 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:33,280 Speaker 3: to begin to form, and the water goes sub zero 60 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 3: while remaining a liquid. This comes to an end when 61 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:40,240 Speaker 3: the liquid is disturbed or agitated in some ways. So 62 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:43,640 Speaker 3: if you bonk the bottle against something, or you shake it, 63 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:45,960 Speaker 3: or you tip it over to pour it. In all 64 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:50,160 Speaker 3: these cases, suddenly some kind of nucleation point is found 65 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 3: and then the water freezes all at once. And really 66 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 3: interesting thing I've noticed is that in all the videos 67 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:00,640 Speaker 3: I've seen of this, the ice forms from the top 68 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:03,720 Speaker 3: down rather than from the bottom up, so it forms 69 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:07,320 Speaker 3: away from the Earth center of gravity, moving toward the 70 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:10,520 Speaker 3: Earth center of gravity. I don't know exactly why that is, 71 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:14,840 Speaker 3: but that seems curious. Another interesting fact is that a 72 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:18,159 Speaker 3: similar thing can happen in the opposite direction as well, 73 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:21,839 Speaker 3: with the creation of super heated water, and this is 74 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:25,919 Speaker 3: one reason it can be hazardous to microwave plane water 75 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:30,599 Speaker 3: without anything in it. Sometimes water in the microwave can 76 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:34,880 Speaker 3: exceed the normal boiling point of water while still remaining 77 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:39,239 Speaker 3: a liquid if there is no nucleation point allowing steam 78 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 3: bubbles to begin to form. So in the case of 79 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:45,520 Speaker 3: like a microwaved mug or bowl of water, this can 80 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 3: mean the water gets above one hundred degree celsius or 81 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:52,280 Speaker 3: two twelve fahrenheit, and then you know, it just stays 82 00:04:52,279 --> 00:04:55,839 Speaker 3: a liquid, sort of still liquid without bubbles in this 83 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 3: superheated state. And then when you put something in it 84 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 3: like you stick a spoon or a tea bag in it, 85 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 3: or you add some ingredient to it. Suddenly it has 86 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:07,839 Speaker 3: nucleation points where it didn't have them before, and it 87 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:12,560 Speaker 3: sort of explodes, sending a splash of boiling water all 88 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 3: over the place, and of course can burn people. In 89 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 3: both cases. Superheating and super cooling seem to be more 90 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:23,400 Speaker 3: likely with very pure water, so I've read that the 91 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:28,240 Speaker 3: microwave thing is more likely to happen. It's more dangerous 92 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:32,000 Speaker 3: if you are using distilled water. Most of the time, 93 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:35,960 Speaker 3: tapwater has enough impurities that bubbles will form, but it's 94 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:39,280 Speaker 3: still better to exercise caution when microwaving water, even if 95 00:05:39,279 --> 00:05:40,120 Speaker 3: it is tapwater. 96 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:42,560 Speaker 2: All right, This next one comes to us from Jeff 97 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:51,440 Speaker 2: with one f Jeff Rights, greeting Science Humans. I believe 98 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:55,920 Speaker 2: Imma Frost's diamond powers. This is a character in the 99 00:05:56,520 --> 00:06:00,560 Speaker 2: X Men comics are supposed to make her essentially in vulnerable, 100 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:02,920 Speaker 2: but based on your diamond episodes, it seems as though 101 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:05,800 Speaker 2: her archinemy should be thor or at least anyone else 102 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:08,000 Speaker 2: with access to hammer technology. 103 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 3: Very good, referring to the fact that you usually cannot 104 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:14,920 Speaker 3: dent or scratch a diamond but you can shatter one 105 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:16,159 Speaker 3: with a hammer. 106 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:19,279 Speaker 2: Right, And I believe that in that episode, I kind 107 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:20,800 Speaker 2: of just put the call out of there any other 108 00:06:20,839 --> 00:06:23,599 Speaker 2: diamond related comic book things we should know about to 109 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:26,120 Speaker 2: write in, And so that's what Jeff gets to. Just 110 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:29,120 Speaker 2: as in the DC Comics universe, there's a character named Jeanette, 111 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:33,240 Speaker 2: a proper mythological banshee who kills one of her tormentors 112 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:36,479 Speaker 2: by repeatedly mixing not diamonds but ground glass into her 113 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 2: daily meals. It did take years for the victim to 114 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:41,839 Speaker 2: die in prolonged agony of what was thought to be 115 00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 2: an undiagnosable disease, which is more plausible than death by 116 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:49,360 Speaker 2: a single hit of crushed diamond. I had to look 117 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:52,520 Speaker 2: this character up, and it looks like that at some 118 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:56,800 Speaker 2: point in the telling and creation of this character. She 119 00:06:56,920 --> 00:07:02,200 Speaker 2: also ties into the household of Count Elizabeth Bathory. So 120 00:07:03,320 --> 00:07:05,680 Speaker 2: it sounds like the creators had a lot of fun 121 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:07,080 Speaker 2: putting this character together. 122 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 3: Yikes, And yeah, that does seem more plausible, I'd agree. 123 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:16,000 Speaker 3: Whatever the poisonous properties or lack thereof of a you know, 124 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:19,080 Speaker 3: single small amount of powdered diamond, I'd imagine if you 125 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:21,520 Speaker 3: just keep feeding it to people over and over for 126 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:23,760 Speaker 3: a long time. It's got to do something not great. 127 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:27,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, Jeff continues on a completely different note, allow me 128 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:32,440 Speaker 2: a moment to proselytize the tuna crab. They are a 129 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:36,680 Speaker 2: most adorable, colorful and slightly nightmarriagh species, and I believe 130 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 2: worthy of your attention. And at that point, I believe 131 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:45,080 Speaker 2: the author Jeff here included a bunch of links and Joe, 132 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 2: you dragged in some images of these creatures. 133 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:52,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, they looks kind of like cooked crayfish. They have 134 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:56,760 Speaker 3: crawd because you know with crawdads often they have a 135 00:07:56,800 --> 00:07:59,120 Speaker 3: more kind of well, they can have different colors, but 136 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:01,120 Speaker 3: might have more like a bread appearance on the shell 137 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:03,920 Speaker 3: before cooking. After you cook them, the shell turns bright red. 138 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:08,679 Speaker 3: These in life appear bright red. And they are also 139 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 3: kind of shaped like crayfish. And that they've got these 140 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:16,720 Speaker 3: curling tails with fins on them and claws in the front, 141 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:19,040 Speaker 3: so they're shaped kind of like crayfish, but they have 142 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:21,160 Speaker 3: these elongated front pincers. 143 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:24,680 Speaker 2: Jeff continues. They spend most of their lives swimming in 144 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:27,720 Speaker 2: the open ocean, migrating from the deep to the surface 145 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:30,440 Speaker 2: at will. While they are very different creatures, they look 146 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:33,280 Speaker 2: a bit like squid while swimming, traveling in a jerky, 147 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 2: non fish like motion, with the hydrodynamic portion of the 148 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:40,680 Speaker 2: animal in the front in the limbs dangling behind, and 149 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:43,720 Speaker 2: then as an aside, snorkeling near squid can be quite 150 00:08:43,760 --> 00:08:48,480 Speaker 2: disorienting after you've acclimatized or climated to normal fish behavior, 151 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:50,880 Speaker 2: when you see a squadron of them in the distance, 152 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:53,800 Speaker 2: they look like a bunch of deformed mutant fish with 153 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:56,440 Speaker 2: all the body parts in the wrong place, which may 154 00:08:56,679 --> 00:09:00,200 Speaker 2: be an enormous jaw or possibly shredded body on the 155 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:02,760 Speaker 2: back of the animal. I have to throw in that 156 00:09:03,040 --> 00:09:07,280 Speaker 2: I've only seen maybe one or two squid out while snorkeling, 157 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:12,080 Speaker 2: but and they're isolated, but are It's a really cool 158 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:14,760 Speaker 2: experience because they are so strange, especially if you have 159 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:18,320 Speaker 2: been looking at fish all day. Jeff continues. Tunicrabs are 160 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:21,400 Speaker 2: not actual crabs, but squat lobsters, which are also not 161 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:24,560 Speaker 2: actual lobsters. They are more closely related to hermit crabs. 162 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:29,120 Speaker 2: They are also related to the langstino red lobster that 163 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:31,560 Speaker 2: got in trouble for passing off as a real lobster. 164 00:09:32,640 --> 00:09:35,720 Speaker 2: The tunicrabs been their early life floating around as plankton. 165 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:38,840 Speaker 2: Some crustaceans have an insane life cycle with around fifteen 166 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:43,560 Speaker 2: distinct larval stages, putting Pokemon evolutions to shame. Scientists have 167 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:46,240 Speaker 2: a lot of trouble distinguishing between different species and simply 168 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:49,440 Speaker 2: different forms of the same creature. One major complication of 169 00:09:49,480 --> 00:09:55,720 Speaker 2: domesticating marine species for aquaculture is these microscopic stages of life, 170 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:59,360 Speaker 2: which would be inadvertently removed from any aquarium with a 171 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:03,280 Speaker 2: normal filter system. Imagine the difficulty of raising cows or 172 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:06,200 Speaker 2: pigs that have millions of offspring at once, all of 173 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:08,000 Speaker 2: whom are in great danger of being sucked into the 174 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:12,319 Speaker 2: ventilation system. Thanks for tolerating my meandering spam, and more importantly, 175 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:15,280 Speaker 2: thanks for presenting us all with so many varied and 176 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:16,800 Speaker 2: interesting topics to ponder. 177 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:19,800 Speaker 3: Jeff, Oh, thank you, Jeff, great email. You know, I 178 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:22,360 Speaker 3: don't think I knew that red lobster ever got in 179 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:26,400 Speaker 3: trouble for trying to sell langestines as real lobster, especially 180 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:29,520 Speaker 3: because I thought langestines were, like are a delicacy. I've 181 00:10:29,520 --> 00:10:32,680 Speaker 3: had them before, and I thought they were considered good. 182 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:34,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I guess. You know, people want to 183 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:36,520 Speaker 2: know what they're buying, but they're supposed to be in 184 00:10:36,559 --> 00:10:39,839 Speaker 2: the tank right with the rubber bands, so it should 185 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:42,120 Speaker 2: be a situation where you're maybe there were I have 186 00:10:42,160 --> 00:10:44,640 Speaker 2: no idea about the details of the story, like were 187 00:10:44,679 --> 00:10:48,360 Speaker 2: the langostino's in the tank with rubber bands on? Because 188 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:49,920 Speaker 2: if that's the case, it's like, as long as you 189 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:52,720 Speaker 2: get the one you point out, then what's the problem. 190 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:57,720 Speaker 3: Well, I do think they're typically smaller than lobsters, but 191 00:10:57,800 --> 00:11:00,640 Speaker 3: they're good. I remember the langustines I have. It seemed 192 00:11:00,679 --> 00:11:03,000 Speaker 3: like the sort of a cross between like lobster and 193 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:04,280 Speaker 3: shrimp somewhere in the middle. 194 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:10,319 Speaker 2: There the mention of the complex life cycles. This reminds 195 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:13,559 Speaker 2: me on the series Futurama, we of course have doctor 196 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:18,240 Speaker 2: John A. Zoidberg who is a decapodian, so he has 197 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:24,600 Speaker 2: this crustacean squid like alien species, and there's one episode 198 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:27,959 Speaker 2: in particular where they outline the life cycle of a 199 00:11:28,040 --> 00:11:31,520 Speaker 2: decapodian and it has like all of these crazy life cycles, 200 00:11:31,559 --> 00:11:33,760 Speaker 2: the stages of the life cycle that are based on 201 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:36,000 Speaker 2: what we actually see in the natural world, and it 202 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:37,199 Speaker 2: was quite clever. 203 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:48,400 Speaker 3: Nice all right, This next message touches on a variety 204 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:52,840 Speaker 3: of topics, including some stuff about diamonds and some stuff 205 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:56,360 Speaker 3: about weird house cinema. This is from Jeremy. Jeremy says, Hello, 206 00:11:56,440 --> 00:11:59,160 Speaker 3: Robert and Joe. In your recent Nature of the Diamond 207 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:02,840 Speaker 3: Part four episode, the subject of body implants came up, 208 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 3: in particular forehead implants. I was surprised that the epic 209 00:12:06,679 --> 00:12:10,800 Speaker 3: webcomic Kill six Billion Demons wasn't mentioned here, as many 210 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:14,480 Speaker 3: of the characters, including the main protagonist, have embedded forehead 211 00:12:14,520 --> 00:12:17,760 Speaker 3: gems as a source of power. I'm sure you've recommended 212 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:20,880 Speaker 3: Kill six Billion Demons on one of your reading list episodes. 213 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:22,839 Speaker 3: This is funny because I feel like this just came 214 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:25,640 Speaker 3: up recently that like somebody else was saying we had 215 00:12:25,679 --> 00:12:28,559 Speaker 3: recommended this, but I don't. I'm not familiar with it. 216 00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:32,320 Speaker 2: I think I think I recommended it oh so ago, 217 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:34,760 Speaker 2: But I okay, I'd forgotten a lot of the details 218 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:38,600 Speaker 2: about it. I haven't read it since then. It's tremendously enjoyable, 219 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:41,840 Speaker 2: beautiful art, but I had just honestly forgotten that they 220 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:44,480 Speaker 2: had forehead diamonds or gems or what have you. 221 00:12:45,120 --> 00:12:48,440 Speaker 3: Shame on you, I know, I know, I love the 222 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:52,679 Speaker 3: failed to mention emails. But don't worry, Jeremy, it's fine, 223 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:57,880 Speaker 3: it's fine, Jeremy goes on. In your recent The Magic 224 00:12:57,960 --> 00:13:01,520 Speaker 3: Sword Weird House episode, concern was expressed that there would 225 00:13:01,559 --> 00:13:05,959 Speaker 3: be insufficient handy princesses available to keep the dragon healthy 226 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:08,839 Speaker 3: with a regular food supply. Oh yeah, this is because 227 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:11,920 Speaker 3: you got the impression once you got to Basil Rathbone's 228 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:15,160 Speaker 3: castle that he's just like churning through princesses about once 229 00:13:15,280 --> 00:13:17,839 Speaker 3: or twice a week. He's got new princesses coming in 230 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:21,040 Speaker 3: all the time. The dragon obviously, you know, takes a 231 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:23,960 Speaker 3: lot of calories to feed a dragon. They'll only eat princesses, 232 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:26,320 Speaker 3: I guess. And so that really has to add up 233 00:13:26,360 --> 00:13:30,120 Speaker 3: how many princesses are there? Well, Jeremy says, I suspect 234 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:33,480 Speaker 3: that you underestimate the number of quote kings and hence 235 00:13:33,559 --> 00:13:36,520 Speaker 3: castles there used to be in Europe, as the number 236 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:40,280 Speaker 3: of castles runs into the tens of thousands. For example, 237 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:45,840 Speaker 3: there are estimates of Germany twenty five thousand, France ten thousand, 238 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:51,480 Speaker 3: Spain six thousand, UK fifteen hundred, which includes Wales which 239 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:54,199 Speaker 3: has six hundred, making it the country with the most 240 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:56,400 Speaker 3: castles per square mile in the world. 241 00:13:57,040 --> 00:13:57,640 Speaker 2: Oh wow. 242 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:00,840 Speaker 3: I don't know where Jeremy is going to these numbers from, 243 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:03,000 Speaker 3: but if that's true, that is that's a lot of 244 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:05,080 Speaker 3: kings and I guess maybe a lot of princesses. 245 00:14:05,840 --> 00:14:09,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, if it's any indication, then maybe it was a 246 00:14:09,440 --> 00:14:11,000 Speaker 2: good racket for an evil wizard to have. 247 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:14,840 Speaker 3: Finally, Jeremy says, you often mentioned checking your podcast feed 248 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:18,199 Speaker 3: on Apple devices, and I've experienced this. I switched to 249 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:20,400 Speaker 3: the UK feed when it was released and it worked 250 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:23,800 Speaker 3: perfectly until the fifth of January when it stopped and 251 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:26,720 Speaker 3: I can't get it to reactivate. Thankfully, I was able 252 00:14:26,720 --> 00:14:30,040 Speaker 3: to switch back to the original global version, which still works. 253 00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:33,440 Speaker 3: Best regards Jeremy. Okay, Rob, is this a good point 254 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:37,760 Speaker 3: to do another explainer on this? Just briefly, We are 255 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:40,760 Speaker 3: very sorry for the inconvenience listeners. We love you, we 256 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:43,400 Speaker 3: appreciate the fact that you listen, and we're very sorry 257 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:46,560 Speaker 3: for the run around on this. But this was just 258 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:49,400 Speaker 3: a result of stuff. We were told by corporate that 259 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:52,320 Speaker 3: we were going to have to move UK listeners to 260 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:56,680 Speaker 3: a separate feed, and then that requirement went away. So 261 00:14:56,760 --> 00:14:59,280 Speaker 3: if any UK listeners are still on that other feed, 262 00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:00,600 Speaker 3: you can come back to this one. 263 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:04,000 Speaker 2: It's okay now, right, And yeah, the UK feed is 264 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:08,080 Speaker 2: I think at this point completely gone. If the emails 265 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:11,640 Speaker 2: that I've read are accurate. So this is the only feed. 266 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:13,720 Speaker 2: If there's another feed that says it stuff to blow 267 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:16,000 Speaker 2: your mind, that's not it. There can be only one 268 00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:17,240 Speaker 2: that's right. 269 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:21,000 Speaker 3: We're extremely sorry for the inconvenience and confusion. It's out 270 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:22,160 Speaker 3: of our hands, but. 271 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:23,960 Speaker 2: You did the right thing by writing in and asking 272 00:15:23,960 --> 00:15:26,840 Speaker 2: about it. Any kind of questions that come up about 273 00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:30,280 Speaker 2: the podcast feed, be at the Apple feed or the 274 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:32,600 Speaker 2: iHeart main feed or any of the other feeds where 275 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:35,120 Speaker 2: you get the podcast, do bring it to our attention, 276 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:38,320 Speaker 2: because sometimes it's something that's out of our hands. Sometimes 277 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:40,880 Speaker 2: it's something that has to do with the platform. Sometimes 278 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:42,640 Speaker 2: it's something that has to do with publication of the 279 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:47,520 Speaker 2: podcast episode and alerting it to us. Very possibly there's 280 00:15:47,560 --> 00:15:50,120 Speaker 2: something we can do to help, so we appreciate it. 281 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:53,640 Speaker 2: We're not always able to observe the podcast in the wild, 282 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:56,560 Speaker 2: at least not as quickly as you listeners. 283 00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:58,960 Speaker 3: Do, right. We don't always know what you're seeing in 284 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:07,920 Speaker 3: the place and way you get the podcast. Yeah, all right, 285 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:10,840 Speaker 3: let's do a message or two about weird house cinema. 286 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:14,400 Speaker 3: This one comes from Maria Angela, who says, Hi, I 287 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:17,600 Speaker 3: am a faithful Italian listener and I love your podcast. 288 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:22,320 Speaker 3: I stumbled upon an old Hugh Grant movie, namely The 289 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:25,240 Speaker 3: Layer of the White Worm. I watched the trailer and 290 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:29,080 Speaker 3: I immediately thought of you. It seems quite ludicrous and hilarious, 291 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:33,560 Speaker 3: maybe not intentionally. I immensely enjoy your work, Maria Angela 292 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:37,840 Speaker 3: in Italy. Well, Maria Angela, thank you for bringing this 293 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:40,680 Speaker 3: to our attention. No, I am quite familiar with Layer 294 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:42,880 Speaker 3: of the White Worm, and I am quite certain it 295 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:47,760 Speaker 3: is intentional in its hilarity. That's a favorite of Rachel 296 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:51,080 Speaker 3: and I have watched that one many times. It's it's 297 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:54,080 Speaker 3: so I don't even know how to describe it. It's 298 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:54,480 Speaker 3: a hoot. 299 00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:57,600 Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean, it's a great director and Ken Russell 300 00:16:58,480 --> 00:17:01,760 Speaker 2: based on brom Stoker Stokers work, and then you got 301 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:03,400 Speaker 2: a great cast, not only Hugh Grant, but you've got 302 00:17:03,400 --> 00:17:09,240 Speaker 2: Peter Capaldi, You've got Katherine Oxenberg, Sammy Davis, a great cast. 303 00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 3: I mean, I wonder if it's scandalous in a way 304 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:13,760 Speaker 3: that we're not brave enough to do on Weird House. 305 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:18,159 Speaker 3: But it is great and there is a there was 306 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:20,919 Speaker 3: so many like great, just giffable moments and it I 307 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:24,200 Speaker 3: think of one where Amanda Donaho just like vomits acid 308 00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:25,240 Speaker 3: on a crucifix. 309 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:29,879 Speaker 2: Yeah, oh, yes, that's right, because she she plays the 310 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:35,480 Speaker 2: good can you remember Snake Woman, Vampire Lady Goddess. 311 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:39,240 Speaker 3: She's like a serpent sorceress. Yeah. 312 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:41,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, And it would be great to do a kN 313 00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:44,040 Speaker 2: Russell film at some point or another in Weird House, 314 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:46,400 Speaker 2: but he's one of those directors where I'm not sure 315 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:49,640 Speaker 2: exactly which one would be the right Kim Russell film 316 00:17:49,680 --> 00:17:52,560 Speaker 2: for us to discuss. Yeah, all right, this next one 317 00:17:52,560 --> 00:17:59,960 Speaker 2: comes to us from Chris. Chris says Joe and Robert. 318 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:03,719 Speaker 2: Listener Roberta mentioned her viewing of the Magic Sword at 319 00:18:03,760 --> 00:18:06,960 Speaker 2: a drive in as a young child. This incidentally was 320 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:10,160 Speaker 2: the listener mail that reminded us that, hey, we should 321 00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:11,960 Speaker 2: just go ahead and do the Magic Sword for Weird House, 322 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:15,240 Speaker 2: and so we did, so, thank you, Roberta. Yeah, so 323 00:18:15,359 --> 00:18:17,919 Speaker 2: Chris continues, She referred to a comment one of you 324 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:20,240 Speaker 2: made about attack of the puppet people, maybe wanting to 325 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:23,440 Speaker 2: hear from listeners who saw the movies during their original release. 326 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:26,400 Speaker 2: This prompted me to peruse the list of previous Weird 327 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:29,600 Speaker 2: House Cinema episodes. I noticed that I had watched a 328 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:32,679 Speaker 2: number of the films Gorgo, Doctor X, The Thing from 329 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:35,720 Speaker 2: Another World, and others. You two may have opened a 330 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:39,080 Speaker 2: bucket of blood oops, I mean can of worms. It 331 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:42,119 Speaker 2: would be an interesting project to have listeners write in 332 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:44,320 Speaker 2: about first seeing the movies, but you might want to 333 00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:47,520 Speaker 2: widen your criteria. I can remember the theater and or 334 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:50,320 Speaker 2: other circumstances when I first saw some of them, but 335 00:18:50,359 --> 00:18:52,720 Speaker 2: not the actual date, since I might have seen them 336 00:18:52,760 --> 00:18:55,880 Speaker 2: as a second or third run. Movies were routinely part 337 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:58,439 Speaker 2: of second or later runs, including drive ins when I 338 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:02,960 Speaker 2: was growing up. I think such later distributions often produced 339 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:07,160 Speaker 2: pairings of double features different from their original ones. Some 340 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:09,840 Speaker 2: of us with a good number of birthdays might have 341 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:13,520 Speaker 2: seen older films primarily on television as part of local stations, 342 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:18,399 Speaker 2: late night chiller theater, etc. Fair rather than in a theater. 343 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:21,760 Speaker 3: Chris Well, this is a great point, Chris. So when 344 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:25,280 Speaker 3: it comes to listener mail for Weird House Cinema, Yeah, 345 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:27,520 Speaker 3: I don't want to limit anybody to writing in only 346 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:30,119 Speaker 3: about seeing a movie on the original run in the theater, 347 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:33,880 Speaker 3: if you saw something on what was it called Thriller 348 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:37,640 Speaker 3: with Boris Carloff or maybe I'm getting that name wrong, 349 00:19:37,680 --> 00:19:40,480 Speaker 3: any of these shows that had like late night horror 350 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:42,960 Speaker 3: host shows on TV when you were a kid, or 351 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:45,680 Speaker 3: if it was a second run or whatever, that's fine too. 352 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:47,960 Speaker 3: We just want to hear your great stories about seeing 353 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:48,439 Speaker 3: these movies. 354 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:50,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, I want to hear about you discovering movies in 355 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:52,480 Speaker 2: the theater. I want to hear about you going to 356 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:56,000 Speaker 2: video rental stores. I want to hear about you discovering 357 00:19:56,040 --> 00:20:02,400 Speaker 2: them in the depths of Amazon Prime, which, as I've 358 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:04,200 Speaker 2: mentioned before, for a good minute, there had a whole 359 00:20:04,240 --> 00:20:07,000 Speaker 2: lot of like weird stuff just in the back catalog, 360 00:20:07,119 --> 00:20:09,480 Speaker 2: and I think it's still there, but you have to 361 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:15,040 Speaker 2: find the right channels to subscribe to be it like 362 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:18,320 Speaker 2: like a full Moon you know, subscribe to the full 363 00:20:18,359 --> 00:20:21,240 Speaker 2: Moon channel, or even like the MGM Plus channel. I've 364 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:24,320 Speaker 2: noticed I had to dip into a subscription there to 365 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:28,359 Speaker 2: watch something, and like, there's a whole bunch of fabulous 366 00:20:28,359 --> 00:20:31,240 Speaker 2: looking garbage in there that I'm gonna have to sift 367 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:33,760 Speaker 2: through at some point or another. So, yeah, all of 368 00:20:33,760 --> 00:20:36,320 Speaker 2: these stories of cinematic discovery or fair game. 369 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:39,560 Speaker 3: I also want to hear your plot summaries of movies 370 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:42,760 Speaker 3: that you haven't seen since you were like five years old, 371 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:47,800 Speaker 3: with no refreshing Sure, sure, how do you remember it? 372 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:50,280 Speaker 3: What do you think the magic Sword was about? 373 00:20:52,119 --> 00:20:53,840 Speaker 2: All right, then we're gonna go ahead and close out 374 00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:55,960 Speaker 2: this episode, but we'd love to hear from you again. 375 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:58,440 Speaker 2: Stuff to Blow Your Mind primarily a science podcast, core 376 00:20:58,440 --> 00:21:01,480 Speaker 2: episodes on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and on Mondays we do 377 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:03,520 Speaker 2: a little listener mail. 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