1 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:05,360 Speaker 1: Welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind, production of My 2 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:10,840 Speaker 1: Heart Radio. Hey, welcome to Stuff to Blow your Mind. 3 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:14,360 Speaker 1: Listener mail. This is Robert Lamb and I'm Joe McCormick, 4 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:16,159 Speaker 1: and it's Monday, the day of the week that we 5 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:18,319 Speaker 1: read back some of the messages you've sent into the 6 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: show recently. Uh, let's see, Rob, if you have no objection, 7 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:24,560 Speaker 1: I think I'm going to jump right in with some 8 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:27,520 Speaker 1: responses to our Beast War and Apron episodes. These were 9 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:30,200 Speaker 1: about non human animals doing various things that you might 10 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:38,480 Speaker 1: call cooking. Let's do it, okay, So we've we've gotten 11 00:00:38,479 --> 00:00:42,920 Speaker 1: so many responses to those studies about apes and apes 12 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:46,519 Speaker 1: eating raw potatoes and uh and then people writing in 13 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 1: to say, sometimes I eat raw potatoes, or one time 14 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:50,360 Speaker 1: when I was a kid at church that made me 15 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:54,040 Speaker 1: the whole raw potato or something. Uh So, so Chad 16 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:58,520 Speaker 1: continues the tradition. Chad says, about twenty years ago, I 17 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 1: worked in h I worked in food service and took 18 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:04,399 Speaker 1: a serve safe class. I still remember the horror stories 19 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:07,759 Speaker 1: of what can happen if cooked potatoes are not cooled properly, 20 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:11,240 Speaker 1: which can lead to botuli is um. I was unfamiliar 21 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:13,920 Speaker 1: with the effects of raw potatoes, but a Google search 22 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 1: indicates they can cause gastro intestinal issues. I'd say, cook 23 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 1: your potatoes and promptly cool any you won't eat right away. 24 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:23,640 Speaker 1: And on this part of the message, I wanted to 25 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 1: respond by saying, yeah, chat, I was looking into this, 26 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 1: and what I was reading about the danger of baked 27 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:33,040 Speaker 1: potatoes that haven't been cooled properly was specifically with reference 28 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 1: to those that had been wrapped tightly in aluminum foil, 29 00:01:37,959 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 1: potentially creating an anaerobic environment that is favorable to bauchuli 30 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:46,200 Speaker 1: is um. So, for example, I found a study in 31 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 1: the Journal of Infectious Diseases. This was or I guess 32 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 1: this was a case report called a large outbreak of 33 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 1: bacul is um the hazardous baked potato by Angulo at All. 34 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 1: So this is tracing an outbreak of baculi is um 35 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:04,360 Speaker 1: happened in April nineteen in El Paso, Texas that was 36 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:08,399 Speaker 1: traced back to a restaurant, and specifically the people who 37 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 1: were affected primarily were those who ate a potato based 38 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:15,400 Speaker 1: dip or an eggplant based dip. I guess they'd be 39 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 1: baba ganochol probably and the author's right quote. Botulism toxin 40 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:23,560 Speaker 1: type A was detected from patients, and in both dips, 41 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:29,399 Speaker 1: toxin formation resulted from holding aluminum foil wrapped baked potatoes 42 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 1: at room temperature, apparently for several days before they were 43 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:36,680 Speaker 1: used in the dips. Consumers should be informed of the 44 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:40,799 Speaker 1: potential hazards caused by holding foil wrapped potatoes at ambient 45 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 1: temperatures after cooking. Uh so, yeah, so I guess they 46 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:46,920 Speaker 1: baked the potato, but it was tightly wrapped in foil, 47 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 1: and then they just left it out and uh, didn't 48 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:52,960 Speaker 1: didn't cool it, and and somehow that created an anaerobic 49 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 1: environment where the baculinum could thrive or the spores, I guess. 50 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:59,240 Speaker 1: And uh and yeah, that that's no good. So you 51 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:03,000 Speaker 1: don't want to do that. Now. I was talking about 52 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:07,239 Speaker 1: this with with my mother. Uh And as it turns out, 53 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:10,720 Speaker 1: I didn't remember this or I'd never noticed this, but 54 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 1: her whole life, whilst preparing to potatoes, she always eats 55 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:20,360 Speaker 1: the ends of the potato raw when slicing up the potatoes. Huh. Yeah, 56 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:22,640 Speaker 1: she just says that that's what I do like to 57 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 1: do it, just likes them. Okay, Yeah, cool. But then 58 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:29,240 Speaker 1: one last note, Rob, you you mentioned in a previous 59 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:32,480 Speaker 1: episode that you were terrified by your your mandolin or 60 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:34,839 Speaker 1: I don't know about terrified. Maybe I'm misrepresenting, but you 61 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 1: you express concerns about the slicing off of your fingertips, 62 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 1: and Chad comes with a recommendation. He says, as for 63 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:44,880 Speaker 1: the mandolin, I recommend cut resistant gloves, so they make 64 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 1: it kind of I don't know if it's a chain 65 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 1: male sort of thing for your hand, but you can 66 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 1: just slice away on the mandolin. It's not going through 67 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 1: those gloves. You know. I just purchased a pair of 68 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 1: these for my mother, but I didn't even think about 69 00:03:57,040 --> 00:03:58,400 Speaker 1: the fact that I could get a pair of these 70 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:03,920 Speaker 1: for myself and have some stress free mandolin usage. Because yeah, 71 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:06,200 Speaker 1: I still haven't bothered to replace the mandolin with the 72 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 1: safer mandolin. And I'm still just like shredding half a 73 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 1: carrot and then asking, Hey, who wants to eat this? Uh, 74 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 1: which often works if if my son is around. Chaz 75 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:18,480 Speaker 1: is one last thing, which is you might think using 76 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:20,919 Speaker 1: a glove while using a mandolin as a hassle, but 77 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 1: I encourage you to take a stab at it. Uh. 78 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:27,000 Speaker 1: There will be a number of dad jokes in this episode. Actually, 79 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:30,440 Speaker 1: oh yeah, we did recently rerun that episode. That would 80 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:37,960 Speaker 1: be why Okay, alright, This next one comes to us 81 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:40,680 Speaker 1: from Amanda. Amanda writes and and says, Hi, Robert and Joe, 82 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 1: longtime listener here. Stuff About Your Mind was the very 83 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:46,239 Speaker 1: first podcast I subscribe to, way back in two thousand 84 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:49,760 Speaker 1: and twelve. Recently, I've been listening during my commute to 85 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:54,599 Speaker 1: and from the International Primate Protection League sanctuary, where I 86 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 1: work as a caregiver for thirty white handed gibbons. I 87 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:01,359 Speaker 1: was pleased to hear gibbons come up in the episode 88 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:04,599 Speaker 1: The Beast Warren Apron. I've never observed the water cupping 89 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:07,919 Speaker 1: behavior you mentioned, but they sometimes dip the backs of 90 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:10,240 Speaker 1: their hands in water and then suck it from their fur. 91 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:13,360 Speaker 1: I have read that wild gibbons rarely descend to the 92 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:16,880 Speaker 1: ground and instead drink the water that collects in their 93 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 1: hairs as they swing through the dewey forest. Gross. No, 94 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:24,240 Speaker 1: I don't know if it sounds kind of I mean, 95 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:27,480 Speaker 1: the the the dewey, it's you know, it's it's it's 96 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:31,240 Speaker 1: it's fine, It's fine. Okay, next time you're thirsty, just 97 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:33,679 Speaker 1: wait till you know you get out of the shower 98 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:37,280 Speaker 1: and then wring your hair out into your mouth. Delicious 99 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:42,320 Speaker 1: all right? Anyway, they continue on the cooked versus raw question. 100 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:45,960 Speaker 1: Our Gibbons love cooked sweet potato. They are offered it 101 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:48,039 Speaker 1: as part of their breakfast each morning, and it is 102 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:51,200 Speaker 1: usually the first item they pluck from their bucket of 103 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:55,680 Speaker 1: mostly raw veggies and brows. Uh. They also prefer their 104 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:59,840 Speaker 1: beats cooked, and some are willing to try healthy muffins, quiche's, 105 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:02,880 Speaker 1: and other baked goods. If you do decide to do 106 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:05,560 Speaker 1: an episode on frozen foods, I can also confirm that 107 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:10,719 Speaker 1: Gibbons eat banana popsicles. One unpopular prepared food item among 108 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 1: Gibbons is jello. Many fail to recognize it as food. 109 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:18,080 Speaker 1: Some are even afraid of its jiggling novelty MAUI are 110 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:21,720 Speaker 1: greediest Gibbon who has earned the nickname the cookie Monster. 111 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 1: Fled to a high platform the first time I placed 112 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:30,040 Speaker 1: a cube beside his lunch bucket. I love this. I've 113 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 1: attached the video of Nicholas with his morning sweet potato. 114 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:36,400 Speaker 1: Like us, Gibbons think that it's rude to video others 115 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:38,839 Speaker 1: while they're eating. You can see more videos of Gibbons 116 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:42,680 Speaker 1: eating things um on the I p p L Instagram 117 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:46,359 Speaker 1: and that is I p p L Underscore Summerville. So 118 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 1: I checked out this video and uh, Nicholas the given 119 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:52,520 Speaker 1: here he's eating a cooked sweet potato and he's peeling 120 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:54,960 Speaker 1: the skin back. It looks like like he's eating the 121 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:58,599 Speaker 1: orange flesh and then the the skin is hanging around 122 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:01,240 Speaker 1: the outside like a candy bar rapper peeled back. So 123 00:07:01,279 --> 00:07:03,320 Speaker 1: I wonder do they eventually eat the scan or do 124 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:06,720 Speaker 1: they throw it away? Interesting? Well, thanks for writing in. 125 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:08,760 Speaker 1: That was all that was. That was That was wonderful. 126 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 1: I know so much more about gibbons now. Yeah, great email, 127 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:18,960 Speaker 1: Thank you, Amanda. All right, should we move on to 128 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:22,360 Speaker 1: some responses to the vegetable lamb of Tartari. Let's do 129 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:25,520 Speaker 1: it all right, Let's see here. This one was from 130 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:29,000 Speaker 1: This is from James. James says, Hi, guys, love the podcast. 131 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:32,600 Speaker 1: I've been listening since the early days. Regarding cobwebs, they 132 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:35,640 Speaker 1: really do work. This was an aside in the episode 133 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 1: about the traditional remedy of people trying to staunch bleeding 134 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:43,120 Speaker 1: from wounds by cramming it with cobwebs. James says, my 135 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 1: grandfather grew up in the slums of Glasgow in the 136 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:50,239 Speaker 1: thirties and forties and that was all they used on cuts. 137 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:53,520 Speaker 1: He taught me how to use that and plantain the 138 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:56,520 Speaker 1: lawn weed, not the banana to stop bleeding when I 139 00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:58,680 Speaker 1: was young. You put a bit on a cut and 140 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:01,800 Speaker 1: it coagulates and or a minute. Having taken a bit 141 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:04,880 Speaker 1: of organic chemistry, my guess is it bonds to the 142 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:09,200 Speaker 1: protein fibroles that form in clotting blood and ties them 143 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:12,640 Speaker 1: together into a solid mass much more quickly. Not sure 144 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:15,120 Speaker 1: if any study has been done, but studies have been 145 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:18,600 Speaker 1: done on using plantain to clot blood. It contains an 146 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:22,440 Speaker 1: enzyme that accelerates plotting, and I can personally say cobwebs 147 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:25,840 Speaker 1: are faster. Not a good sample size, but it's very noticeable. 148 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:30,400 Speaker 1: A great input, James, Thank you. James also says on 149 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:33,200 Speaker 1: the topic of lab grown meat, a friend of mine 150 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:35,600 Speaker 1: mentioned and aspect of it that you didn't touch on. 151 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:39,040 Speaker 1: If you can grow lion meat, you can grow human meat. 152 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:41,680 Speaker 1: Hear me out. I have no desire to be a cannibal, 153 00:08:41,920 --> 00:08:43,680 Speaker 1: but how long do you think it would be before 154 00:08:43,760 --> 00:08:48,080 Speaker 1: some Hollywood star decided to culture a tissue sample and 155 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:52,560 Speaker 1: sell steaks seems far fetched, but Nicholas Cage would totally 156 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:56,240 Speaker 1: do it. Oh yeah, come on a Cage steak. Yeah. Anyway, 157 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:58,520 Speaker 1: keep it up, love the show and really love weird 158 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:02,160 Speaker 1: how Cinema cheers James. Well, yeah, that's that's a lot 159 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:05,440 Speaker 1: to think about what happens when we get into the 160 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:10,960 Speaker 1: realm of of of cultured human meat and then celebrity 161 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:13,679 Speaker 1: human meat that has been cultured. Um. Yeah, I mean 162 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:16,760 Speaker 1: this guy's the limit, right, Who's the most delicious celebrity 163 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:19,120 Speaker 1: human I mean maybe it's Nicolas Cage. I don't know. 164 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:22,400 Speaker 1: I guess you would. I don't know. I guess you 165 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:26,480 Speaker 1: want I'm trying to think about some the logic of 166 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:29,480 Speaker 1: of of meat. I guess you want good marbling. You know, 167 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:32,400 Speaker 1: want good marbling. I guess you don't want an actor 168 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:35,480 Speaker 1: who's giving a lot of really energetic performances like Cage though, 169 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:39,120 Speaker 1: because he's going to be stringy. Right, Yeah that could 170 00:09:39,160 --> 00:09:41,600 Speaker 1: be ye, it could be a like you don't want 171 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:45,440 Speaker 1: a high stress level uh actor, you want somebody who's good, 172 00:09:45,520 --> 00:09:48,440 Speaker 1: low energy performer. Rob and I have just been several 173 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:51,880 Speaker 1: minutes trying to look up character actors. Who's whose body's 174 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:55,080 Speaker 1: cultures of whose bodies we would apparently, But then, like 175 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:57,560 Speaker 1: everybody we look up, we find out tragically died and 176 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:00,160 Speaker 1: we didn't realize it or died, you know, of of 177 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:05,280 Speaker 1: old age. These guys were cold up in years, so 178 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:14,680 Speaker 1: anyway that it remains an open discussion, all right. Here's 179 00:10:14,679 --> 00:10:17,000 Speaker 1: another one that comes to us from Albert, Hi, Robert, 180 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:20,000 Speaker 1: and Joe. Once you started describing the Lamb of Tartary, 181 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:24,120 Speaker 1: my D and D mind immediately remembered wolf in sheep's clothing, 182 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:28,079 Speaker 1: a carnivorous plant monster that lures its victims to it 183 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:31,720 Speaker 1: by presenting a part of itself that resembles a bunny rabbit. 184 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:34,640 Speaker 1: You can search for images of it, but here is 185 00:10:34,679 --> 00:10:37,600 Speaker 1: a link to the lore No mention of whether Guy 186 00:10:37,679 --> 00:10:42,080 Speaker 1: GaX Gary guy GaX was inspired by the Lamb of Tartary. 187 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:45,040 Speaker 1: Thanks and keep up the good work, Albert Well. I 188 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:47,559 Speaker 1: dug up some illustrations for you to look at here. Rob. 189 00:10:47,679 --> 00:10:51,120 Speaker 1: They generally involved like a stump that has a big 190 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:53,679 Speaker 1: toothy mouth hidden in it, and then a bunny or 191 00:10:53,679 --> 00:10:58,240 Speaker 1: a squirrel on top, maybe some kind of root like tentacles. Yeah, yeah, 192 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:01,360 Speaker 1: it looks pretty cool, I have to say, I'm a 193 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:04,200 Speaker 1: little disappointed I haven't seen this before. Um, I wasn't 194 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:06,640 Speaker 1: familiar with this monster, and looking into it a little 195 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:08,800 Speaker 1: bit more, it seems this could be because it was 196 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:12,880 Speaker 1: apparently introduced in the nine eight Adventure Expedition to the 197 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:15,679 Speaker 1: Barrier Peaks, which I don't know at all, and that 198 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:19,920 Speaker 1: it was reprinted in Three's Monster Manual two, which I 199 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:22,280 Speaker 1: also didn't have any exposure too. And if I'm reading 200 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:25,439 Speaker 1: everything correctly, I do not think this monster has been 201 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:28,520 Speaker 1: published in an official D n D product since then, 202 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:31,480 Speaker 1: So that's probably why I've never seen it though. Um 203 00:11:31,640 --> 00:11:33,200 Speaker 1: though even if it had come out, and there are 204 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:37,719 Speaker 1: some additions like basically I I played a D and 205 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:42,040 Speaker 1: D second edition, I guess, and then I played fifth edition, 206 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:44,599 Speaker 1: so uh, there's there's plenty of room for it to 207 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:47,400 Speaker 1: have appeared and just to be completely off of my 208 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:50,439 Speaker 1: D n D radar. But it's a cool creature and 209 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:52,760 Speaker 1: I would I would love to encounter it. The second 210 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:55,680 Speaker 1: image that you included, and this one looks more recent 211 00:11:55,760 --> 00:11:58,800 Speaker 1: and maybe this is something tied to a homebrew sort 212 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:01,120 Speaker 1: of thing, but in this one it is a squirrel 213 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:06,839 Speaker 1: atop the deadly threatening mod stump. So what's the The 214 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:09,840 Speaker 1: idea is that your heroes would be like, look a squirrel, 215 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:12,360 Speaker 1: let's approach it with our guard down. I guess. So 216 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:14,520 Speaker 1: maybe that's why it hasn't popped up as much, because 217 00:12:14,559 --> 00:12:16,600 Speaker 1: it reminds one of the mimic, which is a great 218 00:12:16,960 --> 00:12:19,160 Speaker 1: d n D monster, and you know, has expanded beyond 219 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:21,360 Speaker 1: d n D, which is of course this thing that 220 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:23,880 Speaker 1: looks like a treasure chest and then when you get 221 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:26,679 Speaker 1: close to it or you open it, uh, it's filled 222 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:29,080 Speaker 1: with teeth because it's a monster that wants to trick 223 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:30,959 Speaker 1: you into getting close enough to the treasure chests that 224 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:33,400 Speaker 1: it eats you. And you know that's very it's poetic 225 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:35,400 Speaker 1: because it's like, oh, your your greed brings you in 226 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:38,280 Speaker 1: close to the monster's mall. And it's a fun looking 227 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:42,000 Speaker 1: monster as well. Uh, simple design, every everything works with it, 228 00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:44,959 Speaker 1: but with this, Yeah, like, what's what's the deal? I 229 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:47,240 Speaker 1: guess If your characters are hungry enough to want to 230 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:51,720 Speaker 1: eat that squirrel or that rabbit, then it than it works. 231 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:54,680 Speaker 1: But otherwise, yeah, you just like we could pass these 232 00:12:54,760 --> 00:12:56,760 Speaker 1: by all the day, all the time in the real world, 233 00:12:57,320 --> 00:13:00,640 Speaker 1: and we're just not interested in catching bunny rabbit a 234 00:13:00,679 --> 00:13:09,520 Speaker 1: at squirrel. Okay, now the next message, I gotta warn 235 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:12,160 Speaker 1: you we got some dad jokes ahead. But this is uh, 236 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:15,280 Speaker 1: this is from Mark, and Mark says, Dear Joe, Robert 237 00:13:15,360 --> 00:13:18,880 Speaker 1: and Seth. He begins with some nice comments about the podcast, 238 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:21,120 Speaker 1: but says, you know, I can't believe you would say 239 00:13:21,160 --> 00:13:24,240 Speaker 1: something so ignorant as what you said in the Vegetable 240 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:27,079 Speaker 1: Lamb of Tartarie episode, which is that you know there 241 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:29,680 Speaker 1: are no plants that grow animals out of them. There's 242 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:32,880 Speaker 1: no such thing as a plant animal combination. And he 243 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:35,480 Speaker 1: goes on to say, I submit the following list a 244 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:39,240 Speaker 1: partial list. I assure you have actual organisms offering literal 245 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:41,920 Speaker 1: proof that plants and animals have indeed combined. Have you 246 00:13:42,040 --> 00:13:47,240 Speaker 1: considered the gooseberry, the fruit bat, the eggplant, the cabbage worm, 247 00:13:47,480 --> 00:13:51,160 Speaker 1: the pig nut, the wood tick, the cow pea, the 248 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:55,440 Speaker 1: dog would, the cat mint, the chickweed, the shad bush, 249 00:13:55,679 --> 00:13:59,160 Speaker 1: the buckwheat, the bird lime, the fruit fly, and the 250 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:02,520 Speaker 1: crab grass us. Mark, I admit it. I was wrong. 251 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:06,520 Speaker 1: I stayed corrected. Mark. Mark really had me here with 252 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:08,560 Speaker 1: this this email because it was it was a real 253 00:14:08,679 --> 00:14:11,120 Speaker 1: roller coaster because I started reading it and I answered 254 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:12,600 Speaker 1: it was like, Oh my goodness, what would we get wrong? 255 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:15,360 Speaker 1: We messed something up. Now we got to correct it. 256 00:14:15,559 --> 00:14:18,199 Speaker 1: And and then I quick then I realized, oh, it 257 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 1: is a joke. It is a joke. He got me. Yeah, yeah, 258 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:22,760 Speaker 1: me too. I read the beginning and I was like, oh, 259 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:26,440 Speaker 1: do we screw something up? Okay, well, thank you Mark. 260 00:14:32,040 --> 00:14:34,520 Speaker 1: Oh and maybe while we around the subject of dad jokes, 261 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:38,200 Speaker 1: I'll move on to this next email. We got a 262 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:42,640 Speaker 1: response from our listener Anna on the dad Joke episode. 263 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:45,640 Speaker 1: I'll just read a couple of the jokes she includes 264 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:48,000 Speaker 1: in this message. The first one she says, I have 265 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:50,760 Speaker 1: to set up by saying, I enjoy your passing mentions 266 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:55,560 Speaker 1: of the book Jane Eyre in the movie Wuthering Heights. Question, 267 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:58,040 Speaker 1: what do you call a dinosaur that gets lost on 268 00:14:58,120 --> 00:15:00,880 Speaker 1: the Yorkshire Moors? Don't know? What do you call a 269 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:03,600 Speaker 1: dinosaur that gets lost in the Orcshire Moors? It's a 270 00:15:03,720 --> 00:15:08,240 Speaker 1: bronte saurus. And the second one is why are mountains 271 00:15:08,320 --> 00:15:14,520 Speaker 1: funny because their hill areas? Oh? That one hurt, that one, 272 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:25,880 Speaker 1: that one cut deep. Thank you Anna. Okay. This next 273 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:28,800 Speaker 1: message we're gonna look at was in response to older 274 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:31,000 Speaker 1: episodes we did on the Arc of the Covenant. That 275 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:34,040 Speaker 1: was a bit of background to explain this message. In 276 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:36,480 Speaker 1: those episodes, we talked about stories of the arc in 277 00:15:36,520 --> 00:15:39,400 Speaker 1: the Hebrew Bible and elsewhere, and at some point we 278 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:44,080 Speaker 1: discussed this bizarre idea that some professor published in a 279 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:47,640 Speaker 1: newspaper in the nineteen thirties that the Arc of the 280 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:52,960 Speaker 1: Covenant did exist but was actually an electrical condenser, and 281 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:57,360 Speaker 1: that Moses was a was a skilled electrician. Suffice to say, 282 00:15:57,440 --> 00:15:59,560 Speaker 1: there is there is no real evidence that this is 283 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:01,600 Speaker 1: actually at the Ark of the Covenant story is about. 284 00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:05,040 Speaker 1: I would say this explanation is just operating on the 285 00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:08,560 Speaker 1: ancient aliens principle. You know. It's what if when a 286 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:11,440 Speaker 1: story describes some magical event from the ancient world, it 287 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:14,560 Speaker 1: did actually happen, but it was caused by aliens or 288 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:18,720 Speaker 1: by anachronistic future technology. So in this case, it would 289 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:21,160 Speaker 1: be when the arc, you know, strikes someone dead for 290 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:23,800 Speaker 1: touching it, or or kills them with a tongue of 291 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:26,680 Speaker 1: flame for approaching in the wrong way, it must have 292 00:16:26,760 --> 00:16:29,920 Speaker 1: actually been because this was an electrical condenser and they 293 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,640 Speaker 1: got ten thousand volts of static electricity and so forth, 294 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:35,320 Speaker 1: which is certainly a fun game to play, not a 295 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:38,160 Speaker 1: very good way to get an accurate understanding of ancient literature. 296 00:16:38,360 --> 00:16:42,360 Speaker 1: But Lex gets in touch about these episodes. Starts off 297 00:16:42,400 --> 00:16:45,160 Speaker 1: by saying some nice things about the show and then 298 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:47,360 Speaker 1: goes on with the message Rob, Rob, do you want 299 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:50,920 Speaker 1: to read this one? Sure? Lex writes, I recently listened 300 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:53,120 Speaker 1: to some old episodes and love your discussion of the 301 00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:56,800 Speaker 1: arc of the Covenant in your episode from However, I 302 00:16:56,920 --> 00:16:58,800 Speaker 1: did not want to write in about an episode that 303 00:16:58,880 --> 00:17:02,040 Speaker 1: was recorded over three years ago and last aired in 304 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:05,679 Speaker 1: twenty nine. However, you mentioned Raiders of the Lost arc 305 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:08,600 Speaker 1: in your recent Weird House episode on the Devil Rides Out, 306 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:12,440 Speaker 1: so that felt like that was my chance. I especially 307 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:15,960 Speaker 1: loved part two of the episode, focused on the Electric arc. 308 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:18,520 Speaker 1: It instantly reminded me of one of my favorite songs 309 00:17:18,560 --> 00:17:21,440 Speaker 1: of late It's called Mercy Seat by Nick Cave and 310 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:24,760 Speaker 1: the Bad Seeds. But you only should listen to the 311 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:27,760 Speaker 1: live version that I have linked below, because the studio 312 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:31,000 Speaker 1: version is inferior. I was not familiar with this song. 313 00:17:31,080 --> 00:17:33,560 Speaker 1: Were you were you? Joe? Oh? Yeah? Uh? And I 314 00:17:33,640 --> 00:17:35,720 Speaker 1: looked up this live version. This is this is a 315 00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:39,000 Speaker 1: great song. Uh. And I've never noticed the connection that 316 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:42,040 Speaker 1: you're about to make here, Lex, But this is wonderful, Rob. 317 00:17:42,160 --> 00:17:44,080 Speaker 1: You should click on the link and and listen to 318 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:46,840 Speaker 1: it when you get a chance. Alex continues. The song 319 00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:49,920 Speaker 1: is called Mercy Seat in reference to the Arc, but 320 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:53,000 Speaker 1: it's primarily about an inmate waiting to be executed in 321 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:56,640 Speaker 1: an electric chair. I thought that this was fantastic given 322 00:17:56,680 --> 00:18:00,399 Speaker 1: the sometimes electric origin of the alien fire coming from 323 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:02,440 Speaker 1: the Ark of the Covenant. But I can't help but 324 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:05,600 Speaker 1: wonder if Nick Cave was exposed to and contemplated this 325 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:09,720 Speaker 1: mythology when writing the song. It certainly incorporates some other 326 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:12,399 Speaker 1: religious themes. Either way, I find the song to be 327 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:15,200 Speaker 1: chilling and emotional and everyone should give it a listen. 328 00:18:15,560 --> 00:18:18,600 Speaker 1: Johnny Cash also covered the song on his album American 329 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:21,640 Speaker 1: Three Solitary Man, which I think you have talked about 330 00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:26,320 Speaker 1: on the show. Thanks for always giving me such great content, Lex, Well, 331 00:18:26,359 --> 00:18:28,440 Speaker 1: I definitely, yeah, I've definitely listened to that album. So 332 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:31,280 Speaker 1: I have heard a cover of this song before. I 333 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:33,959 Speaker 1: just have I'm blanking on it. Oh yeah, okay, well, 334 00:18:34,080 --> 00:18:36,600 Speaker 1: it's it's an excellent song. So Mercy Seed, of course, 335 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:39,480 Speaker 1: is the the traditional name for the top of the 336 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:42,040 Speaker 1: Ark of the Covenant the Lid, where it is described 337 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:45,399 Speaker 1: as the the angels with their wings outstretched towards the 338 00:18:45,760 --> 00:18:49,119 Speaker 1: center of the the arc lid, but also as a 339 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:53,120 Speaker 1: euphemism for the electric chair. And uh, I never would 340 00:18:53,119 --> 00:18:56,000 Speaker 1: have noticed this connection that like these weird bronze punk 341 00:18:56,080 --> 00:18:59,560 Speaker 1: theories of the electric arc being the the uniting theme. 342 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:02,960 Speaker 1: So excellent catch, Lex And I have to say, I don't. 343 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:06,160 Speaker 1: I don't think three years is too old of an episode. 344 00:19:06,480 --> 00:19:08,720 Speaker 1: Now right in about whatever you want. If it's really 345 00:19:08,760 --> 00:19:11,040 Speaker 1: old and we're going to feature it, we we might 346 00:19:11,119 --> 00:19:13,159 Speaker 1: do like a refresher at the top of your message. 347 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:21,719 Speaker 1: It's no big deal, alright. This next message was about 348 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:25,000 Speaker 1: our episodes on the three pupil die. Uh. And this 349 00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:28,280 Speaker 1: is from Josh warning this email describes an eye injury. 350 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:30,879 Speaker 1: But it uh, it's it does actually connect to a 351 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:34,160 Speaker 1: condition that we talked about in the episode of polychoria 352 00:19:34,280 --> 00:19:37,760 Speaker 1: or pseudo polychoria, where it appears that a person has 353 00:19:37,840 --> 00:19:41,520 Speaker 1: more than one pupil in their iris or in the 354 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:45,560 Speaker 1: same iris. And so Josh says, Hi, all when I 355 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:48,760 Speaker 1: was in middle and high school, air soft was very popular. 356 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:51,200 Speaker 1: If you aren't familiar, there are low power guns that 357 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:54,360 Speaker 1: shoot plastic bbs about the size of a pencil eraser. 358 00:19:55,040 --> 00:19:58,600 Speaker 1: A particularly popular activity was having air soft wars, which 359 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:01,200 Speaker 1: were similar to paintball, but with less of a mess. 360 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:05,119 Speaker 1: Of course, an essential piece of equipment was safety glasses. 361 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:08,240 Speaker 1: On one occasion, a member of my church congregation was 362 00:20:08,359 --> 00:20:12,560 Speaker 1: engaging in such an air software without safety glasses. There 363 00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:14,800 Speaker 1: was a Murphy's Law moment when he was hit in 364 00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:17,520 Speaker 1: the eye. I wasn't there, so I don't know the 365 00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:19,800 Speaker 1: full story, but after a couple of months with an 366 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:22,639 Speaker 1: eye patch, he revealed that a small portion of his 367 00:20:22,760 --> 00:20:26,840 Speaker 1: iris had detached, leaving him with a second pupil. I 368 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:29,320 Speaker 1: think he said it did blur his vision a bit 369 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:31,840 Speaker 1: in that eye. That goes to show how fragile the 370 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:34,199 Speaker 1: eyes can be in comparison to pretty much every other 371 00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:36,920 Speaker 1: part of the body. On a less gross note, the 372 00:20:37,040 --> 00:20:39,320 Speaker 1: last time I wrote in you read my message on 373 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:42,440 Speaker 1: the podcast. Shortly after it dropped, I got a text 374 00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:45,240 Speaker 1: from my mom asking if I had written in. I 375 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:48,080 Speaker 1: had no idea she listened. This was the second podcast 376 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:51,600 Speaker 1: that something similar to this happened. Keep up the great work, Josh. 377 00:20:52,520 --> 00:20:56,960 Speaker 1: What was the other podcast? I mean, I I just 378 00:20:57,040 --> 00:20:59,760 Speaker 1: love that Josh's mom is keeping such good tabs on. 379 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:03,560 Speaker 1: You know, I don't remember what this message was, Josh, 380 00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:05,240 Speaker 1: So so I don't know what you're talking about, but 381 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:08,159 Speaker 1: I guess your mom knows you well. Yeah, yeah, and 382 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:11,200 Speaker 1: it's speaking of which you know. It goes without saying 383 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:13,479 Speaker 1: I would hope, but I'll go and say it. If 384 00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:15,399 Speaker 1: if there's something you want to write in to us 385 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:17,560 Speaker 1: about and there's something you don't want, if you don't 386 00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:20,159 Speaker 1: want it Red on the air, just say it. Just 387 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:22,960 Speaker 1: just let us know. Or if there's a portion of 388 00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:25,320 Speaker 1: it you don't on Red on the Air, Uh, just 389 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:27,159 Speaker 1: let us know and we can we can do that 390 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:29,320 Speaker 1: so in the future, Josh, we can keep your mom 391 00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:34,520 Speaker 1: out of this entirely. Also shout out to Josh's mom. Yeah, 392 00:21:40,760 --> 00:21:42,959 Speaker 1: all right, here's another one. This one comes to us. 393 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:47,239 Speaker 1: This is a from a Vault episode on carnivorous plants, Uh, 394 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:50,399 Speaker 1: which is timely. We're just doing some some a lot 395 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:53,680 Speaker 1: of plant content recently. Jeremy writes in and says hello, 396 00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:56,560 Speaker 1: Joe and Robert. Jeremy begins by saying he's been listening 397 00:21:56,600 --> 00:21:59,040 Speaker 1: to some older episodes, including the Carnivorous Plant. It's the 398 00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:05,040 Speaker 1: episode that aired in and reran Um, which that's interesting. 399 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:08,200 Speaker 1: We usually don't that's that correct, We usually don't do 400 00:22:08,359 --> 00:22:12,200 Speaker 1: reruns like that, but I trust him. Anyway, it was 401 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:15,840 Speaker 1: one of those big playlists. Oh yes, at the beginning 402 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:20,520 Speaker 1: of We Were We Were, it was requested that shows 403 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:24,399 Speaker 1: put out some big playwritt playlists, and uh we we 404 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:27,800 Speaker 1: tried to make it fun and and so that was 405 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:31,200 Speaker 1: one that probably came out. So anyway, Jeremy says, you 406 00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:33,359 Speaker 1: asked whether there are any plants that have evolved to 407 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:37,240 Speaker 1: feed on anything other than insects. I believe there's a potential, 408 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:42,480 Speaker 1: uh evolving. Example in the Personia tree on here An 409 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:46,359 Speaker 1: Island Great Barrier reef. The tree produces sticky, burr like 410 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:50,960 Speaker 1: seeds which entangle the naughty turn chicks which hatch in them. 411 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:53,879 Speaker 1: The chicks become so entangled that they cannot fly or 412 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:57,040 Speaker 1: escape and hence die beneath the tree, thereby fertilizing the 413 00:22:57,160 --> 00:23:00,240 Speaker 1: soil so the tree grows better. It produces more ease 414 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:04,040 Speaker 1: and captures more chicks, etcetera, etcetera. Well, not quite up 415 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:06,880 Speaker 1: to your example of vines lashing out to grab prey. 416 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:11,240 Speaker 1: The seeds are doing the same job. Cheers Jeremy. I 417 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:14,480 Speaker 1: believe this tree is sometimes known as the catchbird tree. 418 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:17,639 Speaker 1: And uh and yeah, there there was an article I 419 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:19,600 Speaker 1: found about it in j Store Daily that was pretty 420 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:22,080 Speaker 1: good if you want to look that up. This is interesting. Yeah, 421 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:24,000 Speaker 1: so this is this is not just local hearsay like 422 00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:26,640 Speaker 1: there's there's been there there, There's been some serious work 423 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:30,800 Speaker 1: on this. But it also reminds me of the dream 424 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:37,280 Speaker 1: of G. K. Chesterton that that Borges relates in his 425 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:41,639 Speaker 1: book that I that I read that passage concerning in 426 00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:49,479 Speaker 1: our episodes on the Vegetable Lamb of Targari. All right, 427 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:53,240 Speaker 1: should we dip into a little weird house cinema devoted email? 428 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:56,560 Speaker 1: Oh absolutely, let's go for it, all right. Uh, this 429 00:23:56,720 --> 00:24:00,360 Speaker 1: one from Pat is regarding the Devil Right, it's out. 430 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:04,120 Speaker 1: This is the The Hammer horror film that we discussed. 431 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:07,600 Speaker 1: So Pat, ride's another great episode, a favorite film. I 432 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:10,280 Speaker 1: had fun going over the details. I wonder about your 433 00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:13,280 Speaker 1: review of Christopher Lee. Could it be that you are 434 00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:16,600 Speaker 1: not in tune with British sensitivities. I'm reminded of the 435 00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:20,200 Speaker 1: demeanor of English Bob and unforgiven. I think Bridge would 436 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:23,720 Speaker 1: expect the Duke to quote unquote take on Airs, highly 437 00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:28,120 Speaker 1: recommend the seven Percent Solution. Nicole Williamson as an over 438 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:32,000 Speaker 1: the top, coked up Holmes, Alan Arkin is Freud, Robert 439 00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:35,919 Speaker 1: Duval as Watson, and a great cast of support. As always, 440 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:39,080 Speaker 1: you guys need to keep it up. Thanks a lot, Pat, 441 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:41,840 Speaker 1: We need to, huh, we need to. We have to. 442 00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:45,960 Speaker 1: It's it's required. Um yeah, I still haven't seen the 443 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:48,159 Speaker 1: seven percent Solution. I need to. I need to get 444 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:52,000 Speaker 1: around to it. Um. I love the cast. As for 445 00:24:52,359 --> 00:24:55,960 Speaker 1: Christopher Lee taking on Airs, this is something that I 446 00:24:56,040 --> 00:24:59,520 Speaker 1: think Kim Newman brought up in the extras on that 447 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:02,520 Speaker 1: Blue for the Devil rides out that there. You know, 448 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:05,600 Speaker 1: you talked about the the Britishness and ultimately the kind 449 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:09,720 Speaker 1: of the to a modern view or unlikable upper cross 450 00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:12,800 Speaker 1: Britishness of the Duke. Like there's that scene where he tells, 451 00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:15,840 Speaker 1: I think he's telling Rex to quote unquote take one 452 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:17,879 Speaker 1: of the automobiles, take one of the cars. You know, 453 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:21,480 Speaker 1: it's just it's no big deal. And there there's another character, 454 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:24,000 Speaker 1: you know, more than one character just sort of leaves 455 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,560 Speaker 1: an automobile somewhere like it it doesn't even matter. You've 456 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:29,400 Speaker 1: got more at home. Simon I'd rather see you dead 457 00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:33,680 Speaker 1: than take the tube. Well, we'll have to come back 458 00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:35,600 Speaker 1: and do a Christopher Lee movie at some point where 459 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:38,600 Speaker 1: he plays a more more likable character, which is to say, 460 00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:43,320 Speaker 1: even a villain. Well, I mean he's the most lovable 461 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:51,440 Speaker 1: villain ever in The wicker Man. Yeah, all right, should 462 00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:54,560 Speaker 1: we do one more? Let's do one more? Okay. This 463 00:25:54,680 --> 00:26:00,520 Speaker 1: one from Macarius mccarrius says, Hey, Robin Joe, long time listener, 464 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:03,360 Speaker 1: first time writer, really enjoyed your podcast on the Mark 465 00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:06,879 Speaker 1: Hamill Geiver movie. I've never seen it personally, but I 466 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:10,520 Speaker 1: have a real fondness for the Geiver Too Dark Hero, 467 00:26:11,480 --> 00:26:15,080 Speaker 1: which is the sequel. My uncle actually owned the VHS 468 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:18,359 Speaker 1: copy from the nineties, but I didn't ever watch the movie. 469 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:21,120 Speaker 1: I was just kind of entranced by the alien looking 470 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:23,800 Speaker 1: dude on the cover. It was only many years later 471 00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:26,119 Speaker 1: that I actually sought out the film a little bit 472 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:28,840 Speaker 1: of trivia. The main actor in it, David Hayter, who 473 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:32,240 Speaker 1: plays Sean, is the voice behind Solid Snake in the 474 00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:35,399 Speaker 1: Metal Gear Solid series of games. I knew for years 475 00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:38,240 Speaker 1: that he was at first an actor and had heard 476 00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:41,240 Speaker 1: it was this anime esque Geiver movie, but didn't put 477 00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:43,880 Speaker 1: two and two together until watching the film on YouTube 478 00:26:44,119 --> 00:26:47,640 Speaker 1: it's still there and searching on the internet and recognizing 479 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:51,919 Speaker 1: the cover from my childhood. It's not an especially great movie. 480 00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:55,240 Speaker 1: It's a very low budget, wooden acting kind of stilted 481 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:59,480 Speaker 1: action sequences, but I still have an overbearing fondness for it. 482 00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:02,000 Speaker 1: It helps that there was a two month long span 483 00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:05,359 Speaker 1: where my wife was working very early mornings and it 484 00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:08,840 Speaker 1: became something of a morning ritual that following her five 485 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:12,480 Speaker 1: am alarm, I'd wake up, pop Geiver, too Dark, hero 486 00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:15,040 Speaker 1: On and try to get a couple of hours dozing 487 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:20,879 Speaker 1: before heading to work. Anyways, love the show Macarious. Oh wow, wow, 488 00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:25,639 Speaker 1: that that's such a heartwarming story. I I love hearing 489 00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:29,840 Speaker 1: when people have some sort of a very particular relationship 490 00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:33,520 Speaker 1: with an ultimately kind of obscure film like this. Um 491 00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:37,719 Speaker 1: you know where it's it's it's not it's not everybody's tradition, 492 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:40,000 Speaker 1: but it has become this person's tradition or it was 493 00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:44,240 Speaker 1: their tradition at some point. So so that's great. Um yeah, 494 00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:47,959 Speaker 1: the David Hayter detail about solid Snake, that's that's fascinating 495 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:54,280 Speaker 1: as well. The Geiver what does that mean? Um? Yeah, 496 00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:58,000 Speaker 1: So this thanks for writing in on this um and 497 00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:01,359 Speaker 1: like I said, I love I love stories like this. Uh. 498 00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:04,880 Speaker 1: We also heard from another listener about the Geiver who 499 00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:08,639 Speaker 1: really uh filled us in on the lore of the Geiver. 500 00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:11,240 Speaker 1: So we're gonna have to save that one for next time. 501 00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:14,399 Speaker 1: So if you want more Geiver listener mail, uh, you 502 00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:16,560 Speaker 1: know you know where where to find it. It's gonna 503 00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:20,040 Speaker 1: be next Monday on Stuff to Blow your Mind listener mail. Perfect. 504 00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:23,000 Speaker 1: In the meantime, what else do we put out in 505 00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:25,040 Speaker 1: the Stuff to Blow Your Mind podcast feed? While we 506 00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:27,080 Speaker 1: put out episodes of Stuff to Blow your Mind, we 507 00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:30,119 Speaker 1: do that on Tuesdays and Thursdays. That's those are the 508 00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:33,200 Speaker 1: core episodes. That's the science and the culture and the 509 00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:37,680 Speaker 1: mythology and and so forth. On Wednesdays we're still doing 510 00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:41,800 Speaker 1: short form artifact or monster fact episodes. And on Friday, 511 00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:44,560 Speaker 1: that's the time for listening. That's the time, No, take 512 00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:46,520 Speaker 1: that back, that's the time for weird how cinema. That's 513 00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:49,160 Speaker 1: when we set aside most serious matters and we just 514 00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:52,280 Speaker 1: talk about a weird film, all right. So, yeah, those 515 00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:54,840 Speaker 1: are the episodes. That's where you find them. Uh, And yeah, 516 00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:57,040 Speaker 1: keep keep writing in. 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