Listener Mail: The Crowned and Conquering Child
Summary
Hosts Rob Lamb and Joe McCormick read listener emails discussing Boards of Canada’s new album, vintage nature books, and Gila monsters. They explore fulgurite in pop culture, vault organelles in biology, and LDS theology’s creation narratives. The episode also covers Roman dodecahedrons and a Doctor Who analogy for diatom reproduction.
Topics discussed
Sponsors and intro music
Welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind and listener mail instructions
Listener correction on Rob's favorite band: Boards of Canada
Critique of Gila monster and saguaro cactus entries in children's books
Mid-roll advertisements
Listener inquiry about green Gila monsters and guitar pedals
Fulgurite in fantasy media: Spider-Man Noir and Sweet Home Alabama
Diatom reproduction and vault organelles as time capsules
Mid-roll advertisements
Doctor Who regeneration compared to diatom shell division
LDS theology and creation ex nihilo vs. pre-existing matter
Mysterious Roman dodecahedrons and their potential uses
Listener suggestions for Tarzan movies and Weird House Cinema
Listener suggestion for Gingerdead Man and closing remarks
Outro and final advertisements
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