From the Vault: Finn McCool, Part 2
Stuff To Blow Your Mind
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4.3 • 6K Ratings
🗓️ 4 March 2023
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
The Irish mythological hero Finn MacCool is known for many exploits, from the slaying of a great fire monster to the creation of Giant's Causeway. However, he’s also known for his magical thumb, which he could suck on to gain knowledge. In this Stuff to Blow Your Mind two-parter, Robert and Joe consider the thumb of knowledge and its relations to other myths and even a little bit of science. (originaly published 03/17/2022)
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| 0:00.0 | Horrifying monsters, dangerous gods and heroes, and incredible underrepresented women. |
| 0:06.9 | From the truth about Medusa, she never actually heard anyone, to the horrors of Theseus. |
| 0:12.3 | He was basically a serial predator. |
| 0:14.5 | I am Liv Albert, and let's talk about Midsphabie is the Greek and Roman mythology podcast |
| 0:19.7 | here with all the dirty details and then some. |
| 0:23.3 | Listen to Let's Talk About Midsphabie on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever |
| 0:29.0 | you get your podcasts. |
| 0:59.0 | Hey, you welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind. |
| 1:09.6 | My name is Robert Lam. |
| 1:11.2 | And I'm Joe McCormick, and it's Saturday, time for a Vault episode. |
| 1:14.8 | This is an older episode of our show. |
| 1:16.4 | This one originally published March 17, 2022, and it's part two of our series on Finn |
| 1:22.6 | McCool, the legendary Irish hero. |
| 1:29.0 | Welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind, a production of I Heart Radio. |
| 1:36.0 | Hey, welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind. |
| 1:41.0 | My name is Robert Lam. |
| 1:42.7 | And I'm Joe McCormick, and we're back with part two of our series about the legendary |
| 1:47.5 | Irish hero, Finn McCool. |
| 1:50.0 | If you haven't heard part one, you should go back and listen to that one first. |
| 1:53.1 | This one will make a lot more sense if you do. |
| 1:54.9 | But at the end of the last episode, we promised you that this episode would be the one that's |
| 2:00.4 | all thumb, because of course one of the great legends about Finn McCool is the so-called |
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