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Stuff To Blow Your Mind

From the Vault: The Invention of the Mirror, Part 4

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

iHeartPodcasts

Social Sciences, Science, Life Sciences, Natural Sciences

4.36K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Smoking pools of dark reflection. Propagator of uncanny doubles. Gateway to inverse kingdom. In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe venture into the world of mirrors, discussing their predecessors, their invention and way humans relate to the world on the other side. (originally published 8/17/2021)

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0:00.0

My name is Joshua Topolsky and I have a new podcast called What Future.

0:04.5

But I want to tell you that I'm being forced by my producer to record a promo telling you about my show.

0:10.1

And I'm not trying to force you to listen to it.

0:12.6

And maybe you're not interested in internet culture and the future of life on planet Earth.

0:18.1

And why John Carpenter movies are so good.

0:20.6

You may just want to listen to a podcast about, I don't know, sports or whatever Joe Rogan talks about.

0:26.6

And that's fine, you know, no judgment.

0:28.4

But if you like what you're hearing and I know that you do, you can listen to all of what future on the I Heart Radio app, Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:39.9

The world of chocolate has been turned upside down.

0:42.4

A very unusual situation.

0:44.2

You saw this taxicassion in our office.

0:45.8

Chocolate comes from the cacountry and recently Variety's cacao, thought to have been lost centuries ago, were rediscovered in the Amazon.

0:52.0

There used to be no chocolate on Earth like this.

0:54.6

Now some chocolate makers are racing deep into the jungle to find the next game changing chocolate.

0:59.6

And I'm coming along.

1:00.6

Okay, that was a very large crack it up.

1:05.6

Listen to the obsessions wild chocolate on the I Heart Radio app, Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

1:15.6

Hi, I'm a fear of Eisenberg.

1:17.2

I'm a comedian and a parent of the absurdity of telling jokes late at night.

1:23.6

And then waking up early with a small child in the morning.

1:27.6

I have a new podcast called Parenting is a joke.

1:30.6

I'll talk to other funny people who are also parents.

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