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Stuff To Blow Your Mind

Send an Owl/Raven/Pigeon!

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

iHeartPodcasts

Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, Life Sciences, Science

4.45.9K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2019

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Harry Potter sends messages by owl. The characters of ‘Game of Thrones’ employ ravens. Meanwhile, real-life messenger pigeons have carried messages for thousands of years. In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe consider just why the homing pigeon is perfect for this job -- and why owls and ravens are not.

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0:00.0

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0:21.0

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0:33.0

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0:47.0

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0:55.0

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1:04.0

Hello, it's your girl, Chiquis and I'm back with brand new episodes of my podcast, Chiquis and Chill and Dear Chiquis.

1:12.0

This season I'll continue having open and honest conversations on everything from spirituality, relationships, women's health and so much more.

1:21.0

I'll also be answering your questions personally on episodes of Dear Chiquis.

1:31.0

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1:44.0

Welcome to Stuff To Blow Your Mind, a production of iHeartRadios has tof works.

1:54.0

Hey, you welcome to Stuff To Blow Your Mind, my name is Robert Lamb.

1:57.0

And I'm Joe McCormick.

1:58.0

You know, Joe, in my household, we're slap dab in the middle of Harry Potter main.

2:03.0

Oh, yeah, you've been telling me all about it, dude.

2:05.0

Yeah, yeah, we're reading our seven year old, the books.

2:08.0

We're making our way through the movies.

2:09.0

And my son applies just an amazing level of focus and determination to all these Harry Potter LEGO kits.

2:15.0

Oh, now you got to tell me about those because I love LEGOs and I am hoping someday in my life to be able to play with LEGOs again.

2:24.0

Oh, well, yeah, the LEGO kits are pretty great. They're not a sponsor, but I'm just saying the, they're a lot of fun.

2:31.0

The Hogwarts especially is quite a kit.

2:35.0

But you know, he also has a stuffed owl, which he has, of course, named headwig after Harry Potter's owl.

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