Hey, I'm Joel Stein. I want you to close your eyes and imagine a pocket watch.

It's moving from side to side. You're getting very sleepy.

Great. Now that I've hypnotized you against your will, you're going to start liking long-form journalism.

Like so much. You're going to listen to a podcast where the host interviews a writer about their long-form story every week.

I'm that host.

Listen to Story of the Week on the I Heart Radio app Apple Podcast or wherever you get your podcast.

There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.

That's why we launched The Big Take.

It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I heart radio that turns down the volume a bit to give you some space to think.

I'm Wes Casova. Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.

Listen to The Big Take on the I Heart Radio app Apple Podcast or wherever you listen.

Listen to Stealing Superman on the I Heart Radio app Apple Podcast or wherever you find your favorite shows.

Welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind, a production of I Heart Radio.

Hey, welcome to Weird House Cinema. This is Rob Lamb and this is Joe McCormick.

This week on Weird House Cinema we're going to continue our ongoing jaunt through 1980s fantasy films.

I don't think we quite intended to do this but this is the journey we're on.

We kick things off with thrilling bloody sword.

Then we return to Oz.

Then we visited Kroll and we're actually in the same cinematic year as Kroll for this episode.

1983. This time we're going to be talking about Italian Gore Master Luchio Foltz's film

Conquest. I'd say this is a decidedly different vibe than Kroll.

If Kroll is kind of a lofty but dopey but beautiful but highly disorganized

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