If you’ve ever wandered past what looked like a pile of dog barf on a log during a hike in the woods, you’d just seen slime mold - one of the most perplexing organisms on Earth. Listen to this classic episode and get as amazed as Josh and Chuck were when they recorded it.
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# Stuff You Should Know: Slime Mold
Josh and Chuck dive into the weird and wonderful world of slime mold, exploring how these ancient single-celled organisms have absolutely no brain, yet somehow demonstrate problem-solving abilities that rival human city planners. From learning mazes to recreating Tokyo's subway system, slime molds are challenging everything we thought we knew about intelligence and consciousness. Get ready to have your mind blown by oscillating cytoplasm, cellular self-sacrifice, and why these gelatinous blobs are teaching AI researchers how to think differently about computation itself.
Double Switch
1987
1h 32m
★ 5.7
"One other game worth noting is called Double Switch. It started Corey Haim. — A listener email mentions Double Switch, a similar game to Night Trap that starred Corey Haim."
Gremlins
1984
1h 46m
★ 7.1
"It's something like right out of Gremlins. — Chuck compares the creepy nature of slime molds escaping from Petri dishes to the movie Gremlins."
— Chuck
Mallrats
1995
R
1h 35m
★ 6.8
"He comes on and he picks Mall Rats. What's his favorite movie? — Josh references Miles's movie choice of Mall Rats for the Movie Crush podcast."
— Josh
Night Trap
1992
48m
★ 6.0
"I'm going to call this night trap response. Just laugh every time I hear those words together now. — Josh introduces a listener email about the Night Trap video game show that SYSK previously covered."
— Josh
Pulp Fiction
1994
2h 34m
★ 8.5
"Well, I know it. It's Pulp Fiction because he had me save it like two years ago. — Chuck mentions that Jack's favorite movie for an upcoming Movie Crush appearance is Pulp Fiction."
— Chuck
Spider-Man
2002
2h 1m
★ 7.3
"From Spider-Man? Yeah, sure. All right. I like Alfred Molina. — Josh and Chuck discuss Dr. Octopus from Spider-Man and actor Alfred Molina's career choices."
— Josh
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