Mind Under Matter
96 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 378 ratingsTwo comedians explore their favorite big ideas with absurdity and openness to unravel the meanings of life.
Shane Mauss is an adventurer and award-winning stand-up who interviews scientists about the workings of life for The Here We Are Podcast.
Ramin Nazer is a multi-talented artist and viral illustrator who interviews creatives about the transcendental for The Rainbow Brainskull Hour.
After a decade of friendship and philosophical discussions, these two autodidacts have turned their conversations into a show that is equal parts thought-provoking, therapeutic, and hilarious.
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Episodes
"Meow Wolf" | With Emily Montoya and Vince Kadlubek
April 04, 2023 17:31 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MBToday we have 2 of the co-founders of Meow Wolf on the show! Meow Wolf is a unique art collective that started as a small group of artists in Santa Fe, New Mexico, dumpster diving for materials and creating immersive art installations in temporary spaces. Over the years, the group grew and evolved into a permanent business, creating an immersive art empire that has captivated audiences around the world. We explore the origins of Meow Wolf and how they grew from a small group of artists to ...
More Tales | Grant Lindahl
March 08, 2023 03:09 - 1 hour - 67.7 MBCreator of Comedy Central's 'Tales From The Trip' Grant Lindahl is back on the show. In this second installement, Shane and Grant try to write a new Tales From The Trip together. Hear about Grant's first psychedelic experience and how psychedelics made him less trippy. Then enjoy Shane hashes out some new stories with Grant and they talk about what it might look like. Follow this psychedelic gremlin on instagram at @artschoolacid and check out http://grantdraws.com/ Stay up to date wit...
"Show Me Nothingness" | Pete Holmes
February 28, 2023 15:16 - 1 hour - 82.1 MBPete Holmes is the host of the fantastic podcast 'You Made It Weird'. Shane owes many of his fans to his appearances on his show. Pete has combined spirituality and comedy like no one else. If you have not seen Pete's show 'Crashing' on HBO, it is absolutely amazing! Always fun to talk about comedy, philosophy, wild stories, and pee-holes with ole Petey Boy. If you ever get a chance to see Pete live, he is one of the very best in the business https://peteholmes.com/ Listen anywhere yo...
Tales from an Animator | Grant Lindahl
February 22, 2023 13:18 - 1 hour - 67.6 MBHappy International MUM Day!! Today I'm hanging out with the incredibly talented and funny animator behind Tales from the Trip! Grant shares his story of how he got started with art, growing up in an isolated environment, and how Tales from the Trip was born. Check out the latest Tales from the Trip featuring Shane and Ramin! https://youtu.be/6VBMXKSSQUs
Mind Under Myq
February 14, 2023 18:04 - 1 hour - 70.5 MBHappy Valentine’s Day! Myq Kaplan joins Minds Under Matter as the first guest Ramin to talk all about love! Myq is Shane’s oldest friend in comedy joins the show to talk about love of career, friends, and significant others. Myq is one of the most clever, thoughtful, prolific comedians in the business. You check out all of his stand up on https://myqkaplan.com Listen in to hear two old friends have fun philosophical conversations about life.
MUM 2.0 | Solo Episode
February 14, 2023 17:20 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MBTune into this announcement episode to hear Shane discuss all that is new with the show. This short episode will give some context for the MUM expansion. Then enjoy the new Valentine’s Day Episode!
Grandmas!
November 29, 2022 19:58 - 1 hour - 66 MBThe Offsprung Boys of Comedy reflect on some of the generational and regional anomalies between humans and most other life on the planet. We're one of the few species that care for our children's children, even after we are unable to reproduce. We discuss some of our own relationships with our grandmothers and share some fun memories. Watch The OBC™ on YT or Spotify or listen wherever you podcast to get the answers to life’s most important questions.
Time Meowchine
November 22, 2022 11:05 - 1 hour - 73 MBThe Catnip Boys of Comedy™ explore the evolution of (lack of) domestic of our toxoplasmic friends. Most domesticated animals have been drastically shaped by humans. Livestock has been bred to our tastes. We selected the best horses and donkeys to lug us around. Humans domesticated wolves into hundreds of unrecognizable dogs with looks, traits, and personalities to suit our specific preferences. Yet, in the thousands of years that cats have lived with humans, they have stubbornly remaine...
Flavors of Healing
November 15, 2022 15:19 - 1 hour - 61.5 MBThe Psychedelic-Assisted Boys of Comedy™ go to The California Center for Psychedelic Therapy to talk with Dr. Cole Marta about ketamine. This week we are serving scoops of the history, neurochemistry, and uses of ketamine as well as its modern accessibility. How does it help depression and how is it different from a psilocybin experience? How does one become a psychedelic-assisted therapist and what is it like to grow up on Terence McKenna? This is only the second time we have had a gues...
Multitudes
November 08, 2022 17:06 - 1 hour - 66.4 MBThe Moody Boys of Comedy™ introduce a new episode format to share different highlights about their week. Void – Something bad that happened to you Visionaire – Something you are looking forward to Honey – Something good that happened to you Buffon – The fanciest thing you have done lately Lunatic – The craziest thing that has happened to you recently
Time Travel
October 25, 2022 22:34 - 1 hour - 63.9 MBIf you had the chance for a major do-over, what would you want to remind yourself as you build a whole new life? What time period from the past would you be most interested in experiencing for one week? Watch The ADBC™ on YT or Spotify or listen wherever you podcast to get the answers to life’s most important questions. Like, share, subscribe and watch out for flamingos!!! Salivating for more? Check out Patreon where you can get the weekly series Mind Under ART, a monthly bonus MuM, a c...
International Sloth Day
October 18, 2022 10:45 - 1 hour - 81.9 MBThe Metabolically Efficient Boys of Comedy™ celebrate International Sloth Day! A couple of years ago Shane spent a couple of months in a slothfully time obsessing over sloths instead of doing actual work. This week the boys sit around and discuss sloth mysteries to prepare you for all of your International Sloth Day (Oct 20) gatherings and festivities. How have sloths been able to survive for millions of years in a seemingly cutthroat world? Not only have they been able to hang in there,...
Personal Growth
October 12, 2022 16:25 - 1 hour - 79.1 MBSalivating for more? Check out Patreon where you can get the weekly series Mind Under ART, a monthly bonus MuM, a comedy special from each of us, a custom straight jacket, group Zoom hangs and more! https://www.patreon.com/MindUnderPod The Growing and Showing Boys of Comedy™ take The Personal Growth Initiative Scale. This week Shane and Ramin attempt to assess their inclination toward self-improvement in four categories. Readiness for Change: Aspects of preparedness for making specific ...
Wedding History
October 05, 2022 02:35 - 2 hours - 111 MBThe Officiating Boys of Comedy™ marry a couple! At the Campout Festival Shane and Ramin were asked to marry soft rockin’ Honey Bears Brittney Conklin and Andrew Havok and we wanted to share the ceremony with you. This week we look through the history of marriage to find out how these traditions came to be. Come to find out, marriage traditions have many horrifying origins. How can The Church of MUM turn the dark oddities of past into fun absurdity for the future? Skip the overpriced di...
Ocsober
September 27, 2022 21:37 - 1 hour - 84.4 MBThe Sober Boys of Comedy™ discuss their definition of sobriety as they gear up for Sober October. Shane has always had plenty of vices. Ramin has never had any. This October Shane is going to attempt to live completely vice-free as Ramin tries to find his vice. Do you think Shane can go a month without alcohol, cigarettes, TV, or other hedonic addictions? What vices should Ramin try out? Leave a comment below. Subscribe to The SBC™ on YT or wherever you podcast to keep updated on thei...
MUMFest Recap
September 20, 2022 21:31 - 1 hour - 85.4 MBThe Festival Throwing Boys of Comedy™ reflect on an incredible first year of the Mind Under Matter Campout Festival. Thank you so much to everyone who came out! Please check out the Mindunderpod.com website to see all the bands, comedians, scientists, and artists that made our first year a success! We will be sharing pictures and footage soon!
Let's Go Places
September 06, 2022 21:33 - 1 hour - 85.4 MBThe Flying Boys of Comedy™ booked you a first-class ticket on the MUM Rocketship! Humans have invented so many ways to explore this world that we take so many human marvels for granted. It wasn’t that long ago that flying was something you would get dressed-up for and bring back a pathogenic bird as a souvenir to impress all your friends. Now when you fly, you just get pathogens and friends trying to get out of giving you a ride to the airport. This is the last episode before The Mi...
Existential Dread
August 30, 2022 21:49 - 1 hour - 84.8 MBWhat is the difference between existentialism and nihilism? The Existential Boys of Comedy™ answer your questions for another advice episode. In this episode, we discuss stage fright and pursuing dreams, what to do when you wake up from nightmares and working through cosmic nihilism and existential dread. George Carlin even makes an appearance!!! The Mind Under Matter Campout is just around the corner! Looking forward to seeing everyone at Lakeside Retreats in Raleigh Sep 9-11! https:/...
Highlight Episode
August 24, 2022 03:17 - 1 hour - 80.8 MBThe Clipping and Shipping Boys of Comedy™ put together a highlight episode. Listen back to some of our favorite moments of the show. Share with friends who are new to Mind Under Matter. You may have seen many of our highlights on social media, but there are a bunch of great moments that we never posted. Social media rewards shorter clips so we have also extended some of our favorite moments with more context. Watch a nice mix of B-sides and highlights this week on YouTube or Spotify or ...
In-Group Favoritism
August 17, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 86.2 MBThis week The In Boys of Comedy™ discuss out-group bias. Implicit association tests try to determine our gut reactions to others. How much can they tell us about our biases? Are we determined by our instincts to discriminate against others? Or are they a biased way of detecting bias? Our minds categorize and make snap judgments to navigate life, but these efficiencies in the brain are sometimes a source of human suffering. Cooperation, forming groups, and relating with others close to ...
Mouthfuls
August 10, 2022 20:19 - 1 hour - 63.2 MBThe Well-Positioned Boys of Comedy™ talk about sex. We had no choice. It’s episode 69. What did a couple of scientists learn from watching a billion adult videos? Why are people turned on by such a variety of things? What other animals have homosexuals? Is the most famous position even any good? Listen to The WPBC™ on your favorite app or watch on YouTube or Spotify. Less than a month until the Mind Under Matter Campout Festival in Raleigh! https://mindunderpod.com/pages/campout
Bipolar
August 02, 2022 16:15 - 1 hour - 84.8 MBThe Mood Stabilizing Boys of Comedy™ take the Bipolar Spectrum Diagnostic Scale. This week we chat about mania, hypomania, depression, and mental health. Does your mood and energy fluctuate wildly at times? Do you cycle between periods of hyperactivity and extreme depression? Do you ever go long periods without sleeping? Listen to the episode and take the questionnaire along with The MSBC™ to see if you can out bipolar Shane and win the worst/best prize (depending on the day): http://ww...
Social Media History
July 26, 2022 10:19 - 1 hour - 95.6 MBClick it and ship it!!! The Influencing Boys of Comedy™ breakdown the history of social media. Shane and Ramin were very early in their comedy careers when Myspace started to change the way artists could connect with fans. From humble beginnings, social media has quickly changed the way the world communicates, connects, and entertains. How many apps have come and gone along the way? What will be the next hot platform? How does one decide where to put their energy? What is the future o...
Very Ape
July 19, 2022 14:21 - 1 hour - 88.7 MBThe Juvenile Apes Of Comedy™ swing through the branches of our evolutionary tree to learn about primatology. What can other primates teach us about cooperation, fighting, status, stress, gender, and human life? This week we will climb through the history of primatology to discover some of the egocentric anthropomorphizing that has led to a lot of past misunderstandings. Instead of butchering out-of-context research to justify the worst of human behavior, we can look to our hairy friends fo...
Behavioral Economics
July 12, 2022 14:22 - 1 hour - 92.6 MBThe Counterintuitive Boys of Comedy™ question our assumptions about seemingly ordinary decisions. What happens when you nearly get burned to death? Do you think you would have some questions about life? That is exactly what happened to Dan Ariely at a young age… And from it spawned some interesting, nuanced questions about human perception. Why do we spend money in ways that don’t meet our long-term goals? What primes us to cheat and steal? What motivates us beyond financial transactio...
Philosophy of Music
July 05, 2022 15:30 - 2 hours - 128 MBThis week The Music Discovering Boys Of Comedy™ discuss musical philosophy and introduce you to the sweet sounds of Desert Honey. With help from the book ‘The Music Lesson' by Victor Wooten, Ramin breaks down groove, notes, articulation/duration, technique, emotion/feel, dynamics, rhythm/tempo, tone, phrasing, space/rest, and listening. We close out the show by introducing you to Desert Honey with an interview with singers Sarah Slade and Jade Arrow! Shane found this band when we first st...
Neighborly Advice
June 28, 2022 22:25 - 1 hour - 84.1 MBThe Advice-Giving Boys of Comedy™ hand out some little grey goblins of wisdom around the MUM Town neighborhood. Our first advice column episode was such a hit that we decided to do them on a recurring basis. This week we discuss relationships, marketing, art, and the midlife crisis. Ramin just finished some big updates to the Mind Under Matter Campout Festival web page and it looks amazing. We can’t wait to be neighbors with you in September! If you have never been to Mindunderpod.com we...
The Tentacles of Life
June 21, 2022 10:10 - 1 hour - 91.1 MBDo you ever wonder what alien consciousness could be like? The Oceanic Exploring Boys of Comedy™ take a deep dive under the surface and through evolutionary time to contemplate the minds of octopus. You don’t need sci-fi to see an alien world, marine biologists research it every day. Octopus and humans’ closest common ancestor was a worm-like creature that existed about 600 million years ago. Our tentacles of evolution went off to become a wide range of vertebrates and all sorts of large...
How We Roll
June 14, 2022 10:05 - 1 hour - 94.5 MBWhat does your car say about you? The Inclusive Biological Fitness Flaunting Boys of Comedy™ make it rain conspicuous consumption knowledge and fancy science vernacular. This week we discuss how organisms use costly and sometimes deceptive displays to advertise their quality to potential predators, prey, family, peers, and mates. This top shelf episode builds on some of our favorite lessons from past episodes to describe one of the ways in which we are driven to spend in ways that may see...
Light Triad
June 07, 2022 13:51 - 1 hour - 81 MBThe Angelic Boys of Comedy™ explore the light side of MUM Town. Last month people really liked our Dark Triad episode exploring Narcissism, Psychopathy, and Machiavellianism. So, we decided to make a two-part episode on The Light Triad of Compassion, Empathy, and Altruism. We discuss why dark and negative things often bias our attention and how positive psychology is attempting to bring balance to the force. Listen to The ABC™ wherever you podcast or check out the video version on Spotif...
Fun By Nature
May 31, 2022 14:33 - 1 hour - 103 MBThe World Building Boys of Comedy™ are finalizing the plans for the physical manifestation of Mind Under Matter at their Campout Festival. Shane went to a second and final event at Lake Side Retreats in Raleigh. This one was produced by Life Is Art Productions (who is also doing our campout festival). He was blown away. All previous concerns have been replaced with excitement and dreams. Shane has even decided to move to Raleigh to build a MUM world over the summer. We had to do one fi...
Campout Updates
May 24, 2022 15:06 - 1 hour - 92.1 MBThis place is insanely awesome! Shane traveled to Raleigh to see where The Campout Festival Boys of Comedy™ will be hosting the Mind Under Matter Campout Festival Sep 8 – 11th. After checking out a different campout festival here… WOW! There is no describing the excitement but we take a whack at it anyway. Lakeside Retreats is amazing and we can’t believe we are going to get to build our own Mind Under Matter World. Any anxieties that we had before seeing the place went away and now it...
Mind Under ART 53: TRANSFORMATION
May 20, 2022 22:36 - 1 hour - 54.9 MBThis week's art suggestion comes from future Here We Are guest, Emily Petrucci! Huge thanks to Emily for the amazing comments and letters. We always learn so much from you :) More info about The Mind Under Festival/Campout in Raleigh, NC Sep 9-12 https://mindunderpod.com/pages/campout Shirts, posters, and MUMerch https://mindunderpod.com/pages/store
Questionzilla
May 17, 2022 10:05 - 1 hour - 93.6 MBThe Mailbag Opening Boys of Comedy™ take another round of listener questions. How did Shand and Ramin meet? Why does life keep getting weirder? Does a higher self choose to experience trauma? We are all stars, but what should you do if you meet someone famous? Listen in to hear The MOBC™ answer a fun mix-bag of questions. Make sure to comment on social media, YouTube, or (best of all) Patreon and be included in the next Q&A show! We have already sold a bunch of early-bird tickets for t...
Campout Festival
May 10, 2022 10:05 - 1 hour - 96.7 MBThe Excited Boys of Comedy™ are officially launching The Mind Under Matter Campout Festival Raleigh, NC Sep 9-12 (Patreon Day on the 8th) Lakeside Retreats (20 minutes from downtown) Camping is included in the ticket, and if you don't like camping there are plenty of hotels and other accommodations nearby. If you don't have your own gear, we can also help you arrange tents, glamping, RVs, and more. This is the first-ever live Mind Under Matter event! Comedy, Music, Live Podcasts, Art,...
Dark Triad
May 03, 2022 21:24 - 1 hour - 102 MBPsycho, Con, or Egomaniac? The Dark Boys of Darkness™ take a Dark Triad survey to find out how that rate on psychopathy, Machiavellianism, and narcissism. You can take the survey along with Shane and Ramin here: https://www.idrlabs.com/dark-triad/test.php Be sure to share your results (in the comments below/ at @mindunderpod) Is lying ever OK? Have you been in trouble with the law? Are you prone to flights of fancy? How is your temper? Are you impulsive? How are your relationships w...
Advice Column
April 26, 2022 10:05 - 1 hour - 97 MBHow do you decide what to do with your life? The Guidance Counseling Boys of Comedy™ answer your questions for their first Advice Column episode. Shane and Ramin offer some thoughts on choosing a life path, overcoming pointlessness, recovering from injury, overthinking, functional anxiety, and building an audience. Saddle up to hear heavy topics lightened with laughs on the road to self-discovery. The GCBC™ love to experiment with new themed episodes and find more ways to involve listene...
Bicycle Day
April 19, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 86.8 MBCome celebrate the discovery of LSD with The Kaleidoscopic Boys of Comedy™ On April 19th 79 years ago, Albert Hofmann had the first semi-intentional dose of Lysergic acid diethylamide. He then famously hopped on a bicycle, and the rest is dilated history. Since that bizarre day, it has changed the lives of countless people including Shane and Ramin’s. Oh yeah, it works! But experiences vary. Hear how The KBC’s™ experience with acid differs from mushrooms. Despite such positive impacts on...
Easter Egg Hunt
April 12, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 98.7 MBThe Literally Resurrecting Literal Bunnies of Literal Comedy™ literally spring from their literal nests to literally celebrate literal Easter. After some fun updates about our MUF, we send you on an Easter egg hunt! Check out Shane’s documentary ‘Psychonautics’ on Prime and find the hidden shot to win a free T-shirt. The movie is also a good primer for next week’s Bicycle Day Episode! We don’t know if JC literally rose from the dead, but there are entire species that metaphorically have....
Meet The MUM Family!
April 07, 2022 19:41 - 1 hour - 80.9 MBThe Kids Of The Boys Of Comedy™ join Shane and Ramin for the first team episode! Matt McCool (real last name) is the amazing editor of both Mind Under Matter and Here We Are. If you follow us on Instagram or watch on YT or Spotify, you’ve gotten to see all the fun things that the best editor in podcasting adds to MUM. What you would never know is all the little stuff that goes into making quality audio and video that no one would ever notice unless he stopped doing it. Rhianna ‘The Hippi...
Meet The MUM Family! BONUS Ep. 13
April 07, 2022 19:41 - 1 hour - 80.9 MBThe Kids Of The Boys Of Comedy™ join Shane and Ramin for the first team episode! Matt McCool (real last name) is the amazing editor of both Mind Under Matter and Here We Are. If you follow us on Instagram or watch on YT or Spotify, you’ve gotten to see all the fun things that the best editor in podcasting adds to MUM. What you would never know is all the little stuff that goes into making quality audio and video that no one would ever notice unless he stopped doing it. Rhianna ‘The Hippi...
Season 2
April 05, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 104 MBThe Upgraded Boys of Comedy™ reflect on completing their first year of the show. We bring in the new season with new cameras, lighting, studio upgrades, and new features! The UBC™ generally think it’s unrealistic to try to go from zero to 60 on any project, but something was special about Mind Under Matter. Shane, Ramin, Matt and Rhianna went above and beyond to make a nearly complete vision of our show from the beginning and most importantly, we stuck with it. We’re all so proud of what...
DOUG STANHOPE
March 29, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 101 MBThe Starstruck Boys of Comedy™ welcome the legend as their very first guest on the show. It’s the last episode of the first season of Mind Under Matter and we wanted to go out with one of the last of a dying breed. Doug Stanhope built a cult following as one of the most authentic, debaucherous, smartest, edgiest, funniest comics who has ever lived. Well before podcasting and social media gave comedians more of a chance to take their career into their own hands, Doug broke the mold. He b...
Question Everything?
March 21, 2022 15:56 - 2 hours - 114 MBWhat would you do if you met your younger self? If you had to eat the same meal every day, what would it be? Do you prefer to have more or less knowledge about frightening topics? This week The Obliging Boys of Comedy™ dive back into the mailbag for a hilarious and thoughtful episode. This is the second public Q&A episode and it’s safe to say that we will be making this a regular part of the show. From philosophical, to the pragmatic, to the absurd… our patrons’ and Instagram followers’...
Paddy’s NOT Patty’s
March 15, 2022 00:04 - 1 hour - 90.2 MBShane and Ramin have TWO tremendous pieces of news. Don’t miss this episode as it involves some plans you are going to want to make! The Charmed Boys of Comedy™ are feeling The Luck of the Irish. This week we chat about the history of St Paddy’s Day. We talk about Shane’s Irish ancestry, potato famines, and early American immigrants. After doing Origins of Halloween (ep 29), Christmas Origins (ep 36), and now exploring St Paddy’s Day as a respite from Lent, we are starting to notice a b...
The Conspiracy Survey
March 07, 2022 10:00 - 2 hours - 123 MBThe Necromancers of Comedy™ use modern alchemy to determine how conspiratorial they are. This week Shane and Ramin take the 15 question ‘Generic Conspiracist Beliefs Scale’ The scale breaks the score down into five facets: - Government Malfeasance: Belief in routine criminal conspiracy within governments - Malevolent Global Conspiracies: Belief that small, secret groups exert total control over global events - Control of Information (CI): Belief that unethical control and suppression o...
International MUM Day
February 21, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 102 MBThe New Tradition Starting Boys of Comedy™ bring in the first inaugural International Mind Under Matter Day on 2/22/22! What is International MUM Day? For the first year, we are going to hash it out together. If you could cobble together a new holiday with your favorite things from other holidays, what would it look like? What is your ideal festival? If Shane and Ramin put together a Mind Under Matter camp out next year would you be interested in joining The NTSBC™? Tune in to find out...
Erupting with Life
February 14, 2022 16:24 - 2 hours - 114 MBThe Sexually Selected Valentines of Comedy™ release their second episode on mating behavior. Last week we went through a bit of the early history of the scientific debates over the evolution of utility versus beauty. This week we will go through some of the more recent theories about mating behavior to better understand the eruption of various behaviors that have both created and destroyed an uncountable number of species on earth. We start with a dive underwater to see what odd strategie...
Darwinian Beauty
February 08, 2022 18:23 - 2 hours - 125 MBThis week The Sexually Selected Boys of Comedy™ get into some of the basics of the evolution of mating. Charles Darwin’s birthday is just before Valentine’s Day on Feb 12. We thought it would be fitting to spend the next two weeks talking about how change over time has shaped the tantalizing act of spreading genes. 'On The Origin of Species' put Darwin on the map and introduced the world to evolution. But when it came to mating, things like the peacock just weren’t making sense. This spa...
Press Conference
January 31, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 109 MBThe Amenable Boys of Comedy™ take questions from the listeners and wow did the MUMies come through with some good ones! How many hot dogs have you eaten in your life? Have you ever picked up a hitchhiker? Do you believe in ghosts? How would you use a time machine? Who would you like to talk to from History? This was the first Q&A episode that we tried and ended up with so many fantastic questions from both Instagram and Patrons that we decided to do two episodes!