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An update on how the 4th Annual March Magnus event went. Followed by a listener factoid on the Milan counterculture esthetics of Memphis Design, and the Y2K NURBS that shaped our culture.=-=-=-=-=-Do you have a cool factoid to share on the air?Do you have a unique story of the strange that you just need to get off your chest?Write us at MindofMagnus@gmail.comSend a message on BlueSky or X: @magnusapolloOr call and leave a voice mail at: 585-310-2473The Mind of Magnus is a Proud Member of the @LunchadorPodcasts Network.Mentioned in this episode:Connections with Evan DawsonConnections with Evan Dawson - Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or at https://www.wxxinews.org/show/connectionsConnectionsJoe Bean Coffee - Coffee that lifts everyone.Use promo code Lunchador for 15% off your order! https://shop.joebeanroasters.comIt’s A LotCheck out It’s A Lot on Lunchador! https://feeds.captivate.fm/itsalot/

Content warning: This episode contains a brief mention of suicidal ideation (it is not discussed in detail). Please take care while listening.In this special crossover episode, I join host Emily Hessney Lynch for a fun, collaborative interview with photographer Adam Eaton! We discuss the healing power of creativity, Adam's gift for seeing the beauty in others and hearing their stories, and how vital community is. We also chat about getting to know Rochester, the importance of funding the arts, and Adam's new photography book, Black is Beautiful.=-=-=-=-=-Do you have a cool factoid to share on the air?Do you have a unique story of the strange that you just need to get off your chest?Write us at MindofMagnus@gmail.comSend a message on BlueSky or X: @magnusapolloOr call and leave a voice mail at: 585-310-2473The Mind of Magnus is a Proud Member of the Lunchador Podcast Network.Mentioned in this episode:Joe Bean Coffee - Coffee that lifts everyone.Use promo code Lunchador for 15% off your order! https://shop.joe

Content warning: This episode contains a brief mention of suicidal ideation (it is not discussed in detail). Please take care while listening.In this special crossover episode, Magnus Champlin of the Mind of Magnus podcast joins host Emily Hessney Lynch for a fun, collaborative interview with photographer Adam Eaton! We discuss the healing power of creativity, Adam's gift for seeing the beauty in others and hearing their stories, and how vital community is. We also chat about getting to know Rochester, the importance of funding the arts, and Adam's new photography book, Black is Beautiful. Links:You can buy Black is Beautiful here.Adam's website & Instagram.Emily's website & Instagram.Listen to the Mind of Magnus podcast.Magnus's work & Instagram.Enjoying the show? Support us by leaving a one-time tip! We'll send you a sticker to say thanks.We're a proud member of the Lunchador Podcast Network. Our logo is by Tenderchomps Art.Mentioned in this episode:Joe Bean Coffee - Coffee that Lifts EveryoneUs

Tonight Show is an alliterative Factoid Friday, all thanks to the letter B, and listeners like you!Do you have a cool factoid to share on the air?Do you have a unique story of the strange that you just need to get off your chest?Write us at MindofMagnus@gmail.comSend a message on BlueSky or X: @magnusapolloOr call and leave a voice mail at: 585-310-2473The Mind of Magnus is a Proud Member of the @LunchadorPodcasts Network.Mentioned in this episode:Connections with Evan DawsonConnections with Evan Dawson - Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or at https://www.wxxinews.org/show/connectionsConnectionsJoe Bean Coffee - Coffee that lifts everyone.Use promo code Lunchador for 15% off your order! https://shop.joebeanroasters.com

Sadie Dingfelder is a science journalist who is currently obsessed with hidden neurodiversity and science-based answers to the question: If you were beamed into the mind of another person or animal, what would that be like?We talk all about the umvvelt, and go on many tangents discussing why she says our Meat Machines are Amazing!.Here book is: Do I Know You? A Faceblind Reporter's Journey Into the Science of Sight, Memory, and Imagination Follow Sadie on her instagram @sadiefd and learn the coolest of facts------------Do you have a cool factoid to share on the air?Do you have a unique story of the strange that you just need to get off your chest?Write us at MindofMagnus@gmail.comSend a message on BlueSky or X: @magnusapolloOr call and leave a voice mail at: 585-310-2473The Mind of Magnus is a Proud Member of the @LunchadorPodcasts Network.Mentioned in this episode:Connections with Evan DawsonConnections with Evan Dawson - Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or at https://www.wxxinews.org/show/connectio

A collection of interesting factoids sent in from the listeners!Kennsington Runestone Info from Jahannah James:https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1DFKHX6hK6/Do you have a cool factoid to share on the air?Do you have a unique story of the strange that you just need to get off your chest?Write us at MindofMagnus@gmail.comSend a message on BlueSky or X: @magnusapolloOr call and leave a voice mail at: 585-310-2473The Mind of Magnus is a Proud Member of the Lunchador Podcast Network.Mentioned in this episode:Joe Bean Coffee - Coffee that lifts everyone.Use promo code Lunchador for 15% off your order! https://shop.joebeanroasters.comGuglielmo's Home Grown Marinara SauceGuglielmo's Home Grown Marinara Sauce is available in your favorite grocery stores! Pick up a jar today!Getting Real with Bossy: For Women Who Own BusinessCheck out Getting Real with Bossy: For Women Who Own Business on Lunchador! https://feeds.captivate.fm/gettingrealwithbossy/

The Spooky Season is upon us, and I'm sharing all the amazingly haunted tales sent in from the listeners! We get a Fae creature story from Finland, monsters in the trees, and possible lady in white!-----Do you have a cool factoid or creepy halloween themed tale to share on the air? Do you have a unique story of the strange that you just need to get off your chest?Write us at MindofMagnus@gmail.comSend a message on BlueSky or X: @magnusapolloOr call and leave a voice mail at: 585-310-2473The Mind of Magnus is a Proud Member of the Lunchador Podcast Network. Mentioned in this episode:Joe Bean Coffee - Coffee that lifts everyone.Use promo code Lunchador for 15% off your order! https://shop.joebeanroasters.comFood About Town

The Spooky Season is upon us, and I'm sharing all the amazingly haunted tales sent in my listeners! From UFOs, Shadow People, Black Eyed Kids, and more, we are starting off the Spooky Season with listeners stories!-----Do you have a cool factoid or creepy halloween themed tale to share on the air? Do you have a unique story of the strange that you just need to get off your chest?Write us at MindofMagnus@gmail.comSend a message on BlueSky or X: @magnusapolloOr call and leave a voice mail at: 585-310-2473The Mind of Magnus is a Proud Member of the Lunchador Podcast Network. Mentioned in this episode:Joe Bean Coffee - Coffee that lifts everyone.Use promo code Lunchador for 15% off your order! https://shop.joebeanroasters.comESL ROCHESTER FRINGE FESTIVAL - SEPTEMBER 9TH THROUGH 20THTHE ESL ROCHESTER FRINGE FESTIVAL, THE MOST ANTICIPATED FESTIVAL IN THE REGION, WILL ONCE AGAIN EXCITE AUDIENCES WITH NEARLY 650 PERFORMANCES SEPTEMBER 9TH THROUGH 20TH . FROM COMEDY, DANCE, AND THEATRE TO JAW-DROPPING SPECTACLES ACRO

A quick #FactoidFriday for the week. Listener Lea sent in a factoid on flying spiders!Plenty of thank yous to all you folks, and only a few coughs.------------------------Do you have a cool factoid to share on the air? Do you have a unique story of the strange that you just need to get off your chest?Write us at MindofMagnus@gmail.comSend a message on BlueSky or X: @magnusapolloOr call and leave a voice mail at: 585-310-2473The Mind of Magnus is a Proud Member of the Lunchador Podcast Network. Mentioned in this episode:ESL ROCHESTER FRINGE FESTIVAL - SEPTEMBER 9TH THROUGH 20THTHE ESL ROCHESTER FRINGE FESTIVAL, THE MOST ANTICIPATED FESTIVAL IN THE REGION, WILL ONCE AGAIN EXCITE AUDIENCES WITH NEARLY 650 PERFORMANCES SEPTEMBER 9TH THROUGH 20TH . FROM COMEDY, DANCE, AND THEATRE TO JAW-DROPPING SPECTACLES ACROSS THIRTY-NINE VENUES ALL AROUND ROCHESTER. DON’T MISS AMAZING PERFORMANCES IN THE SPIEGELTENT INCLUDING THE WORLD PREMIERE OF CIRQUE DU FRINGE: CLAWS OUT, SHOTSPEARE, KIDS FRINGE, AND MORE. AND DIRECT FROM

We are wrapping up season 8 and moving onto season 9 of the Mind of Magnus! And we couldn't have done it without you! Listner factoid, Peacocks emit lasers from their tails!?!https://tinyurl.com/ycmysmvhbonus factoid: Why doesn't the wildfire smoke filling the city smell like campfire?----------Do you have a cool factoid to share on the air? Do you have a unique story of the strange that you just need to get off your chest?Write us at MindofMagnus@gmail.comSend a message on BlueSky or X: @magnusapolloOr call and leave a voice mail at: 585-310-2473The Mind of Magnus is a Proud Member of the Lunchador Podcast Network. Mentioned in this episode:Joe Bean Coffee - Coffee that lifts everyone.Use promo code Lunchador for 15% off your order! https://shop.joebeanroasters.comGuglielmo's Home Grown Marinara SauceGuglielmo's Home Grown Marinara Sauce is available in your favorite grocery stores! Pick up a jar today!

My guest and factoid sharer for this episode is the host of the show Event Horizon found on Youtube, and is an American science fiction author, science communicator and futurist who produces documentary videos centered on future technology and the potential for advanced extraterrestrial life. If you haven't listened to his 2 part interview, definitely go back and listen and let your mind be expanded! Here is a short Factoid Friday for your podcast listening pleasure!Find him on his youtube channels:https://www.youtube.com/@EventHorizonShowhttps://www.youtube.com/@JohnMichaelGodierWe reference Lighthouse Star theory of Przybylski's Star for season 7 episode 12: https://player.captivate.fm/episode/89200f54-0b11-4d56-a6a5-78ee5c48ad83----------------Do you have a cool factoid to share on the air? Do you have a unique story of the strange that you just need to get off your chest?Write us at MindofMagnus@gmail.comSend a message on BlueSky or X: @magnusapolloOr call and leave a voice mail at: 585-310-2473The Mind

My guest for the show is the host of the show Event Horizon found on Youtube, and is an American science fiction author, science communicator and futurist who produces documentary videos centered on future technology and the potential for advanced extraterrestrial life. We chat about all sorts of awesome topics that went long into the night, enough so that we had to break the show up into multiple parts! Here is the second part of that interview, with questions from listeners.Find him on his youtube channels:https://www.youtube.com/@EventHorizonShowhttps://www.youtube.com/@JohnMichaelGodier----------------Do you have a cool factoid to share on the air? Do you have a unique story of the strange that you just need to get off your chest?Write us at MindofMagnus@gmail.comSend a message on BlueSky or X: @magnusapolloOr call and leave a voice mail at: 585-310-2473The Mind of Magnus is a Proud Member of the Lunchador Podcast Network. Mentioned in this episode:Lunchador Podcast NetworkLunchador Podcast Network is a n

My guest for the show is the host of the show Event Horizon found on Youtube, and is an American science fiction author, science communicator and futurist who produces documentary videos centered on future technology and the potential for advanced extraterrestrial life. We chat about all sorts of awesome topics that went long into the night, enough so that we had to break the show up into multiple parts! Find him on his youtube channels:https://www.youtube.com/@EventHorizonShowhttps://www.youtube.com/@JohnMichaelGodierWe reference Lighthouse Star theory of Przybylski's Star for season 7 episode 12: https://player.captivate.fm/episode/89200f54-0b11-4d56-a6a5-78ee5c48ad83----------------Do you have a cool factoid to share on the air? Do you have a unique story of the strange that you just need to get off your chest?Write us at MindofMagnus@gmail.comSend a message on BlueSky or X: @magnusapolloOr call and leave a voice mail at: 585-310-2473The Mind of Magnus is a Proud Member of the Lunchador Podcast Network. Me

Honored to jump on the mic with the larger than life sauce master, @googs0105, of the Pauly Guglielmo Show, another of the @LunchadorPodcasts Network. Pauly is one of the radio guys I heard on the air for years, armed with entrepreneurial curious mind, he makes positive ripples in the Rochester area.Check out this cross over episode, and I can't wait to get him onto my show!---------Do you have a cool factoid to share on the air? Do you have a unique story of the strange that you just need to get off your chest?Write us at MindofMagnus@gmail.comSend a message on BlueSky or X: @magnusapolloOr call and leave a voice mail at: 585-310-2473The Mind of Magnus is a Proud Member of the Lunchador Podcast Network. Mentioned in this episode:Behind the GlassPodcast and gallery focusing on underrepresented artists utilize the space to amplify their work. Curated by @Richardbcolon @qua.jay. Check out the podcast or join them in person first Fridays at 240 E Main St, Rochester, NY! https://behind-the-glass-gallery.captiva

Tune in for a spooky mix of Friday the 13th facts, fears, and folklore, straight from our listeners! From strange histories to quirky phobias, this episode is packed with eerie insights you won’t want to miss.Holly's Article from Atlas Obscura on the Thirteen Club can be found here: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/thirteen-club-superstition-new-york-=-=-=-=-=-Do you have a cool factoid to share on the air? Do you have a unique story of the strange that you just need to get off your chest?Write us at MindofMagnus@gmail.comSend a message on BlueSky or X: @magnusapolloOr call and leave a voice mail at: 585-310-2473The Mind of Magnus is a Proud Member of the Lunchador Podcast Network. Mentioned in this episode:Dialed In: A Coffee PodcastGet Dialed In to the world of coffee with Aaron and Wade! Tastings, coffee news and opinion and more! https://dialedincoffee.captivate.fmJoe Bean Coffee - Coffee that lifts everyone.Use promo code Lunchador for 15% off your order! https://shop.joebeanroasters.com

Thanks to Dan, Ben, and Shannon for sending in facts to the Factoid Hotline!Their facts were all about The Boötes Void, a vast, roughly spherical region of space, 330 Million Light years wide that has almost nothing inside it. What could cause it, and is it from an angry ancient god?BBC Article: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/bootes-void-----Do you have a cool factoid to share on the air? Do you have a unique story of the strange that you just need to get off your chest?Write us at MindofMagnus@gmail.comSend a message on BlueSky or X: @magnusapolloOr call and leave a voice mail at: 585-310-2473The Mind of Magnus is a Proud Member of the Lunchador Podcast Network. Mentioned in this episode:Dialed In: A Coffee PodcastGet Dialed In to the world of coffee with Aaron and Wade! Tastings, coffee news and opinion and more! https://dialedincoffee.captivate.fmJoe Bean Coffee - Coffee that lifts everyone.Use promo code Lunchador for 15% off your order! https://shop.joebeanroasters.com

This episode of Just Can't Not features Chris Lindstrom (@stromie) chatting with Magnus (@magnusapollo) to learn about the interactive art he created for the 2025 Lilac Festival (@rochesterlilacfestival)!This project has everything - a photo scavenger hunt of animal art around the park, a giant Magnus along the entrance, laser artwork on rocks, and more! This project is so Magnus and we are all excited to go check it out. Visit the Lilac Festival - it is open today through Sunday May 18th. Enjoy it!Mentions:rocwalk.com - Seneca Park Zoo (@senecaparkzoo)Mentioned in this episode:Joe Bean RoastersJoe Bean Coffee - Coffee that lifts everyone. Use promo code Lunchador for 15% off your order! https://shop.joebeanroasters.com

Thanks to listeners who sent in the Factoids about the DolphinGemma project and the hope to talk to other animals using AI Large Language Models: Blog mentioned can be found here: https://blog.google/technology/ai/dolphingemmaLearn about Alex the African Grey Parrot: @TheAlexFoundationFollow Apollo the African Grey: @apolloandfrensHector D. Byrd, she who rules with an iron beak: @Hectordbyrd-------Do you have a cool factoid to share on the air? Do you have a unique story of the strange that you just need to get off your chest?Write us at MindofMagnus@gmail.comSend a message on BlueSky or X: @magnusapolloOr call and leave a voice mail at: 585-310-2473The Mind of Magnus is a Proud Member of the Lunchador Podcast Network. Mentioned in this episode:Guglielmo's Home Grown Marinara SauceGuglielmo's Home Grown Marinara Sauce is available in your favorite grocery stores! Pick up a jar today!Joe Bean Coffee - Coffee that lifts everyone.Use promo code Lunchador for 15% off your order! https://shop.joebeanroasters.comD

Thanks to those that wrote in sharing the facts about Dire Wolves and De-extinction.Took some time for a 20 minute ramble on the topic of What a Dire Wolf is, What Early Man Might have Met, and also how crazy Man's Control of DNA is.------------------Do you have a cool factoid to share on the air? Do you have a unique story of the strange that you just need to get off your chest?Write us at MindofMagnus@gmail.comSend a message on BlueSky or X: @magnusapolloOr call and leave a voice mail at: 585-310-2473The Mind of Magnus is a Proud Member of the @LunchadorPodcasts Network. Mentioned in this episode:Joe Bean Coffee - Coffee that lifts everyone.Use promo code Lunchador for 15% off your order! https://shop.joebeanroasters.comJoe Bean RoastersJoe Bean Coffee - Coffee that lifts everyone. https://shop.joebeanroasters.com

Do you have a cool factoid to share on the air? Do you have a unique story of the strange that you just need to get off your chest?Write us at MindofMagnus@gmail.comSend a message on BlueSky or X: @magnusapolloOr call and leave a voice mail at: 585-310-2473The Mind of Magnus is a Proud Member of the Lunchador Podcast Network. To join the Patreon crew: www.patreon.com/c/MagnusApolloMentioned in this episode:Lunchador Podcast NetworkLunchador Podcast Network is a network of podcasts originating in Rochester, NY. Our goal is bringing creative people together to be a positive force in the arts community. The shows that make up Lunchador are owned by the creators and cover a wide range of topics and backgrounds. http://lunchador.org/Dialed In: A Coffee PodcastGet Dialed In to the world of coffee with Aaron and Wade! Tastings, coffee news and opinion and more! https://dialedincoffee.captivate.fmJoe Bean Coffee - Coffee that lifts everyone.Use promo code Lunchador for 15% off your order! https://shop.joebeanro