Mind Of Magnus
Dive into the Mind of Magnus Champlin. A creative brain cursed with endless curiosity. The show focuses on learning about everything and anything, from factoids to deep dives into theories. Magnus interviews guests sharing their stories and life adventures all with the goal of expanding our minds. We are always on the lookout for the next awesome thing to learn!
Mind of Magnus: Spooky Listener's Stories 3
This episode we finally got it!! A possible Sasquatch Story! Also, we have some Hat Man stories from listeners!
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Mind of Magnus: Spooky Listener's Stories 2
This Episode Marilyn a student in Rochester tells of a haunted home and creepy watchers from behind headstones. And a hunter tells of him and his brother finding weird tracks that seemed to vanish!
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Mind of Magnus: Spooky Listener's Stories!
Tonight starts the spooky stories coming in from listeners! We have the haunted Civil War House and a quick message from Chuck who might have seen his own shadow!!
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FactoidFriday: Listeners Factoids!
Week number three of chest infection and only now just getting my voice back enough to talk and not cough constantly. But, I wanted to get a show you to everyone asap! Here is a quick Factoid Friday from the Factoid Hotline!
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FactoidFriday: March Magnus, Memphis Design, & NURBS
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.
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Cross-Over Episode of It's a Lot Podcast with Adam Eaton.
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.
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Everyone’s Creative, Everyone’s Beautiful (with Adam Eaton & guest co-host Magnus Champlin) - It's a Lot
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.
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Factoid Friday with B-Facts! Baboons, Baby Black Holes, & Boltzmann Brains!
Tonight Show is an alliterative Factoid Friday, all thanks to the letter B, and listeners like you!
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Picking the Brain of Sadie Dingfelder
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
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Factoid Friday: Listener Mailbag
A collection of interesting factoids sent in from the listeners!
Kennsington Runestone Info from Jahannah James:
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1DFKHX6hK6/
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Spooky Season Listener Stories - Fae Folk, Ghosts, and monsters in the trees
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!
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Spooky Season Listener Stories Week 1
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!
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<...Factoid Friday - Listener's Fact about Flying Electric Spiders!
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.
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FactoidFriday: Peacocks with Frickin Lasers!
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/ycmysmvh
bonus factoid: Why doesn't the wildfire smoke filling the city smell like campfire?
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FactoidFriday with John Michael Godier
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/@EventHorizonShow
https://www.youtube.com/@JohnMichaelGodier
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John Michael Godier - Part 2
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/@EventHorizonShow
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John Michael Godier - Part 1
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/@EventHorizonShow
https://www.youtube.com/@JohnMichaelGodier
We reference Lighthouse Star theory of...
Pauly Guglielmo Show Crossover Episode
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!
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FactoidFriday: Friday the 13th Fears and Factoid Show!
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
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...FactoidFriday: Boötes Void, the Hole In Space.
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
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Just Can't Not - Magnus Photo Hunt at the Lilac Festival - Just Can't Not
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!
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rocwalk.com - Seneca Park Zoo (@senecaparkzoo)
<...FactoidFriday - Dolphin Communications with AI
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/dolphingemma
Learn about Alex the African Grey Parrot: @TheAlexFoundation
Follow Apollo the African Grey: @apolloandfrens
Hector D. Byrd, she who rules with an iron beak: @Hectordbyrd
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FactoidFriday - A Ramble about Dire Wolves
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.
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March Factoid Friday - Oak Trees and Villains
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Behind the Studio Door crossover episode!
I was asked to jump on the mic to chat with Molly (@thedarlingrevolution) and Christian (@letsgocnote) from Behind the Studio Door podcast! A great chat was had, that could have easily gone on for hours.
Like and follow @behindthestudiodoor to learn more about the amazing artists in the #Roc!
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Fatigued Brains dealing with Bad News
Hi Folks, I felt like I need to send out a little something for the podcast feed. Lots of folks are feeling Mutual Aid Fatigue, Compassion Burnout, all while dealing with Collective Impoverishment... Take a moment to rest, and take care of yourself.
Thanks, Magnus
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Magnus India Recap
Thank you to Stromie from the @FoodAboutTown podcast for playing host to interview me for to share the stories about my time in India and the wonderful experiences.
Links from the show:
Kala Ghoda Art Festival: https://kalaghodaassociation.com/
Elephanta Caves: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephanta_Caves
A hotel I can't recommend enough: https://www.hotelkempscorner.com/
Artist referenced: Ritesh Shrikant Bhoi and his show was Existential Realms at the Jehangir Art Gallery. Follow him @riteshshrikantbhoi7
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Phoning it in... from India!
I'm really phoning this one in guys.... from Mumbai India! A short special #FactoidFriday for you from the Capital of India!
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Factoid Friday January Listener Factoids!
Thanks to all those that wrote or called into the show to share your cool factoids!
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Factoid Friday with Noelle from Quite Unusual Podcast
Noelle Kruppa, one of the co-hosts of the Quite Unusual Podcast joins us again this week to share some awesome facts! Mummies and ghosts and so many other fun topics for the first FactoidFriday of the year!
Follow and listen to Noelle and Nicole on @QuiteUnusualPod, or Noelle's Personal page @no.kruppa
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<...Noelle Kruppa from The Quite Unusual Podcast
Happy New Year, and to celebrate I'm bringing the one and only Noelle Kruppa, one of the co-hosts of the Quite Unusual Podcast. Hearing all about the path that brought her to creating this wonderful show, talking about all sorts of fun weird topics, and she even does a 2025 Tarot reading for us to see what our future holds!
Follow and listen to Noelle and Nicole on @QuiteUnusualPod, or Noelle's Personal page @no.kruppa
Huge thanks to the Patreons folks that offered questions to the guest this week.
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Factoid Friday with Grant Baciocco and Toiley T. Paper
Grant Baciocco talented puppeteer from the Jim Henson Company, MST3K, and more joins us again to share a cool #Factoid about the Henson Studios.
Extra Bonus Guest: Toiley T. Paper joins us to share a factoid that is very on brand for him.
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https://mrgrant.com/
On Instagram @throwingtoasters
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https://thetoiley.com/
on instagram @thetoiley
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Under the Puppet with Grant Baciocco
Getting into the mind of a man that brings to life puppets for a living, Grant Baciocco. A talented puppeteer from the Jim Henson Company, MST3K, and so many other notable endeavors joins us to talk about his stories and what has helped him conjure these creations into life. He discusses the 20 years of the longest running professional produced audio drama "The Radio Adventures of Doctor Floyd", and so many other adventures in his life.
Extra Bonus Guest: Toiley T. Paper joins us to talk.
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<...FactoidFriday: The Earth is Slowing Down
Thanks to Peter for sending in the Factoid to the Hotline! And a huge thank you to Prof. Hannah Fry for sharing the research on this.
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Factoid Friday: This History of the Mind of Magnus, Editing Reality, and the Wilhelm Scream.
Using this #FactoidFriday to share the weird history of the Mind of Magnus over the past 2 decades. What brought us all to this current spot, and some "Voices" from the past.
Thanks to Eric for the Saccadic Suppression fact from the Hotline, and so many other cool facts shared into the show, like the truly perfect Christmas gift given to Harper Lee, to the fact that Sheb Wooly has a diverse resume.
Vote for The Anomaly Film Fest, the Anomaly Presents Podcast, and many other awesome folks for the Best of ROC here:
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Teaser for the 20th Year of the Mind of Magnus
Have I missed all you awesome folks! Coming back for the 20th year of Mind of Magnus, here is a quick little teaser to let you know that I'm still alive and will be back to our regularly scheduled podcast soon!
Thank you to all those that wrote in during the break to say hello. It really made me feel great to know that people appreciate the show and how it was a part of their weekly schedules.
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FactoidFriday: Theories of Why The Universe is Silent
This hour long episode is thanks to Bradley and his text to the Hotline number asking: Why is the universe so quiet, and where are the aliens.
I drop as many theories as I can on why the Universe seems to be quiet, and why we haven't heard or detected any other Alien civilizations out there.
I reference Episode 174 of the Quite Unusual Podcast discussing the Silurian Hypothesis, and the Possibility of advanced civilizations existing on earth million of years before humans.
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Factoid Friday: Vinyl Record Mysteries and Other Audio Oddities
A Factoid Friday Episode on the mysteries of the sizing and structure of vinyl records! Huge thanks to Phil Shaw, Ghil Scraw, and Fuzzrod Godd for getting this FactoidFriday going on a theme of vinyl records and other such random topics I never knew I needed to know about!
Thanks to Matt and others for the other cool factoids!
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Factoid Friday: High Teas, Sharks, and Listeners Factoids
A Factoid Friday episode with listener voicemails!
Getting back in the groove of episodes, thanks to Meghan Murphy of @murphypopart
and good ol' Tom Clifford @swordfishtombones who offer some facts for the show.
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So Long, Nancy. Thanks for Being You!
This is a more personal episode of the Mind of Magnus. Dealing with the passing of a woman that was my mentor and "Other mom", Nancy and her recent Memorial. Wanted to share the reason I had been MIA recently, but more importantly I wanted to send a note out into the universe to thank Nancy for being the person she was and how she helped shaped the man I am today.
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