Rob Lamb

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6,505 appearances 29 recordings 4 series first heard Sep 2026 last heard 2d ago

Rob Lamb’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Stuff To Blow Your Mind · From the Vault: The Devil You Know, Part 1 · 24 Sep 2026 podcast

And rationally, Eurystheus should realize this and just let Big Herc have a few extra fries if he wants. voice-verified

Like 'cause what does it matter? voice-verified

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From Hercules' standpoint, does he really want to risk his lunch winding up on the floor? voice-verified

Maybe he should just let Eurystheus keep all of his fries. voice-verified

Okay. voice-verified

The downside, of course, here is that uh maybe Hercules just won't invite Eurystheus out for lunch next time, and he's certainly not going to pick up the check. voice-verified

And on top of all that, um, how are they going to work together to defeat the Hydra? voice-verified

Because if as you'll remember from past episodes and from Greek mythology in general, Hercules can't do that on his own. voice-verified

He has to have his cousin's help to burn the stumps after each head of the Hydras. voice-verified

Cut off. voice-verified

That's right. voice-verified

But uh but some papers out there that have uh crunched the numbers on all this and done some some experimentation, questionnaires and so forth, uh do acknowledge that, you know, that there are there are multiple dimensions to any of these situations. voice-verified

Namely, and this is something I think everyone can relate to, like you can have a leader voice-verified

that is engaging in an international situation, but there is still the domestic um uh view of that situation. voice-verified

There's still the domestic response, the domestic relationship. voice-verified

And so one of the papers that I was looking at, this one is titled Madman or Mad Genius: The International Benefits and Domestic Costs of Madman Strategy by Joshua A. voice-verified

Schwartz, published in 2023 in Security Studies. voice-verified

And in this, the author found that the Madman approach can work in negotiations with foreign adversaries, but quote, entails significant domestic costs that potentially erode its efficacy. voice-verified

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