Rob Lamb

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6,505 appearances 29 recordings 4 series first heard Sep 2026 last heard yesterday

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

Rather, we would be dealing with a state that could do a lot of damage, but in striking voice-verified

Out would just thoroughly destroy themselves. voice-verified

So the idea here is that no one would take this hypothetical nation or the leader of this hypothetical nation seriously unless they presented an air of madness. voice-verified

And then perhaps, hey, they might do it anyway if provoked. voice-verified

They, they, you know, they're unhinged. voice-verified

And thus it can be a form of asymmetric leverage. voice-verified

So we're talking low probability. voice-verified

but high consequence. voice-verified

Yeah. voice-verified

And McManus also points out that there would also seem to be more of an advantage if you had a mild reputation for madness rather than an extreme one. voice-verified

You don't want to come off like, you know, a complete da-da, um, you know, um uh eye-rolling maniac in one of these cases. voice-verified

The idea would be like, well, you know, we can we can still get this individual to the negotiation table, but we just have to be hypersensitive. voice-verified

Uh and I guess. voice-verified

Again, kind of avoiding that complete fall off into chaotic evil demonhood and instead dealing with devils that can still be bound by some sort of law. voice-verified

All right, I have a hypothetical example here. voice-verified

So we have uh demigodic hero Hercules. voice-verified

And we have his mortal cousin, Eurystheus, and they are grabbing lunch at the local Euro place. voice-verified

So Eurystheus warns his cousin that if he tries to steal any of his fries, he's gonna flip the table and all their food's gonna wind up on the floor. voice-verified

And he acts just really sensitive and unhinged about the whole thing. voice-verified

Hercules obviously knows that Eurystheus can't take him in a fight and might not even be able to flip that table over before Hercules stops him. voice-verified

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