Interesting Things with JC

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Interesting Things with JC is a new podcast mini series, with highlight on some of the more interesting historical stories, current events as well as under-told stories.


Episode Date
1577: "Thin Mints"
Mar 02, 2026
1576: "Barbara Ann and the Accidental Hit"
Mar 01, 2026
1575: "Joni Eareckson Tada: Paralyzed at Seventeen"
Feb 28, 2026
1574: "Milli Vanilli and the Sound of Silence"
Feb 27, 2026
1573: "Levi Strauss"
Feb 26, 2026
1572: "Is Matter an Illusion?"
Feb 25, 2026
1571: "What Loss Leaves Behind"
Feb 24, 2026
1570: "Snake Oil: Why Smart People Still Buy It"
Feb 23, 2026
1569: "Polyphonic Perception"
Feb 22, 2026
1568: "Ski Mountaineering"
Feb 21, 2026
1567: "The Reverend Jesse Jackson & Progressive Supranuclear Palsy"
Feb 20, 2026
1566: "Smokey Robinson"
Feb 19, 2026
1565: "Robert Duvall"
Feb 18, 2026
1564: "China's Hypersonic Threat"
Feb 17, 2026
1563: "Mach 5 - Battlefield Dominance"
Feb 16, 2026
1562: "The Helios Laser"
Feb 15, 2026
1561: "Saint Valentine"
Feb 14, 2026
1560: “The 3 Squeeze Rule
Feb 13, 2026
1559: "What is Love?"
Feb 12, 2026
1558: "Eye Contact and Tight Hugs"
Feb 11, 2026
1557: "Cessna 210"
Feb 10, 2026
1556: "Paul Laurence Dunbar"
Feb 09, 2026
1555: "Project Nobska"
Feb 08, 2026
1554: “Radio Signals from Pluto”
Feb 07, 2026
1553: “Curling - Mixed Doubles”
Feb 06, 2026
1552: "Milano Cortina"
Feb 05, 2026
1551: “Birthplace of the Winter Olympics – Chamonix 1924 to Beijing 2022”
Feb 04, 2026
1550: “Hákarl”
Feb 03, 2026
1549: "February 2, 1876: Start of the MLB"
Feb 02, 2026
1548: "Sly Dunbar"
Feb 01, 2026
1547: "John Archibald Wheeler and the Words That Shaped the Universe"
Jan 31, 2026
1546: "Emotional Invalidation"
Jan 30, 2026
1545: "The Eltanin Antenna"
Jan 29, 2026
1544: "Vivipary"
Jan 28, 2026
1543: "John Deere and the Problem of Plowing Blind"
Jan 27, 2026
1542: "Simple Riddle 14"
Jan 26, 2026
1541: "Taipei 101"
Jan 25, 2026
1540: "Choosing to Receive"
Jan 24, 2026
1539: "Soviet Volga Transmitters"
Jan 23, 2026
1538: "Dundurn Castle Hamilton"
Jan 22, 2026
1537: "Heavy Whipping Cream”
Jan 21, 2026
1536: "Getting Stuck on the Highway in a Blizzard"
Jan 20, 2026
1535: "Why We Remember - MLK Day"
Jan 19, 2026
1534: "The Henry Plant Museum"
Jan 18, 2026
1533: "What Is Returned – The Story of Thomas Westerhaus"
Jan 17, 2026
1532: "Wasabi or Horseradish?"
Jan 16, 2026
1531: "People Who Lie Without Knowing They’re Lying"
Jan 15, 2026
1530: "What Is Boom Bap?"
Jan 14, 2026
1529: "Platypus"
Jan 13, 2026
1528: "Metacognition"
Jan 12, 2026
1527: "The Golden Child"
Jan 11, 2026
1526: "Radio Swan"
Jan 10, 2026
1525: "The Trial of Joan of Arc"
Jan 09, 2026
1524: "Ratification of the 11th Amendment (1798)"
Jan 08, 2026
1523: "Manganese"
Jan 07, 2026
1522: "Project Echo"
Jan 06, 2026
1521: “Itzhak Bentov and Consciousness”
Jan 05, 2026
1520: "What is a Surge Wrasse Fish?"
Jan 04, 2026
1519: "Can Dogs Eat Bones?"
Jan 03, 2026
1518: "The Original Alien Soundtrack by Jerry Goldsmith"
Jan 02, 2026
1517: "Austin’s Coffee Crafters"
Jan 01, 2026
1516: "When New Year’s Eve Finally Changed Television"
Dec 31, 2025
1515: "Brigitte Bardot"
Dec 30, 2025
1514: "Artificial Photosynthesis"
Dec 29, 2025
1513: "What Makes Cheese Sharp?"
Dec 28, 2025
1512: "Learned Helplessness"
Dec 27, 2025
1511: "Faith No More – Midlife Crisis"
Dec 26, 2025
1510: "Jesus Outside the Bible"
Dec 25, 2025
1509: "Christmas Eve, Earthrise"
Dec 24, 2025
1508: “The Log That Gave Gifts”
Dec 23, 2025
1507: "The Orange in the Stocking"
Dec 22, 2025
1506: "Eating the Top Tier of the Wedding Cake”
Dec 21, 2025
1505: "Misheard Lyrics"
Dec 20, 2025
1504: "The NCAA Football Playoff Bracket"
Dec 19, 2025
1503: "Gravity and Heavy Energy"
Dec 18, 2025
1502: “The World’s Largest Pinecone Isn’t What You Think”
Dec 17, 2025
1501: "When Metal Touches Metal in Space"
Dec 16, 2025
1500: "James Brown - Inmate 155413"
Dec 15, 2025
1499: "Dance Hall Days"
Dec 14, 2025
1498: "The History of Hot Tubs"
Dec 13, 2025
1497: "French Fries"
Dec 12, 2025
1496: "The Mysterious Death of Sam Cooke"
Dec 11, 2025
1495: “The Grand Island Bridges - 90 Years of Steel and the People Who Took Care of It”
Dec 10, 2025
1494: "What Is Auracast and How Does It Work?"
Dec 09, 2025
1493: "Donald Ewen Cameron"
Dec 08, 2025
1492: “10,000 Days – Wings for Marie”
Dec 07, 2025
1491: "Judith – A Perfect Circle"
Dec 06, 2025
1490: "What Are Moop Eyes?"
Dec 05, 2025
1489: "Audemars Piguet Royal Oak 5402"
Dec 04, 2025
1488: "Cold Showers and Ice Baths"
Dec 03, 2025
1487: "The Laurel Run Mine Fire"
Dec 02, 2025
1486: "December"
Dec 01, 2025
1485: "Professor Abel Wolman"
Nov 30, 2025
1484: "Indoor Plumbing"
Nov 29, 2025
1483: "100 Years of the Grand Ole Opry"
Nov 28, 2025
1482: "The First Thanksgiving Game"
Nov 27, 2025
1481: "The Real History Behind Eleven"
Nov 26, 2025
1480: "Nina Sergeyevna Kulagina"
Nov 25, 2025
1479: "The Montauk Project"
Nov 24, 2025
1478: "Sensory Deprivation"
Nov 23, 2025
1477: "Telekinesis"
Nov 22, 2025
1476: "Do Dogs Sweat?"
Nov 21, 2025
1475: "Coriolis Effect Explained"
Nov 20, 2025
1474: "Do Hard Things"
Nov 19, 2025
1473: "Can a Thought Move Faster than Light?"
Nov 18, 2025
1472: "Rumi and Poetry"
Nov 17, 2025
1471: "The Importance of Alpha and Gamma Brainwaves"
Nov 16, 2025
1470: "Forbidden City, Beijing"
Nov 15, 2025
1469: "Subjectivity and Judging"
Nov 14, 2025
1468: "The Hobbit of Flores"
Nov 13, 2025
1467: "History of the Electricians Wire Stretcher"
Nov 12, 2025
1466: "What is a Veteran?"
Nov 11, 2025
1465: "250 Years of the Marine Corps"
Nov 10, 2025
1464: "NCO vs Officer"
Nov 09, 2025
1463: "The Red Ball Express"
Nov 08, 2025
1462: "Cream City Brick"
Nov 07, 2025
1461: "Inside the Black Hole We Call Home"
Nov 06, 2025
1460: "Katharine Story: The Designer Who Trusted Her Eye Over Tradition"
Nov 05, 2025
1459: "The Woman Who Danced Between Two Worlds"
Nov 04, 2025
1458: "How a Wardrobe Malfunction Invented the Modern Bra"
Nov 03, 2025
1457: "The 1492 Ensisheim Meteor"
Nov 02, 2025
1456: "The Invention of the Time Zone"
Nov 01, 2025
1455: "The Houdini Séance"
Oct 31, 2025
1454: "The Sordid History of Black Cats"
Oct 30, 2025
1453: "Bear Lake Monster"
Oct 29, 2025
1452: "Okapi – The African Unicorn"
Oct 28, 2025
1451: "The Dancing Plague of 1518"
Oct 27, 2025
1450: "The Alkonost"
Oct 26, 2025
1449: "The Encantado"
Oct 25, 2025
1448: "Fall Foliage"
Oct 24, 2025
1447: "The Invention That Rewired the World"
Oct 23, 2025
1446: "Transmitting Electricity Through the Air"
Oct 22, 2025
1445: "Ace Frehley"
Oct 21, 2025
1444: "The Plane Crash that Changed Music Forever"
Oct 20, 2025
1443: "Carbon Fiber"
Oct 19, 2025
1442: "Albrecht Dürer"
Oct 18, 2025
1441: "A Simple Riddle 12"
Oct 17, 2025
1440: “Start of the Cuban Missile Crisis”
Oct 16, 2025
1439: "Shenzhou 5 – China’s First Human Spaceflight"
Oct 15, 2025
1438: "Diane Keaton"
Oct 14, 2025
1437: "The Silkworm"
Oct 13, 2025
1436: "Quantum Entanglement – Spooky Action at a Distance"
Oct 12, 2025
1435: “The Tiny Sausages of Nuremberg”
Oct 11, 2025
1434: "Thelonious Monk and the Shape of Modern Jazz"
Oct 10, 2025
1433: "The James Webb Space Telescope"
Oct 09, 2025
1432: "The Lowell Observatory"
Oct 08, 2025
1431: "Viewing 3I/ATLAS from Mars"
Oct 07, 2025
1430: "Richard Dedekind Redefining Number Theory"
Oct 06, 2025
1429: "Alternate and Special Uniforms in the NFL"
Oct 05, 2025
1428: "Jane Goodall"
Oct 04, 2025
1427: "GPS Trackers on Birds"
Oct 03, 2025
1426: "The Tunnel of Whiteface Mountain"
Oct 02, 2025
1425: "The Steam That Moved a Nation"
Oct 01, 2025
1424: "The Mustang"
Sep 30, 2025
1423: "Three Kings Kaikomako"
Sep 29, 2025
1422: "What the Garden Gives Back"
Sep 28, 2025
1421: "Carbonated Soda"
Sep 27, 2025
1420: "Vanta Black"
Sep 26, 2025
1419: "Stanislaw Petrow"
Sep 25, 2025
1418: "What is Leucovorin?"
Sep 24, 2025
1417: "Dr. Green’s Light"
Sep 23, 2025
1416: "Water on Mars"
Sep 22, 2025
1415: "The 21st Night of September"
Sep 21, 2025
1414: "The Real Castles and Lands of Game of Thrones"
Sep 21, 2025
1413: "Rods, Cones, and Blindness"
Sep 20, 2025
1412: "Robert Redford"
Sep 19, 2025
1411: "Acoustic Shadows"
Sep 18, 2025
1410: "White Corn vs. Yellow Corn Chips"
Sep 17, 2025
1409: "The Hidden Patterns of Statistics"
Sep 16, 2025
1408: "The Imperial Castle"
Sep 15, 2025
1407: "What is a Reddit Kid?"
Sep 14, 2025
1406: "The British Lion"
Sep 13, 2025
1405: "Tropical Waves"
Sep 12, 2025
1404: "The Amateur Radio Operators of 9/11"
Sep 11, 2025
1403: "September 10th, 2001"
Sep 10, 2025
1402: "Keithroy Maynard"
Sep 09, 2025
1401: "Dorothy Dandridge"
Sep 08, 2025
1400: "The Blood Moon"
Sep 07, 2025
1399: "Giorgio Armani"
Sep 06, 2025
1398: "American Paint Horse"
Sep 05, 2025
1397: "What is a Florida Ounce?"
Sep 04, 2025
1396: "An Animal Lying on the Side of the Road Probably Isn’t Sick or Napping"
Sep 03, 2025
1395: "September 2nd - The Beginning and the End"
Sep 02, 2025
1394: "The Great Barrington UFO Encounter of 1969"
Sep 01, 2025
1393: "Mary Ann Nichols: The First Victim of Jack the Ripper"
Aug 31, 2025
1392: "What is Calculus"
Aug 30, 2025
1391: "Sauerkraut Balls"
Aug 29, 2025
1390: "Dr. Joseph Murphy"
Aug 28, 2025
1389: "Krakatoa"
Aug 27, 2025
1388: "How are Fossils Made?"
Aug 26, 2025
1387: "Northwest Mountain Rose Apples"
Aug 25, 2025
1386: "Water Can Boil and Freeze at the Same Time"
Aug 24, 2025
1385: "Judge Frank Caprio"
Aug 23, 2025
1384: "Does Black Paint Make Metal Hotter"
Aug 22, 2025
1383: "Hawaii, the 50th Star"
Aug 21, 2025
1382: "Lazy Pierogi"
Aug 20, 2025
1381: "Terence Stamp"
Aug 19, 2025
1380: "The Battery that Refuses to Die"
Aug 18, 2025
1379: "The Tunnel That Never Thaws"
Aug 17, 2025
1378: "The Brazilian Current"
Aug 16, 2025
1377: "Explosive Pancake Batter of WWII"
Aug 15, 2025
1376: "Explosive Pancake Batter"
Aug 14, 2025
1375: "The Piri Reis Map"
Aug 13, 2025
1374: "Dragon Man - A Face from the Human Past"
Aug 12, 2025
1373: "Betelgeuse – The Unsteady Giant"
Aug 11, 2025
1372: "James Lovell - Commander of Apollo 13"
Aug 10, 2025
1371: "Bookless Library"
Aug 09, 2025
1370: "Fly Fishing"
Aug 08, 2025
1369: "Purple Heart Day"
Aug 07, 2025
1368: "The Truth About Glass"
Aug 06, 2025
1367: "Loni Anderson"
Aug 05, 2025
1366: "Today Is a Great Day!”
Aug 05, 2025
1365: "Heterochromia"
Aug 04, 2025
1364: "What is the Cryospheric Process?"
Aug 03, 2025
1363: "Does the Past Still Exist?"
Aug 02, 2025
1362: "The Man Who Betrayed Washington"
Aug 01, 2025
1361: "The Metric Crescent Wrench"
Jul 31, 2025
1360: "Invisible Ink"
Jul 30, 2025
1359: "The Runit Dome"
Jul 29, 2025
1358: "George ‘Fiji’ Veikoso"
Jul 28, 2025
1357: "Hulk Hogan"
Jul 27, 2025
1356: "Chuck Mangione"
Jul 26, 2025
1355: "Malcolm-Jamal Warner"
Jul 25, 2025
1354: "John Michael 'Ozzy' Osbourne"
Jul 24, 2025
1353: "Interglacial Period"
Jul 23, 2025
1352: "The Soto Dolmen in Trigueros, Spain"
Jul 22, 2025
1351: "Mitochondria"
Jul 21, 2025
1350: "The Kiss Cam"
Jul 20, 2025
1349: "Connie Francis"
Jul 19, 2025
1348: "Ozempic Venom"
Jul 18, 2025
1347: "Kola Superdeep Borehole"
Jul 17, 2025
1346: "Napoleon's Rabbit Hunt Gone Wrong!"
Jul 16, 2025
1345: "Flash Floods"
Jul 15, 2025
1344: "The SnackWrap Guy of Hendersonville"
Jul 14, 2025
1343: "The Cochno Stone"
Jul 13, 2025
1342: "Jumping Out of a Moving Car"
Jul 12, 2025
1341: "The History of 7-Eleven"
Jul 11, 2025
1340: "Ellesmere Island in Canada"
Jul 10, 2025
1339: "Zoroastrianism"
Jul 09, 2025
1338: "Don't Skip Lunch"
Jul 08, 2025
1337: "Tamerlane"
Jul 07, 2025
1336: "Iceland Has No Trees"
Jul 06, 2025
1335: "The Housefly That Didn't Drown"
Jul 05, 2025
1334: "1775: When Independence Became Inevitable"
Jul 04, 2025
1333: "Why Doesn't South America Have Hurricanes?"
Jul 03, 2025
1332: "The Fighter Mafia"
Jul 02, 2025
1331: "The Sheep That Stopped the Bite"
Jul 01, 2025
1330: "The General Who Gave Reform Its Rank"
Jun 30, 2025
1329: "The Queen of Vacations – Beverly D'Angelo"
Jun 29, 2025
1328: "The Year Hitler, Stalin, Trotsky, and Freud Were Neighbors"
Jun 28, 2025
1327: "The Impossible Coin Flip"
Jun 27, 2025
1326: "Patent No. 5,255,452: Michael Jackson’s Secret to the Lean"
Jun 26, 2025
1326: "Before the Crown - A Tribute to the Career of Michael Jackson"
Jun 25, 2025
1324: "A Simple Riddle 11"
Jun 24, 2025
1323: "The Human Fingernail"
Jun 23, 2025
1322: "Chevy Corvette C2"
Jun 22, 2025
#1321: "Carroll O'Connor"
Jun 21, 2025
1320: "Why Do People Install Wall Plugs Upside Down?"
Jun 20, 2025
1319: "The Vessel at Hudson Yards"
Jun 19, 2025
1318: "Spring Water"
Jun 18, 2025
1317: "Do You Drink More Through a Straw?"
Jun 17, 2025
1316: "Cranberry Pills"
Jun 16, 2025
1315: "The Rongorongo Script"
Jun 15, 2025
1314: "Could a Hidden Parasite Make You a Mosquito Target?"
Jun 14, 2025
1313: "Brian Wilson"
Jun 13, 2025
1312: "Sly Stone"
Jun 12, 2025
1311: "Not Broken, But Injured"
Jun 11, 2025
1310: "Can Your Eyes Predict How Long You’ll Live?"
Jun 10, 2025
1309: "The Cornea That Turned to Cone"
Jun 09, 2025
1308: "Hyperion"
Jun 08, 2025
1307: "The Device That Proved We Don’t See With Our Eyes"
Jun 07, 2025
1306: "Cocoa and Cancer"
Jun 06, 2025
1305: "Pozzolanic Concrete"
Jun 05, 2025
1304: "Astigmatism Lens Flares"
Jun 04, 2025
1303: "Clock It"
Jun 03, 2025
1302: "The Man Who Controlled a Computer with His Mind"
Jun 02, 2025
1301: "Marilyn Monroe"
Jun 01, 2025
1300: "When the F5 Came to Pennsylvania"
May 31, 2025
1299: "How to Properly Clean a Fish"
May 30, 2025
1298: "86 Oldsmobile Cutlass"
May 29, 2025
1297: "The Chain of Rocks Bridge"
May 28, 2025
1296: "What Was Cash for Clunkers?"
May 27, 2025
1295: "Get Out and Move"
May 26, 2025
1294: "5/25/25"
May 25, 2025
1293: "Traditions of the Indy 500"
May 24, 2025
1292: "Corvette ZR1"
May 23, 2025
1291: "Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome"
May 22, 2025
1290: "Love, Possibility, & Awareness"
May 21, 2025
1289: "Linoleum"
May 20, 2025
1288: "Don't Put Dawn in the Dishwasher!"
May 19, 2025
1287: "The Six Flags Over Texas"
May 18, 2025
1286: "Where do you find a Left Handed ScrewDriver?"
May 17, 2025
1285: "The Serpent That Watches the Sky"
May 16, 2025
1284: "Strawberries and Garlic are Companion Plants"
May 15, 2025
1283: "The Strange Strength of Mixed Emotions"
May 14, 2025
1282: "May 13, 1981 – The Attempted Assassination of Pope John Paul II"
May 13, 2025
1281: "Wild Horse Hooves Explained"
May 12, 2025
1280: "The Sword in the Stone of Saint Galgano"
May 11, 2025
1279: "The World’s Smallest Army"
May 10, 2025
1278: "1965 Buick Riviera Gran Sport"
May 09, 2025