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
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
1356: "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
1292: "Improvise, Adapt, & 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
1277: "Insulin’s Legacy - The Untold Stories"
May 08, 2025
1276: "What is SubTropolis?"
May 07, 2025
1275: "When the Man Comes Around"
May 06, 2025
1274: "Texas is Bigger than You Think"
May 05, 2025
1273: "What are Organoids?"
May 04, 2025
1272: "Steve’s Lava Chicken – Guinness Book Record for Shortest Charting Song"
May 03, 2025
1271: "Strawberries and the Rose Family"
May 02, 2025
1270: "Jack"
May 01, 2025
1269: "What Is a Carnelian?"
Apr 30, 2025
1268: "Murder on the High Seas – The Case of the Mignonette"
Apr 29, 2025
1267: "What is a Chicken Jockey?"
Apr 28, 2025
1266: "The Secret Life of a Single Note"
Apr 27, 2025
1265: "Tavistock, The Beatles, and Pink Floyd: Unraveling the Conspiracy Theory"
Apr 26, 2025
1264: "Pick 33 – The First of the Forgotten"
Apr 25, 2025
1263: "The Malibu Secret"
Apr 24, 2025
1262: "How Does a Septic Tank Work?"
Apr 23, 2025
1261: "Grapes of Spring"
Apr 22, 2025
1260: "Replacing the Pope"
Apr 21, 2025
1259: "Farming in April"
Apr 21, 2025
1258: "The History of Peeps!"
Apr 20, 2025
1257: "Easter Lily"
Apr 19, 2025
1256: "The Smell of Fresh Bread Out of the Oven"
Apr 18, 2025
1255: "Fire from Ice"
Apr 17, 2025
1254: "The Cost Beneath Our Feet"
Apr 16, 2025
1253: "What is a Burl?"
Apr 15, 2025
1252: "April 14th, 1939, The Book That Brought America to Its Knees"
Apr 14, 2025
1251: "The Gene That Won’t Let Go"
Apr 13, 2025
1250: "Great Loop Boating"
Apr 12, 2025
1249: "What is a Carpenters Board Stretcher?"
Apr 11, 2025
1248: "Mahuffer – Wurst Place on the Beech!"
Apr 10, 2025
1247: "The Mathematics Behind Music Theory"
Apr 09, 2025
1246: "The Notes in Ricky’s Pocket"
Apr 08, 2025
1245: "A Simple Riddle 11"
Apr 07, 2025
1244: "Operation Midnight Climax: The CIA's Covert Safehouses"
Apr 06, 2025
1243: "Mystery of Dark Matter and Dark Energy"
Apr 05, 2025
1242: "The Mountain Named for Gods"
Apr 04, 2025
1241: "The Day the Sky Erased the Map"
Apr 03, 2025
1240: “Opossum vs Possum”
Apr 02, 2025
1239: “The Manitou Springs Incline”
Apr 01, 2025
1238: "The Calendar That Made Fools"
Mar 31, 2025
1237: "Cryo-Electron Microscopy"
Mar 30, 2025
1236: "A Simple Riddle 10"
Mar 29, 2025
1235: “Three Turns to Freedom”
Mar 28, 2025
1234: "Yuri Gagarin - The First Human in Space"
Mar 27, 2025
1233: "Notification Hijacking – How Hackers Take Over Your Phone and Accounts"
Mar 26, 2025
1232: "What is Geographic Tongue?"
Mar 25, 2025
1231: "The Boeing F-47"
Mar 24, 2025
1230: “The Heavens Declare”
Mar 23, 2025
1229: "The Damage of Fast Fashion"
Mar 22, 2025
1228: "Sea Cucumbers: Butt Breathers"
Mar 21, 2025
1227: "The Plastic Recycling Myth”
Mar 20, 2025
1226: "Finding a Can of Arc Light?"
Mar 19, 2025
1225: "The Infamous Gardner Museum Heist"
Mar 18, 2025
1224: "Ghost in the Coffee Shop – How Nearby Hackers Hijack Your Phone in Real Time"
Mar 17, 2025
1223: "The Silent Heist – How a Simple Notification Can Unlock Your Entire Digital Life"
Mar 16, 2025
1222: "Registration of the First Internet Domain Name"
Mar 15, 2025
1221: "Psychological Warfare"
Mar 14, 2025
1220: "Magnetoreception in Animals"
Mar 13, 2025
1219: "The Law of Assumption"
Mar 12, 2025
1218: "5000 Year Battery"
Mar 11, 2025
1217: "ADHD A Hunters Edge or Desk Job Disorder?"
Mar 10, 2025
1216 "American Shipbuilding"
Mar 09, 2025
1215: "Apollo and Daphne - The Chase of Immortal Desire"
Mar 08, 2025
1214: "The Leshy"
Mar 07, 2025
1213: "How Do Escalators Work?"
Mar 06, 2025
1212: "Hawk-Eye Technology"
Mar 05, 2025
1211: "3425"
Mar 04, 2025
1210: "Why use a Rebar Stretcher?"
Mar 03, 2025
1209: "GibberLink"
Mar 02, 2025
1208: "The Eye on the Back of the US Dollar"
Mar 01, 2025
1207: "Mystery of the Twelfth Imam"
Feb 28, 2025
1206: “What Is a Topoconductor and Why Does It Matter?”
Feb 27, 2025
1205: "How do Automated Car Wash Tiers Work?"
Feb 26, 2025
1204: “Eastern Air Lines Flight 304 – The Tragedy Over Lake Pontchartrain”
Feb 25, 2025
1203: "The Speed of Light"
Feb 24, 2025
1202: "Raising Valor - The Flag on Iwo Jima"
Feb 23, 2025
1201: "Glycine – The Sleep Boosting Secret in Your Soup"
Feb 22, 2025
1200: "The Dark Factor Behind Human Behavior"
Feb 21, 2025
1199: "The Battle of Edinburgh 1547 – The Rough Wooing War"
Feb 20, 2025
1198: "IWO JIMA"
Feb 19, 2025
1197: "The 133rd Seabees – Built on Sacrifice, Deserving of Honor"
Feb 18, 2025
1196: "Skara Brae"
Feb 17, 2025
1195: "Pineapple Cucumber Salad"
Feb 16, 2025
1194: "Stonehenge of Lake Michigan"
Feb 15, 2025
1193: "What are Reciprocal Tariffs and Sovereign Wealth Funds?"
Feb 14, 2025
1192: "Chromosome 2 - The Fusion That Made Us Human"
Feb 13, 2025
1191: "B-2 Spirit"
Feb 12, 2025
1190: "Von Neumann Machines"
Feb 11, 2025
1189: "Marilyn vos Savant"
Feb 10, 2025
1188: "Your Thoughts and Beliefs Shape Your Reality"
Feb 09, 2025
1187: "Who Were the Ancient North Eurasians?"
Feb 08, 2025
1186: "Chevrolet K10"
Feb 07, 2025
1185: "From a Small Town to the White House - The Birth of Ronald Reagan"
Feb 06, 2025
1184: "National Girls and Women in Sports Day"
Feb 05, 2025
1183: "Spintronics"
Feb 04, 2025
1182: "The Vanishing of Judge Crater"
Feb 03, 2025
1181: "Groundhogs"
Feb 02, 2025
1180: "Ingested - The Rising Threat of Drones in Jet Engines"
Feb 01, 2025
1179: "Evolution of Aircraft Collision Avoidance Technology"
Jan 31, 2025
1178: "Golden Blood"
Jan 30, 2025
1177: "Lead Madness"
Jan 29, 2025
1176: "What is a Lab Leak?"
Jan 28, 2025
1175: "From Victim to Empowerment"
Jan 27, 2025
1174: "Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest - The Oldest in America"
Jan 26, 2025
1173: "Astrobiology and Extremophiles"
Jan 25, 2025
1172: "The Overthinker’s Paradox"
Jan 24, 2025
1171: "The Discovery of Insulin"
Jan 23, 2025
1170: "Blood Minerals - The Hidden Cost of Progress"
Jan 22, 2025
1169: "How Language Connects Us"
Jan 21, 2025
1168: "Presidential Inaugurations in the Rotunda"
Jan 20, 2025
1167: "AI and Gut Bacteria"
Jan 19, 2025
1166: "Humans are The Only Species with a Chin"
Jan 18, 2025
1165: "WW2 German Escape Myths"
Jan 17, 2025
1164: "David Attenborough's Life on Earth Premieres"
Jan 16, 2025
1163: "AI in IVF"
Jan 15, 2025
1162: "mRNA Cancer Vaccine"
Jan 14, 2025
1161: "What Are Ivermectin and Fenbendazole?"
Jan 13, 2025
1160: "What is Methylene Blue?"
Jan 12, 2025
1159: "Circadian Rhythm and Inflammation"
Jan 11, 2025
1158: "Ambivalence - The Push and Pull of Human Emotions"
Jan 10, 2025
1157: "SuperAlignment"
Jan 09, 2025
1156: "Erik the Red - A Legacy of Exploration and Connection"
Jan 08, 2025
1155: "The Scent of Apples Eases Claustrophobia"
Jan 07, 2025
1154: "Pronoia"
Jan 06, 2025
1153: "The Law of Large Numbers"
Jan 05, 2025
1152: "Antikythera Mechanism"
Jan 04, 2025
1151: "Derinkuyu Turkey"
Jan 03, 2025
1150: "Second Sleep"
Jan 02, 2025
1149: "The Hidden Language of the Brain: Intrinsic Traveling Waves"
Jan 01, 2025
1148: "A Breath Between Seconds - A New Year Story"
Dec 31, 2024
1147: "Nereids and the Corinthian Gulf"
Dec 30, 2024
1146: "Sassoon Jeans – The Denim Revolution"
Dec 29, 2024
1145: "The Library of Ashurbanipal - The World's First Repository of Knowledge"
Dec 28, 2024
1144: "The Power Source of Voyager 1"
Dec 27, 2024
1143: "E-4 Nightwatch"
Dec 26, 2024
1142: "The Wonder of Christmas Morning"
Dec 25, 2024
1141: "The Christmas Eve Escape of the S.S. Vega"
Dec 24, 2024
1140: "Operation Christmas Drop"
Dec 23, 2024
1139: "Captain Santa and the Christmas Tree Ship"
Dec 22, 2024
1138: "Shared Existence"
Dec 21, 2024
1137: "David Atlee Phillips"
Dec 20, 2024
1136: "Everything is Connected"
Dec 19, 2024
1135: "Assyrian Rosette"
Dec 18, 2024
1134: "Emerald Tablet of Thoth"
Dec 17, 2024
1133: "Realizing the Truth of Who You Are"
Dec 16, 2024
1132: "Quantum Cryptography"
Dec 15, 2024
1131: "A Simple Riddle 9"
Dec 14, 2024
1130: "The Voynich Manuscript"
Dec 13, 2024
1129: "Washington DC from Marsh to Majesty"
Dec 12, 2024
1128: "The Record-Breaking Run of Maureen Wilton"
Dec 11, 2024
1127: "G16E-GTS - Toyota’s Turbocharged Titan"
Dec 10, 2024
1126: "Sealed with Hope: How Christmas Stamps Fought Tuberculosis”
Dec 09, 2024
1125: "The Lou Carcolh"
Dec 08, 2024
1124: "The Science of Healthy Homes"
Dec 07, 2024
1123: "All Things ARE Possible"
Dec 06, 2024
1122: "Discovery of the Great Barrier Reef"
Dec 05, 2024
1121: "Metamaterials and Negative Refraction"
Dec 04, 2024
1120: "The Ocean's Midnight Zone"
Dec 03, 2024
1119: "Sonogenetics - The Science of Controlling Cells with Sound"
Dec 02, 2024
1118: "Living Without Fear"
Dec 01, 2024
1117: "A Simple Riddle 8"
Nov 30, 2024
1116: "Mansa Musa"
Nov 29, 2024
1115: "The Mother of Thanksgiving: Sarah Josepha Hale"
Nov 28, 2024
1114: "How Do You Cook a Turkey in a Deep Fryer"
Nov 27, 2024
1113: "The Secret Underground Network of Mycelium"
Nov 26, 2024
1112: "Forgotten Female Explorers"
Nov 25, 2024
1111: "Lost Civilization of Cahokia"
Nov 24, 2024
1110: "Time Crystals – A New Phase of Matter"
Nov 23, 2024
1109: "The Strength of Shapes"
Nov 22, 2024
1107: "Vendée Globe: A Race Around Antarctica”
Nov 21, 2024
1107: "White Ship Disaster"
Nov 20, 2024
1106: "Sarcophagus of Pakal"
Nov 19, 2024
1105: "Blue Men of the Minch"
Nov 18, 2024
1104: "The Flawed Gatekeeping of Knowledge on Wikipedia"
Nov 17, 2024
1103: "Bad Smells - More Than Just a Nuisance"
Nov 16, 2024
1102: "Umi-Bozu"
Nov 15, 2024
1101: "The Schwabenland Expedition"
Nov 14, 2024
1100: "E. Howard Hunt"
Nov 13, 2024
1099: "Conflict Disrupts Sleep"
Nov 12, 2024
1098: “Adventure, Traveling, Driving!”
Nov 11, 2024
1097: "Marines vs. Pirates - The Battle of Derna"
Nov 10, 2024
1096: "The Great Boston Fire of 1872"
Nov 09, 2024
1095: "What is Musk?"
Nov 08, 2024
1094: "The Predictions of Elon Musk"
Nov 07, 2024