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Interesting Things with JC

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.

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1336: "Iceland Has No Trees"

Interesting Things with JC ·

2025/07/06

Interesting Things with JC #1336: "Iceland Has No Trees" - You’ve heard it before: “There are no trees in Iceland.” But is that true? This episode takes a quick dive into the history behind the claim and what really happened.

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00:06:23

1334: "1775: When Independence Became Inevitable"

Interesting Things with JC ·

2025/07/04

Interesting Things with JC #1334: "1775: When Independence Became Inevitable" – Before Congress. Before declarations. Before armies. In the early light of April 19, a shot was fired and with it, a nation was set irreversibly on the path to independence.

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00:03:27

1333: "Why Doesn't South America Have Hurricanes?"

Interesting Things with JC ·

2025/07/03

Interesting Things with JC #1333: "Why Doesn't South America Have Hurricanes?" – The water’s warm. The ocean’s the same. But hurricanes almost never hit South America. There’s a reason for that, and it’s not what most people think.

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00:03:58

1329: "The Queen of Vacations – Beverly D'Angelo"

Interesting Things with JC ·

2025/06/29

Interesting Things with JC #1329: "The Queen of Vacations – Beverly D'Angelo" - She didn’t crash the car, but she held the story together. For 32 years, Beverly D’Angelo anchored one of comedy’s most chaotic families with charm, wit, and pure feminine grace.

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00:02:14

1328: "The Year Hitler, Stalin, Trotsky, and Freud...

Interesting Things with JC ·

2025/06/28

Interesting Things with JC #1328: "The Year Hitler, Stalin, Trotsky, and Freud Were Neighbors" – Vienna, 1913: four men, two miles apart. Before the war. Before the world changed.

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00:06:03

#1321: "Carroll O'Connor"

Interesting Things with JC ·

2025/06/21

Interesting Things with JC #1321: "Carroll O'Connor" – He wanted to write books. Instead, he became the most complicated man on television...and helped America argue with itself.

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00:04:30

1315: "The Rongorongo Script"

Interesting Things with JC ·

2025/06/15

Interesting Things with JC #1315: "The Rongorongo Script" – When the last person who could read it died, an entire symbolic language was silenced. But the tablets still speak, if only we could understand them.

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00:02:50

Interesting Things with JC ·

2025/06/14

Interesting Things with JC #1314: "Could a Hidden Parasite Make You a Mosquito Target?" – You feel fine. No symptoms. But to a mosquito, you suddenly smell irresistible. Could a silent parasite be changing your scent, and turning you into the perfect host?

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00:04:02

1305: "Pozzolanic Concrete"

Interesting Things with JC ·

2025/06/05

Interesting Things with JC #1305: "Pozzolanic Concrete" – In Roman hands, ash became architecture. Beneath harbors and inside domes, this ancient concrete didn’t just endure, it healed.

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00:04:14

1304: "Astigmatism Lens Flares"

Interesting Things with JC ·

2025/06/04

Interesting Things with JC #1304: "Astigmatism Lens Flares" – At night, a single headlight can turn into a firework. What you see may not be the road, but your eyes themselves. A flaw that’s not broken. Just bent.

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00:02:47

1303: "Clock It"

Interesting Things with JC ·

2025/06/03

Interesting Things with JC #1303: "Clock It" – A phrase that started on the stopwatch now signals everything from impact to instinct. What does it really mean to clock something?

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00:07:48

1302: "The Man Who Controlled a Computer with His Mind"

Interesting Things with JC ·

2025/06/02

Interesting Things with JC #1302: "The Man Who Controlled a Computer with His Mind" – A man paralyzed from the neck down typed with thought alone. What began as science fiction became proof that the mind can still move the world.

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00:06:09

1297: "The Chain of Rocks Bridge"

Interesting Things with JC ·

2025/05/28

Interesting Things with JC #1297: "The Chain of Rocks Bridge" – A mile-long bridge with a hard 30-degree turn. Not a flaw...a feature. Built to defy the river and time, it bent where others broke. And it’s still standing.

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00:05:30

1296: "What Was Cash for Clunkers?"

Interesting Things with JC ·

2025/05/27

Interesting Things with JC #1296: "What Was Cash for Clunkers?" – A national trade-in program meant to save the economy. Instead, it sentenced 700,000 engines to death. Fuel savings or forced extinction? You decide.

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00:02:01

1294: "5/25/25"

Interesting Things with JC ·

2025/05/25

Interesting Things with JC #1294: "5/25/25" – It’s a once-in-a-century number stack, where day, month, and year align. Not a palindrome, not a mirror, but something deeper. A date that won’t come again.

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00:08:13

1293: "Traditions of the Indy 500"

Interesting Things with JC ·

2025/05/24

Interesting Things with JC #1293: "Traditions of the Indy 500" – Before the engines roar, 300,000 people stand still. Milk is chosen. Bricks are kissed. A race becomes ritual. A track becomes sacred.

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00:05:00

1292: "Corvette ZR1"

Interesting Things with JC ·

2025/05/23

Interesting Things with JC #1292: "Corvette ZR1" – It began in silence, surfaced in power, and kept evolving, each version redefining what a Corvette could be. ZR1 isn't a trim. It's a line in the pavement.

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00:06:54

1289: "Linoleum"

Interesting Things with JC ·

2025/05/20

Interesting Things with JC #1289: "Linoleum" – It wasn’t plastic, it wasn’t trendy, and it was never meant to be beautiful, yet it quietly defined an era. What happens when something lasts too long to be noticed?

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00:02:51

1288: "Don't Put Dawn in the Dishwasher!"

Interesting Things with JC ·

2025/05/19

Interesting Things with JC #1288: "Don't Put Dawn in the Dishwasher!" – It’s iconic, beloved, even lifesaving. But the moment Dawn dish soap enters the wrong machine, all that trust turns into foam and costly regret.

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00:04:38

1287: "The Six Flags Over Texas"

Interesting Things with JC ·

2025/05/18

Interesting Things with JC #1287: "The Six Flags Over Texas" – Six governments. One land. From conquistadors to confederates, Texas has been shaped by a tug-of-war few remember, but every child unknowingly inherits.

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