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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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1348: "Ozempic Venom"

Interesting Things with JC ·

2025/07/18

Interesting Things with JC #1348: "Ozempic Venom" – Before it became a billion-dollar weight loss drug, it was just spit from a venomous lizard. This is the unlikely journey from desert predator to medical marvel.

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00:07:20

1347: "Kola Superdeep Borehole"

Interesting Things with JC ·

2025/07/17

Interesting Things with JC #1347: "Kola Superdeep Borehole" – They weren't looking for oil. Or hell. Just answers. What Soviet scientists found beneath the crust changed our view of Earth forever...and nearly broke their drill.

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00:03:44

1346: "Napoleon's Rabbit Hunt Gone Wrong!"

Interesting Things with JC ·

2025/07/16

Interesting Things with JC #1346: "Napoleon's Rabbit Hunt Gone Wrong!" – He defeated Europe’s armies...but not a swarm of bunnies. A celebration turned stampede reveals the absurdity hiding behind power.

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00:04:24

1345: "Flash Floods"

Interesting Things with JC ·

2025/07/15

Interesting Things with JC #1345: "Flash Floods" – A few hours of rain. A 30-foot wall of water. How does that happen, and how do you survive it? This is not just weather. It's terrain. It's physics. It's personal.

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00:06:53

1344: "The SnackWrap Guy of Hendersonville"

Interesting Things with JC ·

2025/07/14

Interesting Things with JC #1344: "The SnackWrap Guy of Hendersonville" – One man, one missing menu item, and a TikTok campaign that turned craving into comeback. What started in a drive-thru became something no one expected.

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00:03:49

1343: "The Cochno Stone"

Interesting Things with JC ·

2025/07/13

Interesting Things with JC #1343: "The Cochno Stone" – Buried beneath a quiet hill in Scotland lies a prehistoric mystery: a massive carved stone etched by hands we’ll never meet, speaking a language we still don’t understand.

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00:01:58

1340: "Ellesmere Island in Canada"

Interesting Things with JC ·

2025/07/10

Interesting Things with JC #1340: "Ellesmere Island in Canada" – Where frost bites the wind and ancient landscapes refuse to blink, Ellesmere is more than remote, it's myth made real.

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00:02:30

1339: "Zoroastrianism"

Interesting Things with JC ·

2025/07/09

Interesting Things with JC #1339: "Zoroastrianism" – Before angels had wings and Satan had a name, there was a battle between light and darkness. This ancient faith shaped empires, and echoes through ours.

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00:02:06

1338: "Don't Skip Lunch"

Interesting Things with JC ·

2025/07/08

Interesting Things with JC #1338: "Don't Skip Lunch" – It’s just lunch, until it isn’t. One skipped meal can change more than your mood. It can change what you do, what you decide… even who you become.

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00:02:57

1337: "Tamerlane"

Interesting Things with JC ·

2025/07/07

Interesting Things with JC #1337: "Tamerlane" – He moved like a shadow, ruled with fire. From pyramids of skulls to Persian mosaics, the story of Timur is one of terror, and legacy.

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00:01:59

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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