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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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1526: "Radio Swan"

Interesting Things with JC ·

2026/01/10

Interesting Things with JC #1526: "Radio Swan" – A friendly radio voice drifted across the Caribbean, hiding a covert mission meant to shape a revolution. From pop music to coded signals, this is the story of how sound became a weapon.

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00:06:30

1525: "The Trial of Joan of Arc"

Interesting Things with JC ·

2026/01/09

Interesting Things with JC #1525: "The Trial of Joan of Arc" – She had no lawyer. She couldn’t read. But she faced over 130 men and answered every question. Her words would outlive her fire.

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00:03:57

1524: "Ratification of the 11th Amendment (1798)"

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2026/01/08

Interesting Things with JC #1524: "Ratification of the 11th Amendment (1798)" – A guy from South Carolina sued Georgia and nearly blew up the Constitution. What came next? A fast-track amendment that pulled federal courts back in line.

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00:03:00

1523: "Manganese"

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2026/01/07

Interesting Things with JC #1523: "Manganese" – It hides in nuts and leafy greens, works inside your bones and brain, and shapes desire itself. This unsung mineral is doing more than you think.

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00:05:35

1522: "Project Echo"

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2026/01/06

Interesting Things with JC #1522: "Project Echo" – In 1960, a huge silver balloon crossed the night sky, reflecting human voices without ever hearing them. This episode traces the moment a simple idea bent the future of communication and accidentally tuned into the birth of the universe.

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00:07:.31

1521: “Itzhak Bentov and Consciousness”

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2026/01/05

Interesting Things with JC #1521: “Itzhak Bentov and Consciousness” — He escaped the Holocaust, rewrote heart medicine without a degree, then aimed his mechanical mind at the deepest problem of all: how consciousness works when the system finally locks into place.

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00:02:12

1520: "What is a Surge Wrasse Fish?"

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2026/01/04

Interesting Things with JC #1519: "What Is a Surge Wrasse Fish?" – Some animals wait for calm. This one is built for chaos. Living where waves never stop pushing back, the surge wrasse survives by timing the ocean itself and thriving where most creatures can’t.

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00:04:53

1517: "Austin’s Coffee Crafters"

Interesting Things with JC ·

2026/01/01

Interesting Things with JC #1517: "Austin’s Coffee Crafters" – In Ripon, a coffee shop became more than a café, it became a promise. What happens when that promise is passed on? And to whom?

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00:03:00

1511: "Faith No More – Midlife Crisis"

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2025/12/26

Interesting Things with JC #1511: "Faith No More – Midlife Crisis" – By the time “Midlife Crisis” hit the radio, Faith No More had already survived success. This wasn’t a song about age or fame…it was about what happens when attention replaces meaning, and a band decides it won’t play along.

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00:02:01

1506: "Eating the Top Tier of the Wedding Cake”

Interesting Things with JC ·

2025/12/21

Interesting Things with JC #1506: "Eating the Top Tier of the Wedding Cake" – Saving the cake wasn’t romantic at first. It was practical, hopeful, and rooted in an uncertain future. What we taste now is really a measure of time.

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00:02:59

1505: "Misheard Lyrics"

Interesting Things with JC ·

2025/12/20

Interesting Things with JC #1505: "Misheard Lyrics" – Your brain does not hear what singers sing. It hears what it expects. From “kiss the sky” to “kiss this guy,” this episode explores why the wrong words feel so right, and why you can never unhear them.

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00:02:49

1500: "James Brown - Inmate 155413"

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2025/12/15

Interesting Things with JC #1500: "James Brown - Inmate 155413" – On December 15, 1988, the Godfather of Soul woke up as a prisoner, not a performer. This is the moment when unmatched influence collided with consequence, and fame offered no shield.

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00:05:46

1499: "Dance Hall Days"

Interesting Things with JC ·

2025/12/14

Interesting Things with JC #1499: "Dance Hall Days" – Before the neon, before the synths, there were floors that creaked and shoes that scuffed. This one hit track holds more ghosts than glitter.

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00:07:06

1496: "The Mysterious Death of Sam Cooke"

Interesting Things with JC ·

2025/12/11

Interesting Things with JC #1496: "The Mysterious Death of Sam Cooke" – A man who mastered control of his music lost it in a single night. Conflicting accounts, missing evidence, and a silence in the timeline keep the questions alive.

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00:05:53

1495: “The Grand Island Bridges - 90 Years of Steel...

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2025/12/10

Interesting Things with JC #1495: "The Grand Island Bridges - 90 Years of Steel and the People Who Took Care of It” – They did not replace them. They repaired them. For 90 years, these steel spans stood because people took them personally. Because someone climbed them in the heat and the cold, checked every beam, every bolt, and fixed what time and weather tried to take away. People like Karen Fischer, and the men and women of the New York State Thruway Authority, who carried the responsibility of

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00:02:50

1494: "What Is Auracast and How Does It Work?"

Interesting Things with JC ·

2025/12/09

Interesting Things with JC #1494: "What Is Auracast and How Does It Work?" – In rooms where sound never reaches you, a free broadcast is already moving through the air. Auracast lets your earbuds lock onto it, revealing the audio the space has kept just out of reach.

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1493: "Donald Ewen Cameron"

Interesting Things with JC ·

2025/12/08

Interesting Things with JC #1493: "Donald Ewen Cameron" – A respected psychiatrist pursued a radical idea he believed could remake the mind, while patients never knew who was really funding the work. A story of authority, secrecy, and the cost carried by the vulnerable.

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00:02:32

1490: "What Are Moop Eyes?"

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2025/12/05

Interesting Things with JC #1490: "What Are Moop Eyes?" – A single widened glance becomes a whole new language online, turning playful exaggeration into a cultural signal shared across millions. A tiny look, suddenly loud with meaning.

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00:05:22

1481: "The Real History Behind Eleven"

Interesting Things with JC ·

2025/11/26

Interesting Things with JC #1481: "The Real History Behind Eleven" – Behind Stranger Things is a darker reality: secret experiments, Cold War paranoia, and psychological tests on real kids. Eleven wasn’t invented. She was based on something real.

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00:02:59

1478: "Sensory Deprivation"

Interesting Things with JC ·

2025/11/23

Interesting Things with JC #1478: "Sensory Deprivation" – When the world goes silent, the brain doesn’t shut down, it shifts. What happens when you take away all the noise? You start to hear yourself.

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