Interesting Things with JC

Interesting Things with JC

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Interesting Things with JC episodes

  • 1372: "James Lovell - Commander of Apollo 13"

    Interesting Things with JC #1372: "James Lovell – Commander of Apollo 13" – From launching homemade rockets in Milwaukee fields to leading a crippled spacecraft safely home, James Lovell’s life was a flight plan written in courage. His steady hand turned near-certain disaster into one of history’s greatest rescues.

    7 min
  • 1371: "Bookless Library"

    Interesting Things with JC #1371: "Bookless Library" – Shelves vanished. Screens replaced spines. For one city it was a bold leap into the future of reading.

    4 min
  • 1370: "Fly Fishing"

    Interesting Things with JC #1370: "Fly Fishing" – Mist rises, the line arcs, and history rides the cast. Two thousand years of craft aiming for one perfect break on the water.

    5 min
  • 1369: "Purple Heart Day"

    Interesting Things with JC #1369: "Purple Heart Day" – There’s no ceremony for being wounded in war. Just a medal, a memory, and the silence that follows. On August 7, we remember what it costs to come home, and who didn’t.

    7 min
  • 1368: "The Truth About Glass"

    Interesting Things with JC #1368: "The Truth About Glass" – It doesn’t rust, it doesn’t rot, and it never loses strength. From Mesopotamian beads to fiber optics, discover why glass is one of the most perfect materials we’ve ever made.

    5 min
  • 1367: "Loni Anderson"

    Interesting Things with JC #1367: "Loni Anderson" – She wasn’t supposed to be famous. She was supposed to be Leilani. But from St. Paul to syndication royalty, Loni Anderson rewrote the script...and the stereotype.

    6 min
  • 1365: "Heterochromia"

    Interesting Things with JC #1365: "Heterochromia" – One eye blue. The other, brown. Or green. Or gray. A rare twist of genetics leaves behind a quiet visual dissonance... and a beautiful biological mystery.

    6 min
  • 1364: "What is the Cryospheric Process?"

    Interesting Things with JC #1364: "What is the Cryospheric Process?" – Frozen water isn’t just waiting...it’s working. From cracking glaciers to thawing ground, the cryosphere is Earth’s quiet engine of motion. What happens when it shifts?

    6 min
  • 1363: "Does the Past Still Exist?"

    Interesting Things with JC #1363: "Does the Past Still Exist?" – Einstein called time an illusion. Quantum theory muddies it. But memory…memory makes it real. What if the past isn’t gone, just waiting?

    3 min

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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.