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Interesting Things with JC #1332: "The Fighter Mafia" – Inspired by listener Chris Woodul, we revisit a secret rebellion inside the Air Force. They weren’t antiwar. They were protruth. Their fight? Making jets that could actually win.
Interesting Things with JC #1331: "The Sheep That Stopped the Bite" – When venom struck and hospitals were too far, one animal quietly changed the odds. It didn’t bite back. It built the cure.
Interesting Things with JC #1330: "The General Who Gave Reform Its Rank" – He was shot down, captured, and held for 2,488 days. But when Charles G. Boyd returned, he didn’t seek revenge, he reimagined the Air Force. With rank, resolve, and reform.
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.
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.
Interesting Things with JC #1327: "The Impossible Coin Flip" – You’re blindfolded, facing 100 coins. Ten are heads-up. Your task? Split them into two piles with equal heads...without knowing which is which. A puzzle that tests logic, not luck.
Interesting Things with JC #1326: "Patent No. 5,255,452: Michael Jackson’s Secret to the Lean" – He leaned forward at 45 degrees in front of 40,000 people and didn’t fall. The trick wasn’t just in the shoes. It was in a patent, a plan, and a performer unlike any other.
Interesting Things with JC #1326: "Before the Crown - A Tribute to the Career of Michael Jackson" – Before he wore the glove, before he moonwalked Michael Jackson studied silence, precision, and control. The crown wasn’t claimed. It was earned.
Interesting Things with JC #1324: "A Simple Riddle 11" – What seems obvious at first glance might be a clever trap. In this eleventh riddle challenge, logic twists, and certainty falters. Can you see past the setup?
Interesting Things with JC #1323: "The Human Fingernail" – It's not just keratin. It's memory. Nails reveal illness, archive exposure, and timestamp trauma, layer by layer. It's one of the body's most honest records.
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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.