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.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 4 minutes
- Episodes
- 374
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
#1321: "Carroll O'Connor"
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.
00:06:03 |
Sat 21 Jun 2025
1320: "Why Do People Install Wall Plugs Upside Down?"
Interesting Things with JC #1320: "Why Do People Install Wall Plugs Upside Down?" – The outlet on your wall might be upside down, or exactly how it should be. From 1960s regulations to hospital safet…
00:04:00 |
Fri 20 Jun 2025
1319: "The Vessel at Hudson Yards"
Interesting Things with JC #1319: "The Vessel at Hudson Yards" – It opened to awe, then closed after tragedy. Now it’s back...partially. What does the Vessel say about how we build, and who gets pro…
00:02:08 |
Thu 19 Jun 2025
1318: "Spring Water"
Interesting Things with JC #1318: "Spring Water" - Before plastic, pipes, or purification, there was only the spring. From Paleolithic migrations to bottled luxury, this episode traces water’s oldest…
00:07:27 |
Wed 18 Jun 2025
1317: "Do You Drink More Through a Straw?"
Interesting Things with JC #1317: "Do You Drink More Through a Straw?" – A simple straw changes everything. From soda cups to hospital beds, it silently drives us to drink more faster, sweeter, and …
00:02:14 |
Tue 17 Jun 2025
1316: "Cranberry Pills"
Interesting Things with JC #1316: "Cranberry Pills" – Before it became a wellness trend, cranberry extract was military medicine. In 1943, the U.S. Army turned to bog-grown berries as a field-tested …
00:03:57 |
Mon 16 Jun 2025
1315: "The Rongorongo Script"
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 unders…
00:04:30 |
Sun 15 Jun 2025
1314: "Could a Hidden Parasite Make You a Mosquito Target?"
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 c…
00:02:50 |
Sat 14 Jun 2025
1313: "Brian Wilson"
Interesting Things with JC #1313: "Brian Wilson" – He heard the world in one ear and imagined the rest. From Pet Sounds to silence, this is a life built on fragile brilliance and lasting sound.
00:05:59 |
Fri 13 Jun 2025
1312: "Sly Stone"
Interesting Things with JC #1312: "Sly Stone" – He vanished from fame and lived in silence. Not because he was forgotten...but because he couldn’t bear being seen. A prophet of funk who chose exile o…
00:06:01 |
Thu 12 Jun 2025
1311: "Not Broken, But Injured"
Interesting Things with JC #1311: "Not Broken, But Injured" – A girl gets detention. What doesn’t get recorded? The trauma behind her behavior. A landmark study rewired how we ask: not what's wrong..…
00:03:49 |
Wed 11 Jun 2025
1310: "Can Your Eyes Predict How Long You’ll Live?"
Interesting Things with JC #1310: "Can Your Eyes Predict How Long You’ll Live?" – They don’t just show how you feel, they may show how you’re aging. From limbal rings to iris clarity, your eyes might…
00:03:16 |
Tue 10 Jun 2025
1309: "The Cornea That Turned to Cone"
Interesting Things with JC #1309: "The Cornea That Turned to Cone" – It starts with a blur. One eye, then the other, bends the world into chaos. Thank you to Jim Stennett for suggesting today’s topic…
Mon 09 Jun 2025
1308: "Hyperion"
Interesting Things with JC #1308: "Hyperion" – Deep in a fog-drenched forest, a 379-foot redwood reaches the edge of biology’s limits. But getting close could destroy it forever.
00:05:53 |
Sun 08 Jun 2025
1307: "The Device That Proved We Don’t See With Our Eyes"
Interesting Things with JC #1307: "The Device That Proved We Don’t See With Our Eyes" – In the 1970s, two devices changed how we understand vision, not by restoring sight, but by re-routing it. The b…
00:05:54 |
Sat 07 Jun 2025
1306: "Cocoa and Cancer"
Interesting Things with JC #1306: "Cocoa and Cancer" – Before war, Aztecs drank it. Now, scientists study it. High-cocoa chocolate may do more than taste good, it may help the body rebuild.
00:03:03 |
Fri 06 Jun 2025
1305: "Pozzolanic Concrete"
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.
00:04:02 |
Thu 05 Jun 2025
1304: "Astigmatism Lens Flares"
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 brok…
00:04:14 |
Wed 04 Jun 2025
1303: "Clock It"
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?
00:02:47 |
Tue 03 Jun 2025
1302: "The Man Who Controlled a Computer with His Mind"
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 …
00:07:48 |
Mon 02 Jun 2025
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