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
- 376
- Years Active
- 2024 - 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
1301: "Marilyn Monroe"
Interesting Things with JC #1301: "Marilyn Monroe" – She was born unnamed in a charity ward and died a global icon. Between them: factories, fame, and a fight for authorship. Her story is not what yo…
00:06:03 |
Sun 01 Jun 2025
1300: "When the F5 Came to Pennsylvania"
Interesting Things with JC #1300: "When the F5 Came to Pennsylvania" – The funnel dropped fast. The roar came faster. Pennsylvania’s only F5 tornado left a scar on towns, science, and silence itself.
00:07:07 |
Sat 31 May 2025
1299: "How to Properly Clean a Fish"
Interesting Things with JC #1299: "How to Properly Clean a Fish" – From Norwegian docks to Japanese markets, or out on the lake, cleaning fish was never just about hygiene, it was about survival, tas…
00:04:45 |
Fri 30 May 2025
1298: "86 Oldsmobile Cutlass"
Interesting Things with JC #1298: "86 Oldsmobile Cutlass" – It was America’s best-selling car, and a quiet accomplice in state secrets, back-alley deals, and unmarked government fleets. Beneath the v…
00:05:16 |
Thu 29 May 2025
1297: "The Chain of Rocks Bridge"
Interesting Things with JC #1297: "The Chain of Rocks Bridge" – A mile-long bridge with a hard 30-degree turn. Not a flaw...a feature. Built to defy the river and time, it bent where others broke. An…
00:06:09 |
Wed 28 May 2025
1296: "What Was Cash for Clunkers?"
Interesting Things with JC #1296: "What Was Cash for Clunkers?" – A national trade-in program meant to save the economy. Instead, it sentenced 700,000 engines to death. Fuel savings or forced extinct…
00:05:30 |
Tue 27 May 2025
1295: "Get Out and Move"
Interesting Things with JC #1295: "Get Out and Move" – A simple walk does more than stretch your legs. It grows your brain, lowers your stress, and resets your rhythm. The science is moving.
00:02:10 |
Mon 26 May 2025
1294: "5/25/25"
Interesting Things with JC #1294: "5/25/25" – It’s a once-in-a-century number stack, where day, month, and year align. Not a palindrome, not a mirror, but something deeper. A date that won’t come aga…
00:02:01 |
Sun 25 May 2025
1293: "Traditions of the Indy 500"
Interesting Things with JC #1293: "Traditions of the Indy 500" – Before the engines roar, 300,000 people stand still. Milk is chosen. Bricks are kissed. A race becomes ritual. A track becomes sacred.
00:08:13 |
Sat 24 May 2025
1292: "Corvette ZR1"
Interesting Things with JC #1292: "Corvette ZR1" – It began in silence, surfaced in power, and kept evolving, each version redefining what a Corvette could be. ZR1 isn't a trim. It's a line in the pa…
00:05:00 |
Fri 23 May 2025
1292: "Improvise, Adapt, & Overcome"
Interesting Things with JC #1292: "Improvise, Adapt, & Overcome" – Born in the field, refined by necessity, this Marine Corps mantra isn't about slogans. It's about survival when the plan fails. Wher…
00:04:59 |
Thu 22 May 2025
1290: "Love, Possibility, & Awareness"
Interesting Things with JC #1290: "Love, Possibility, & Awareness" – What if love wasn’t something you fall into...but something you wake up to, over and over again? One couple's quiet evolution beco…
00:04:59 |
Wed 21 May 2025
1289: "Linoleum"
Interesting Things with JC #1289: "Linoleum" – It wasn’t plastic, it wasn’t trendy, and it was never meant to be beautiful, yet it quietly defined an era. What happens when something lasts too long t…
00:06:54 |
Tue 20 May 2025
1288: "Don't Put Dawn in the Dishwasher!"
Interesting Things with JC #1288: "Don't Put Dawn in the Dishwasher!" – It’s iconic, beloved, even lifesaving. But the moment Dawn dish soap enters the wrong machine, all that trust turns into foam a…
00:02:51 |
Mon 19 May 2025
1287: "The Six Flags Over Texas"
Interesting Things with JC #1287: "The Six Flags Over Texas" – Six governments. One land. From conquistadors to confederates, Texas has been shaped by a tug-of-war few remember, but every child unkno…
00:04:38 |
Sun 18 May 2025
1286: "Where do you find a Left Handed ScrewDriver?"
Interesting Things with JC #1286: "Where do you find a Left Handed ScrewDriver?" – Some tools are built for precision. Others are built for the person holding them. But one? It’s built for something …
00:02:11 |
Sat 17 May 2025
1285: "The Serpent That Watches the Sky"
Interesting Things with JC #1285: "The Serpent That Watches the Sky" – A 1,348-foot serpent lies hidden on an Ohio bluff...coiled not for strike, but for story. No bones. No gold. Just dirt, sun, and…
00:06:45 |
Fri 16 May 2025
1284: "Strawberries and Garlic are Companion Plants"
Interesting Things with JC #1284: "Strawberries and Garlic are Companion Plants" – They grow in silence, side by side, one sweet, one sharp. But together, strawberries and garlic create something nat…
00:04:41 |
Thu 15 May 2025
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