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
1263: "The Malibu Secret"
Interesting Things with JC #1263: "The Malibu Secret" – Born from rivalry, built for reinvention. Chevy’s Malibu began as a decoy, survived as a strategy, and now exits with no fanfare. Some names do…
00:03:50 |
Thu 24 Apr 2025
1262: "How Does a Septic Tank Work?"
Interesting Things with JC #1262: "How Does a Septic Tank Work?" – Beneath lawns and forgotten fences lies a quiet system that doesn’t just collect waste, it partners with nature to finish what we fl…
00:02:54 |
Wed 23 Apr 2025
1261: "Grapes of Spring"
Interesting Things with JC #1261: "Grapes of Spring" – In Silver Creek, spring smells like diesel and compost. Before the harvest joy comes the risk: frost, mud, and a thousand swelling buds...each o…
00:06:37 |
Tue 22 Apr 2025
1260: "Replacing the Pope"
Interesting Things with JC #1260: "Replacing the Pope" – When a pope dies, silence descends, and a centuries-old ritual begins. From shattered rings to sealed rooms, the Church pauses while the worl…
00:06:36 |
Mon 21 Apr 2025
1259: "Farming in April"
Interesting Things with JC #1259: "Farming in April" – A moment too soon and it’s disaster. A moment too late and the field’s already lost. In America’s Breadbasket, April doesn’t wait...it dares yo…
00:04:30 |
Mon 21 Apr 2025
1258: "The History of Peeps!"
Interesting Things with JC #1258: "The History of Peeps!" – They’re soft, sweet, and seemingly simple, but beneath the sugar lies a story of postwar innovation, seasonal tradition, and quiet cultural…
00:07:17 |
Sun 20 Apr 2025
1257: "Easter Lily"
Interesting Things with JC #1257: "Easter Lily" – It didn’t begin in scripture. It began on a volcanic island, thousands of miles from any altar. A flower of timing, trade, and quiet trust—just when …
00:05:03 |
Sat 19 Apr 2025
1256: "The Smell of Fresh Bread Out of the Oven"
Interesting Things with JC #1256: "The Smell of Fresh Bread Out of the Oven" – Before alarms and sunrise, there was the scent. For centuries, fresh bread meant more than food, it meant life was still…
00:05:29 |
Fri 18 Apr 2025
1255: "Fire from Ice"
Interesting Things with JC #1255: "Fire from Ice" – You’re stranded in the cold, with nothing but a chunk of ice, and somehow, that’s enough to survive. Refraction, focus, and fire from frozen water.
00:03:20 |
Thu 17 Apr 2025
1254: "The Cost Beneath Our Feet"
Interesting Things with JC #1254: "The Cost Beneath Our Feet" – What happens when history is inconvenient? Across highways, housing tracts, and football fields, the dead have been displaced and digni…
00:04:17 |
Wed 16 Apr 2025
1253: "What is a Burl?"
Interesting Things with JC #1253: "What is a Burl?" – They look like tumors on trees, but inside, something astonishing is happening. Burls are born from trauma, yet transform into natural masterpiec…
00:05:08 |
Tue 15 Apr 2025
1252: "April 14th, 1939, The Book That Brought America to Its Knees"
Interesting Things with JC #1252: "April 14th, 1939, The Book That Brought America to Its Knees" – One novel. Five months. And a country that never saw it coming. On April 14th, 1939, John Steinbeck …
00:06:13 |
Mon 14 Apr 2025
1251: "The Gene That Won’t Let Go"
Interesting Things with JC #1251: "The Gene That Won’t Let Go" – What happens when nature stops choosing and we start writing the rules? A gene that refuses to vanish may reshape every wild thing we …
00:04:56 |
Sun 13 Apr 2025
1250: "Great Loop Boating"
Interesting Things with JC #1250: "Great Loop Boating" – It’s not a race, it’s a rhythm. Across 7,500 miles of rivers, canals, and coastlines, the Great Loop offers a journey where tide, patience, an…
00:06:30 |
Sat 12 Apr 2025
1249: "What is a Carpenters Board Stretcher?"
Interesting Things with JC #1249: "What is a Carpenters Board Stretcher?" – Carpentry doesn’t forgive shortcuts, and neither does experience.
00:03:58 |
Fri 11 Apr 2025
1248: "Mahuffer – Wurst Place on the Beech!"
Interesting Things with JC #1248: "Mahuffer – Wurst Place on the Beech!" – It started as a joke and became a legend. A bar where nothing is finished, everything is broken, and somehow…it’s perfect. T…
00:04:20 |
Thu 10 Apr 2025
1247: "The Mathematics Behind Music Theory"
Interesting Things with JC #1247: "The Mathematics Behind Music Theory" – Before notes had names or music had rules, harmony was already written in numbers. Explore how math shaped every sound you’ve…
00:05:55 |
Wed 09 Apr 2025
1246: "The Notes in Ricky’s Pocket"
Interesting Things with JC #1246: "The Notes in Ricky’s Pocket" – They were found on a dead man with no ID. Thirty lines of strange letters. No pattern. No key. No solution. And still, two decades la…
00:05:59 |
Tue 08 Apr 2025
1245: "A Simple Riddle 11"
Interesting Things with JC #1245: "A Simple Riddle 11" – It sounds obvious. It isn’t. This one-line riddle hides its real trick behind what you think you already know. Can you catch what others miss?
00:00:56 |
Mon 07 Apr 2025
1244: "Operation Midnight Climax: The CIA's Covert Safehouses"
Interesting Things with JC #1244: "Operation Midnight Climax: The CIA's Covert Safehouses" – Behind a one-way mirror, the CIA drugged Americans in secret safehouses, searching for a new kind of contr…
00:05:00 |
Sun 06 Apr 2025
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