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1600: "Wernher von Braun"
Episode 1600
Interesting Things with JC #1600: "Wernher von Braun" – He helped build the road to the Moon, but that road began in war and human suffering. This ep…
12 hours ago
1599: "Remembering Chuck Norris"
Episode 1599
Interesting Things with JC #1599: "Remembering Chuck Norris" – A young man from Oklahoma served his country, became a world champion, and built a car…
1 day, 12 hours ago
1598: "Lewis Latimer and the Globe-Supporter for Electric Lamps"
Episode 1598
Interesting Things with JC #1598: "Lewis Latimer and the Globe-Supporter for Electric Lamps" - Everybody talks about the bulb. Almost nobody talks ab…
2 days, 12 hours ago
1597: "Albert Pinkham Ryder"
Episode 1597
Interesting Things with JC #1597: "Albert Pinkham Ryder" – He spent more than twenty years on a single painting, building it up until it started to c…
3 days, 12 hours ago
1596: "Vanessa Williams: The Crown That Came Back"
Episode 1596
Interesting Things with JC #1596: "Vanessa Williams: The Crown That Came Back" - A crown made history, then disappeared just as fast. What followed w…
4 days, 12 hours ago
1595: "How Hard It Is to Fly a Stealth Bomber for 44 Hours"
Episode 1595
Interesting Things with JC #1595: "How Hard It Is to Fly a Stealth Bomber for 44 Hours" – Forty-four hours in the air, two pilots, and no margin for …
5 days, 12 hours ago
1594: "America’s First St. Patrick’s Day Wasn’t Where You Think"
Episode 1594
Interesting Things with JC #1594: "America’s First St. Patrick’s Day Wasn’t Where You Think" – The story most Americans know starts in Boston or New …
6 days, 12 hours ago
1593: "USS Pickerel"
Episode 1593
Interesting Things with JC #1593: "USS Pickerel" – Before nuclear power changed undersea warfare, one diesel boat stayed below for 21 straight days a…
1 week ago
1592: "Three's Company"
Episode 1592
Interesting Things with JC #1592: "Three's Company" – One small apartment. One suspicious landlord. And one lie that made the arrangement possible. W…
1 week, 1 day ago
1591: "The Nike Site Hidden in the Woods Near Orchard Park"
Episode 1591
Interesting Things with JC #1591: "The Nike Site Hidden in the Woods Near Orchard Park" – In woods south of Buffalo, the ground still remembers a Co…
1 week, 2 days ago