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1732: "Sir Bryan Thwaites - The Man Who Changed How We Learn Mathematics"
Episode 1732
Interesting Things with JC #1732: "The Man Who Changed How Britain Learned Mathematics" – A Cambridge mathematician leaves a prestigious research car…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
1731: "Mac's Drive-In"
Episode 1731
Interesting Things with JC #1731: "Mac's Drive-In" – A drive-in restaurant has kept the same carhop service, horseshoe counter, and frosted root beer…
3 months ago
1730: "Weed Zappers"
Episode 1730
Interesting Things with JC #1730: "Weed Zappers" – Herbicide-resistant weeds are surviving the chemicals meant to kill them, so some farmers are now …
3 months ago
1729: "Project Skif: Russia's Seabed Nuclear Silos"
Episode 1729
Interesting Things with JC #1729: "Project Skif: Russia's Seabed Nuclear Silos" – Intelligence reports suggest Russia may be testing nuclear missile …
3 months ago
1728: "Little Italy"
Episode 1728
Interesting Things with JC #1728: "Little Italy" – Millions of Italian immigrants came to America seeking opportunity and helped build New York throu…
3 months ago
1727: "The Pontic Mountains"
Episode 1727
Interesting Things with JC #1727: "The Pontic Mountains" – A mountain range traps rain along Turkey's Black Sea coast while drying the land just beyo…
3 months ago
1726: "The Pontiac Banshee"
Episode 1726
Interesting Things with JC #1726: "The Pontiac Banshee" – Pontiac kept building sports cars it was never allowed to sell. Even so, every generation l…
3 months ago
1725: "The King Who Invented an Invasion"
Episode 1725
Interesting Things with JC #1725: "The King Who Invented an Invasion" – Sweden's King Gustav III needed Russia to attack first before he could legall…
3 months ago
1724: "The History of Yo Mama Jokes"
Episode 1724
Interesting Things with JC #1724: "The History of Yo Mama Jokes" – A "Yo Mama" joke appears on a Babylonian clay tablet from about 1500 BC, showing t…
3 months, 1 week ago
1723: "Ancient Roman Laundry"
Episode 1723
Interesting Things with JC #1723: "Ancient Roman Laundry" – Roman laundries cleaned clothing by stomping it in vats of aged urine because the ammonia…
3 months, 1 week ago