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1587: "Sky Masterson"
Episode 1587
Interesting Things with JC #1587: "Sky Masterson" - A gambler who never feared the odds takes a wager no one expects him to win. Convince a Salvation…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
1586: "The Crap Game That Cleaned Up Broadway"
Episode 1586
Interesting Things with JC #1586: "The Crap Game That Cleaned Up Broadway" - A Broadway reporter sits at Lindys drinking cup after cup of coffee whil…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
1585: "Lake Warren"
Episode 1585
Interesting Things with JC #1585: "Lake Warren" – Long before modern Lake Erie, a much larger glacial lake cut the bluffs, shaped the beaches, and le…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
1584: "The Hafele–Keating Experiment"
Episode 1584
Interesting Things with JC #1584: "The Hafele–Keating Experiment" – In 1971 four atomic clocks boarded commercial airliners and circled the Earth. Wh…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
1583: "Why Having a Dog Makes You a Better Person"
Episode 1583
Interesting Things with JC #1583: "Why Having a Dog Makes You a Better Person" – Before sunrise, millions step outside because someone is waiting. A …
5 months, 4 weeks ago
1582: "Remembering Lou Holtz"
Episode 1582
Interesting Things with JC #1582: "Remembering Lou Holtz" – A boy from a crowded basement apartment in a steel town refused to accept the limits othe…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
1581: "The Central–Mid-Levels Escalator"
Episode 1581
Interesting Things with JC #1581: "The Central–Mid-Levels Escalator" – In Hong Kong, the hill behind the harbor used to demand a daily climb. Then th…
6 months ago
1580: "Camp Century"
Episode 1580
Interesting Things with JC #1580: "Camp Century" – In the early Cold War, the U.S. Army built a town inside the Greenland ice sheet, powered by a por…
6 months ago
1579: "Dorsey’s Art Gallery and the Man Who Opened the Door"
Episode 1579
Interesting Things with JC #1579: "Dorsey’s Art Gallery and the Man Who Opened the Door" – A modest storefront on a Brooklyn block became something r…
6 months ago
1578: "Neil Sedaka"
Episode 1578
Interesting Things with JC #1578: "Neil Sedaka" – A Brooklyn kid with classical discipline turned teenage heartache into gold records, survived the B…
6 months ago