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1669: "The Rare Blue Moon"
Episode 1669
Interesting Things with JC #1669: "The Rare Blue Moon" – A second full Moon rises over May, carrying a rare name it will not appear to deserve. It wi…
1 week, 3 days ago
1668: "History of the Stanley Cup"
Episode 1668
Interesting Things with JC #1668: "History of the Stanley Cup" – The Stanley Cup keeps changing hands while its silver bands record winners, mistakes…
1 week, 4 days ago
1667: "Gold’s Color Comes from Relativity"
Episode 1667
Interesting Things with JC #1667: "Gold’s Color Comes from Relativity" – Gold atoms absorb blue and violet light because fast-moving electrons near t…
1 week, 5 days ago
1666: "A Billion Seconds"
Episode 1666
Interesting Things with JC #1666: "A Billion Seconds" - A million seconds goes by pretty fast. A billion seconds is something else entirely. Once you…
1 week, 6 days ago
1665: "Grizz Chapman"
Episode 1665
Interesting Things with JC #1665: "Grizz Chapman" – Grizz was working security when a friendship with Tracy Morgan led to a 30 Rock audition, and the…
2 weeks ago
1664: "Rob Base"
Episode 1664
Interesting Things with JC #1664: "Rob Base" – Rob Base passed away four days after his 59th birthday, but the 1988 record he made with DJ E-Z Rock s…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
1663: "Kyle Busch"
Episode 1663
Interesting Things with JC #1663: "Kyle Busch" – Kyle Busch is steering a go-kart while his father works the throttle because his feet cannot reach t…
2 weeks, 2 days ago
1662: "Ames Laboratory"
Episode 1662
Interesting Things with JC #1662: "Ames Laboratory" – Frank Spedding’s team in Ames, Iowa turned rare uranium metal into wartime production material,…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
1661: "The Earth's Core is Younger than its Surface"
Episode 1661
Interesting Things with JC #1661: "The Earth's Core is Younger than its Surface" – A clock at Earth’s core runs slightly slower than a clock on the s…
2 weeks, 4 days ago
1660: "The Adams Event"
Episode 1600
Interesting Things with JC #1660: "The Adams Event" – A 42,000-year-old kauri tree held a carbon record from the Laschamps Excursion, when Earth’s ma…
2 weeks, 5 days ago