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1602: "Redstone Arsenal"
Episode 1602
Interesting Things with JC #1602: "Redstone Arsenal" – Before rockets carried Americans into space, they were built to fail on purpose in Huntsville,…
7 months ago
1601: "Muhammad Ali vs. Chuck Wepner"
Episode 1601
Interesting Things with JC #1601: "Muhammad Ali vs. Chuck Wepner" – The greatest fighter alive hit the canvas, and for a moment, everything changed. …
7 months, 1 week ago
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…
7 months, 1 week 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…
7 months, 1 week 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…
7 months, 1 week 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…
7 months, 1 week 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…
7 months, 1 week 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 …
7 months, 1 week 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 …
7 months, 2 weeks 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…
7 months, 2 weeks ago