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1544: "Vivipary"
Episode 1544
Interesting Things with JC #1544: "Vivipary" – In places where waiting means failure, some seeds skip the pause. A story of tropical tides, living st…
2 months ago
1543: "John Deere and the Problem of Plowing Blind"
Episode 1543
Interesting Things with JC #1543: "John Deere and the Problem of Plowing Blind" – A whiteout turned the highway invisible. But Moe Mohamed’s plow kep…
2 months ago
1542: "Simple Riddle 14"
Episode 1542
Interesting Things with JC #1542: "Simple Riddle 14" – The riddle is back. It sounds easy. Most people answer too fast. Take a breath, think it throu…
2 months ago
1541: "Taipei 101"
Episode 1541
Interesting Things with JC #1541: "Taipei 101" – It rises straight up, built to sway, not resist. In a city shaped by wind and earthquakes, this towe…
2 months ago
1540: "Choosing to Receive"
Episode 1540
Interesting Things with JC #1540: "Choosing to Receive" – A simple question...do you want the ball now or later? The answer actually unlocks the hidd…
2 months ago
1539: "Soviet Volga Transmitters"
Episode 1539
Interesting Things with JC #1539: "Soviet Volga Transmitters" – They weren’t just towers...they were weapons. Buzzing across continents. Whispering s…
2 months ago
1538: "Dundurn Castle Hamilton"
Episode 1538
Interesting Things with JC #1538: "Dundurn Castle Hamilton" – It looks like a castle, but it was built for strategy. Beneath the limestone mansion li…
2 months ago
1537: "Heavy Whipping Cream"
Episode 1537
Interesting Things with JC #1537: "Heavy Whipping Cream" – It started as milk fat floating to the top...and wound up as the backbone of béarnaise, bi…
2 months, 1 week ago
1536: "Getting Stuck on the Highway in a Blizzard"
Episode 1536
Interesting Things with JC #1536: "Getting Stuck on the Highway in a Blizzard" – You’re just trying to get home…then the sky vanishes. No road, no h…
2 months, 1 week ago
1535: "Why We Remember - MLK Day"
Episode 1535
Interesting Things with JC #1535: "Why We Remember - MLK Day" – Martin Luther King Jr. Day did not emerge automatically after his death. It followed …
2 months, 1 week ago