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1590: "The Penn Dixie Fossil Site"
Episode 1590
Interesting Things with JC #1590: "The Penn Dixie Fossil Site" – In western New York, families split open shale and touch a vanished sea nearly 380 m…
1 week, 3 days ago
1589: "Nathan Detroit"
Episode 1589
Interesting Things with JC #1589: "Nathan Detroit" - The gamblers roll the dice but Nathan Detroit runs the game. He knows where the next floating cr…
1 week, 4 days ago
1588: "Sarah Brown"
Episode 1588
Interesting Things with JC #1588: "Sarah Brown" - In a Broadway world built on wagers and floating crap games one woman refuses to play. Sarah Brown …
1 week, 4 days ago
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…
1 week, 4 days 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…
1 week, 5 days 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…
1 week, 6 days 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…
2 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 …
2 weeks, 1 day 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…
2 weeks, 2 days 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…
2 weeks, 3 days ago