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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…
7 months, 2 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…
7 months, 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 …
7 months, 2 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…
7 months, 2 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…
7 months, 2 weeks 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…
7 months, 2 weeks 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…
7 months, 2 weeks 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…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
1577: "Thin Mints"
Episode 1577
Interesting Things with JC #1577: "Thin Mints" – Before the green box, it was a cookie with an identity crisis. One small mint wafer got renamed, res…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
1576: "Barbara Ann and the Accidental Hit"
Episode 1576
Interesting Things with JC #1576: "Barbara Ann and the Accidental Hit" – A band on a deadline. A tape machine still rolling. They were just messing a…
7 months, 3 weeks ago