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1555: "Project Nobska"
Episode 1555
Interesting Things with JC #1555: "Project Nobska" – A 1956 Navy study at Woods Hole, near Nobska Lighthouse, concluded that nuclear submarines had m…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
1554: “Radio Signals from Pluto”
Episode 1554
Interesting Things with JC #1554: “Radio Signals from Pluto” - A spacecraft rushed past Pluto with no second chance. A fading signal passing through …
8 months, 2 weeks ago
1553: “Curling - Mixed Doubles”
Episode 1533
Interesting Things with JC #1553: “Curling - Mixed Doubles” - Mixed doubles curling strips the sport down to two players, six stones, and no room to …
8 months, 2 weeks ago
1552: "Milano Cortina"
Episode 1552
Interesting Things with JC #1552: "Milano Cortina" – Can the Olympics survive without billion-dollar stadiums? Italy’s 2026 Winter Games test a radic…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
1551: “Birthplace of the Winter Olympics – Chamonix 1924 to Beijing 2022”
Episode 1551
Interesting Things with JC #1551: “Birthplace of the Winter Olympics – Chamonix 1924 to Beijing 2022” - On February 4, 1924, winter sports quietly st…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
1550: “Hákarl”
Episode 1550
Interesting Things with JC #1550: “Hákarl” - This food smells like poison because it used to be. Hákarl is fermented Greenland shark, made edible thr…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
1549: "February 2, 1876: Start of the MLB"
Episode 1549
Interesting Things with JC #1549: "February 2, 1876: Start of the MLB" – Baseball wasn’t born on a field. It was rescued in a hotel. A broken league…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
1548: "Sly Dunbar"
Episode 1548
Interesting Things with JC #1548: "Sly Dunbar" – He approached music as a responsibility. By holding time steady and sessions together, he became one…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
1547: "John Archibald Wheeler and the Words That Shaped the Universe"
Episode 1547
Interesting Things with JC #1547: "John Archibald Wheeler and the Words That Shaped the Universe" – He didn’t just explore the universe. He named it.…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
1546: "Emotional Invalidation"
Episode 1546
Interesting Things with JC #1546: "Emotional Invalidation" – When someone tells you your feelings don’t matter, it doesn’t erase the pain, it adds an…
8 months, 3 weeks ago