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1697: "Operation Popeye"
Episode 1697
Interesting Things with JC #1697: "Operation Popeye" – American aircraft flew directly into monsoon clouds and released silver iodide to increase rai…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
1696: "David Clayton-Thomas"
Episode 1696
Interesting Things with JC #1696: "David Clayton-Thomas" – David Clayton-Thomas replaced Blood, Sweat & Tears' original singer just as the band's fut…
3 weeks ago
1695: "The Berlin Airlift - Keeping a City Alive"
Episode 1695
Interesting Things with JC #1695: "The Berlin Airlift - Keeping a City Alive" – Cargo planes keep landing in a city sealed off by every road, rail li…
3 weeks, 1 day ago
1694: "27 Distinct Emotional Categories"
Episode 1694
Interesting Things with JC #1694: "27 Distinct Emotional Categories" – Researchers analyzed 27,000 emotional responses and found that human emotions …
3 weeks, 2 days ago
1693: "HAL5 and the Space Settlement Movement"
Episode 1693
Interesting Things with JC #1693: "HAL5 and the Space Settlement Movement" – Engineers and space enthusiasts in Huntsville kept meeting to discuss pe…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
1692: "Frank Gardiner Wisner"
Episode 1692
Interesting Things with JC #1692: "Frank Gardiner Wisner" – Frank Wisner watched Soviet influence replace German influence in Romania while World War…
3 weeks, 4 days ago
1691: "The Silence Beyond Redshift"
Episode 1691
Interesting Things with JC #1691: "The Silence Beyond Redshift" – A spacecraft continues receiving messages from Earth while the signals arrive slowe…
3 weeks, 5 days ago
1690: "The Legendary Saab Convertible"
Episode 1690
Interesting Things with JC #1690: "The Legendary Saab Convertible" – Saab engineers were reinforcing a convertible for winter driving while much of t…
3 weeks, 6 days ago
1689: "Mt. Elbrus"
Episode 1689
Interesting Things with JC #1689: "Mt. Elbrus" – A mountain once imagined as the center of the cosmos later became a wartime propaganda symbol and is…
4 weeks ago
1688: "A Simple Riddle 15"
Episode 1688
Interesting Things with JC #1688: "A Simple Riddle 15" – A simple riddle has a simple answer, but most people still miss it. Can you solve today's ri…
4 weeks, 1 day ago