1385: "Judge Frank Caprio"

1385: "Judge Frank Caprio"

Author: JC August 23, 2025 Duration: 6:21
Interesting Things with JC #1385: "Judge Frank Caprio" – From the son of an immigrant fruit seller to America’s “nicest judge,” Frank Caprio carried justice with compassion. His legacy lives not in verdicts, but in the lives he touched.

Curiosity often leads us down the most rewarding paths, and that's the spirit behind Interesting Things with JC. Each episode is a compact dive into a story that makes you pause and think, hosted by JC. You'll find a mix here: forgotten chapters from our past that explain the present, nuanced looks at cultural shifts happening now, and those remarkable tales that simply never got the spotlight they deserved. This isn't a dry lecture but a conversation about the threads connecting history, society, and our everyday lives. The focus is on depth over breadth, making each installment of this podcast a self-contained exploration. Whether it's an obscure historical event with surprising modern echoes or a fresh perspective on a current topic, the aim is to feed that curiosity with something substantive. Tune in for a thoughtfully researched and engagingly presented look at the world's fascinating corners.
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1556: "Paul Laurence Dunbar" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:49
Interesting Things with JC #1556: "Paul Laurence Dunbar" - He worked an elevator in Dayton and wrote when the doors closed. What he heard and remembered became poems that carried far beyond Ohio.
1555: "Project Nobska" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 4:14
Interesting Things with JC #1555: "Project Nobska" – A 1956 Navy study at Woods Hole, near Nobska Lighthouse, concluded that nuclear submarines had made traditional anti-submarine warfare obsolete, shaping new undersea w…
1554: “Radio Signals from Pluto” [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 9:41
Interesting Things with JC #1554: “Radio Signals from Pluto” - A spacecraft rushed past Pluto with no second chance. A fading signal passing through Pluto’s thin air revealed temperatures, pressure, and hidden layers ben…
1553: “Curling - Mixed Doubles” [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:59
Interesting Things with JC #1553: “Curling - Mixed Doubles” - Mixed doubles curling strips the sport down to two players, six stones, and no room to hide. With fewer throws and faster games, every decision shows up on th…
1552: "Milano Cortina" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 0:00
Interesting Things with JC #1552: "Milano Cortina" – Can the Olympics survive without billion-dollar stadiums? Italy’s 2026 Winter Games test a radical return to terrain over transformation.
1550: “Hákarl” [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:53
Interesting Things with JC #1550: “Hákarl” - This food smells like poison because it used to be. Hákarl is fermented Greenland shark, made edible through chemistry, time, and desperation. This episode explains how Icelan…
1549: "February 2, 1876: Start of the MLB" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 3:00
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, a bold plan, and one winter meeting that saved the game.
1548: "Sly Dunbar" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 5:19
Interesting Things with JC #1548: "Sly Dunbar" – He approached music as a responsibility. By holding time steady and sessions together, he became one of the most trusted figures in Jamaican recording history. This episod…
1547: "John Archibald Wheeler and the Words That Shaped the Universe" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 6:18
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. Black holes, wormholes, quantum foam. The words he gave us changed wha…