1577: "Thin Mints"

1577: "Thin Mints"

Author: JC March 2, 2026 Duration: 3:40
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, reshuffled, and standardized...until it became the knock that starts a sale, a goal, and a story at the door. Thanks to Sheri for the story suggestion!

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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1455: "The Houdini Séance" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 7:26
Interesting Things with JC #1455: "The Houdini Séance" – Every Halloween, a candle flickers for a man who escaped everything…except death. Houdini swore he’d return from the grave. What happens when the world keeps liste…
1454: "The Sordid History of Black Cats" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 0:00
Interesting Things with JC #1454: "The Sordid History of Black Cats" – A vanished boy. A papal decree. A plague. For centuries, one animal took the blame. But what were people really afraid of?
1453: "Bear Lake Monster" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 3:00
Interesting Things with JC #1453: "Bear Lake Monster" – Along the Utah-Idaho border, a ripple in the water has stirred more than just curiosity. For over a century, people keep seeing something that shouldn’t exist.
1452: "Okapi – The African Unicorn" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:35
Interesting Things with JC #1452: "Okapi – The African Unicorn" – Locals swore a secret animal roamed the Congo, with stripes like a zebra and a neck like a giraffe. No one believed them… until proof showed up. The okapi…
1451: "The Dancing Plague of 1518" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:41
Interesting Things with JC #1451: "The Dancing Plague of 1518" – In the summer heat of 1518, hundreds danced themselves to death in the streets of Strasbourg. Was it hysteria, hunger, or something buried deep in the brai…
1450: "The Alkonost" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:44
Interesting Things with JC #1450: "The Alkonost" – In the frozen heart of old Slavic myth, a bird with a woman’s face sang of joy so pure it could destroy. Her song promised paradise, but at a cost no mortal could bear.
1449: "The Encantado" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:52
Interesting Things with JC #1449: "The Encantado" – In the Amazon, a pink dolphin dances as a man. He laughs, he charms, then vanishes into water, with someone missing beside him. Myth or biology? The river knows.
1448: "Fall Foliage" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:03
Interesting Things with JC #1448: "Fall Foliage" – The forests turn to fire each autumn, but behind that color lies an interesting secret, one the trees have been keeping all year. This episode was inspired by a dear fri…
1447: "The Invention That Rewired the World" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:19
Interesting Things with JC #1447: "The Invention That Rewired the World" – A ring of iron. Two coils. And a spark that crossed space. From a flicker in 1831 to the highways of the future, Faraday's experiment never stopp…
1446: "Transmitting Electricity Through the Air" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 3:46
Interesting Things with JC #1446: "Transmitting Electricity Through the Air" – A century ago, Nikola Tesla dared to electrify the sky. Today, his once-abandoned dream flickers back to life, lighting the path between scie…