1582: "Remembering Lou Holtz"

1582: "Remembering Lou Holtz"

Author: JC March 7, 2026 Duration: 9:22
Interesting Things with JC #1582: "Remembering Lou Holtz" – A boy from a crowded basement apartment in a steel town refused to accept the limits others placed on him. Decades later his words echoed through one of college football’s most famous tunnels, reminding generations that champions are not built tomorrow. They are built today.

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1415: "The 21st Night of September" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:45
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1414: "The Real Castles and Lands of Game of Thrones" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 4:37
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1413: "Rods, Cones, and Blindness" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:48
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1412: "Robert Redford" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 6:10
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1411: "Acoustic Shadows" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:44
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1410: "White Corn vs. Yellow Corn Chips" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:59
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1409: "The Hidden Patterns of Statistics" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 4:57
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1408: "The Imperial Castle" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:40
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1407: "What is a Reddit Kid?" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 5:30
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1406: "The British Lion" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:59
Interesting Things with JC #1406: "The British Lion" – For nine centuries the lion has guarded Britain’s throne, its battlefields, and its imagination. From Richard the Lionheart to Trafalgar Square, this golden beast st…