1639: "Eberhard Rees"

1639: "Eberhard Rees"

Author: JC May 1, 2026 Duration: 4:49
Interesting Things with JC #1639: "Eberhard Rees" – Eberhard Rees is checking welds, tolerances, tests, and manufacturing flaws while von Braun sells the Moon rocket vision; the public sees Saturn V, but Rees stays with the weak part, the bad process, and the factory-floor mistake that could destroy the mission.

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1525: "The Trial of Joan of Arc" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 6:30
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1524: "Ratification of the 11th Amendment (1798)" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 3:57
Interesting Things with JC #1524: "Ratification of the 11th Amendment (1798)" – A guy from South Carolina sued Georgia and nearly blew up the Constitution. What came next? A fast-track amendment that pulled federal court…
1523: "Manganese" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 3:00
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1522: "Project Echo" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 5:35
Interesting Things with JC #1522: "Project Echo" – In 1960, a huge silver balloon crossed the night sky, reflecting human voices without ever hearing them. This episode traces the moment a simple idea bent the future of…
1521: “Itzhak Bentov and Consciousness” [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 7:00
Interesting Things with JC #1521: “Itzhak Bentov and Consciousness” — He escaped the Holocaust, rewrote heart medicine without a degree, then aimed his mechanical mind at the deepest problem of all: how consciousness wor…
1520: "What is a Surge Wrasse Fish?" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:12
Interesting Things with JC #1519: "What Is a Surge Wrasse Fish?" – Some animals wait for calm. This one is built for chaos. Living where waves never stop pushing back, the surge wrasse survives by timing the ocean itself…
1519: "Can Dogs Eat Bones?" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:56
Interesting Things with JC #1519: "Can Dogs Eat Bones?" – It feels like common sense: dogs chew bones. But what used to be food is now one of the biggest risks we hand them without thinking. This episode sits right at th…
1518: "The Original Alien Soundtrack by Jerry Goldsmith" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 7:47
Interesting Things with JC #1518: "The Original Alien Soundtrack by Jerry Goldsmith" - Jerry Goldsmith's original Alien score was hopeful and exploratory until Ridley Scott's cuts turned it into chilling dread. Eerie ali…
1517: "Austin’s Coffee Crafters" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 4:53
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1516: "When New Year’s Eve Finally Changed Television" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:29
Interesting Things with JC #1516: "When New Year’s Eve Finally Changed Television" – For decades, no scripted series dared to end on the noisiest night of the year. Then one show rewrote the rules, by making midnight the…