1649: "Ernst Stuhlinger"

1649: "Ernst Stuhlinger"

Author: JC May 11, 2026 Duration: 6:41
Interesting Things with JC #1649: "Ernst Stuhlinger" – A NASA engineer answers a nun asking why Mars missions matter while people are starving on Earth, and the answer comes from a former V-2 rocket scientist whose later work moves spaceflight away from explosive force and toward ion propulsion that pushes for years.

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1626: "Can You Hear Electricity?" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 3:33
Interesting Things with JC #1626: "Can You Hear Electricity" – A glass globe spins under a hand in a London lab as charge builds and sharp snaps break the air, but the sound isn’t electricity and the same effect continue…
1625: "Radiation Experiments on Civilians" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 5:07
Interesting Things with JC #1625: "Radiation Experiments on Civilians" – A man is already on the table when something is injected before his injuries are treated, and nothing appears wrong as his body quietly carries it…
1624: "Cord Meyer" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 8:13
Interesting Things with JC #1624: "Cord Meyer" – Cord Meyer routes hidden CIA funding into magazines, student groups, and cultural institutions that present themselves as independent. The people involved do not know the…
1623: "The Whiskey Rebellion and the Power to Tax" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 4:03
Interesting Things with JC #1623: "The Whiskey Rebellion and the Power to Tax" – A federal tax collector rides into a town where whiskey barrels are stacked like currency, but no one comes forward to pay. The tax is alre…
1622: "The Morgan Horse" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 3:32
Interesting Things with JC #1622: "The Morgan Horse" – A compact stallion stands in a field and moves like nothing is wasted. Horses built larger keep losing to him without clear reason. The same build appears again in h…
1621: "The Blue Room" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 5:04
Interesting Things with JC #1621: "The Blue Room" – A sealed room inside Wright-Patterson is treated as routine. The name used for it does not exist in any confirmed record, but it keeps appearing anyway. The description…
1620: "The Danger of Media Spin" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 3:29
Interesting Things with JC #1620: "The Danger of Media Spin" – A camera is already rolling when the first window breaks. The clip spreads before the rest of the street even reacts. What gets shown first starts standing i…
1619: "Deer Island" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 4:33
Interesting Things with JC #1619: "Deer Island" – Men, women, and children are standing on a narrow island with no shelter as winter approaches. They were not supposed to be left exposed after being taken from their home…
1618: "Signals Intelligence in Commercial Radio" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 4:38
Interesting Things with JC #1618: "Signals Intelligence in Commercial Radio" – You hold on one AM station and notice it fading in and out every few seconds. The transmitter isn’t doing that. Someone else is using the fre…
1617: "Catfish Have Venom" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:09
Interesting Things with JC #1617: "Catfish Have Venom" – A fisherman grabs what feels harmless. The reaction does not begin until after the contact is over. The pain spreads beyond the wound and overrides control in ways…