1580: "Camp Century"
Interesting Things with JC #1580: "Camp Century" – In the early Cold War, the U.S. Army built a town inside the Greenland ice sheet, powered by a portable nuclear reactor and hidden beneath miles of Arctic ice. What bega…
Interesting Things with JC
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.
Episodes
1579: "Dorsey’s Art Gallery and the Man Who Opened the Door"
Interesting Things with JC #1579: "Dorsey’s Art Gallery and the Man Who Opened the Door" – A modest storefront on a Brooklyn block became something rare: a place where anyone could walk in and see history on the walls. L…
1578: Neil Sedaka
Interesting Things with JC #1578: "Neil Sedaka" – A Brooklyn kid with classical discipline turned teenage heartache into gold records, survived the British Invasion, and rebuilt himself across decades. When the industry…
1577: "Thin Mints"
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 sal…
1576: "Barbara Ann and the Accidental Hit"
Interesting Things with JC #1576: "Barbara Ann and the Accidental Hit" – A band on a deadline. A tape machine still rolling. They were just messing around, and accidentally made one of the most recognizable chants in pop…
1575: "Joni Eareckson Tada: Paralyzed at Seventeen"
Interesting Things with JC #1575: "Joni Eareckson Tada: Paralyzed at Seventeen" – At 17, Joni Eareckson dove into shallow water and never moved her body the same way again. No miracle fixed her. What changed instead was…
1574: "Milli Vanilli and the Sound of Silence"
Interesting Things with JC #1574: "Milli Vanilli and the Sound of Silence" – Three No. 1 hits. A Grammy. Millions of fans. Then one skipped track blew it all up. When the truth came out, music had to face a brutal questi…
1573: "Levi Strauss"
Interesting Things with JC #1573: "Levi Strauss" – He never chased gold, he sold survival. A broken seam, a copper rivet, and one brutal workday at a time, Levi got richer than the miners. The real strike wasn’t in the g…
1572: "Is Matter an Illusion?"
Interesting Things with JC #1572: "Is Matter an Illusion?" – It feels solid. It isn’t. What you call “touch” is force pushing back. Matter is real, but your experience of it is a high-speed brain edit hiding a far strang…
1571: "What Loss Leaves Behind"
Interesting Things with JC #1571: "What Loss Leaves Behind" – Loss doesn’t happen once. It comes back on birthdays, holidays, and random afternoons when you still reach for the phone. Over time, you realize it didn’t jus…
