1580: "Camp Century"

1580: "Camp Century"

Author: JC March 5, 2026 Duration: 6:59
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 began as a remote research station carried a secret far larger than the frozen world surrounding it.

You're about to hear stories that often slip through the cracks of mainstream conversation. Interesting Things with JC is a compact series where host JC digs into the past and present, finding connections and narratives that are frequently overlooked. Each episode feels like a focused exploration, whether it's a curious historical footnote, a fresh perspective on a current event, or a cultural phenomenon that deserves a closer look. The tone is conversational and inquisitive, driven by a genuine fascination with the subject matter rather than a dry lecture. This podcast sits comfortably at the intersection of history, culture, and society, making complex topics accessible without oversimplifying them. You'll find yourself reconsidering what you thought you knew, as JC guides you through these meticulously researched tales. It’s for anyone with a lingering curiosity about how the world works and where its many strange, compelling stories originate. The result is a consistently engaging listen that proves the most interesting things are often hidden in plain sight, just waiting for someone to point them out. Tune in for a thoughtful break from the noise, filled with substance and unexpected details.
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1636: "AM Radio as the Last Mass-Mind Medium" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 4:33
Interesting Things with JC #1636: "AM Radio as the Last Mass-Mind Medium" – A 50,000-watt AM station is transmitting one voice across multiple states at night while millions of people in different places hear the same si…
1635: "Nahanni: The River That Refused to Be Touched" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 5:24
Interesting Things with JC #1635: "Nahanni: The River That Refused to Be Touched" – A river runs for hundreds of miles with no dams and no control, then suddenly drops nearly twice the height of Niagara while the land ar…
1634: "Chernobyl Explodes and Igor Khiryak Goes Back In" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:51
Interesting Things with JC #1634: "Chernobyl Explodes and Igor Khiryak Goes Back In" – A pontoon bridge is being assembled in a moving river while radiation levels are unknown, sections pinned and anchored as current pus…
1633: "Alfred Adler & Happiness" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 3:28
Interesting Things with JC #1633: "Alfred Adler & Happiness" – Alfred Adler sits with a patient and ignores their past to ask where they are going, breaking from Sigmund Freud as he treats behavior as forward movement, a…
1632: "Double Slit Experiment at the Quantum Level" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:44
Interesting Things with JC #1632: "Double Slit Experiment at the Quantum Level" – One photon goes through two slits and hits as a single dot while a wave pattern still builds, even after the setup removes anything that s…
1631: "We Stopped Talking Without Noticing" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:17
Interesting Things with JC #1631: "We Stopped Talking Without Noticing" – Two people sit together while one speaks and the other looks at a phone, and the conversation continues as if it was heard even though part of it…
1630: "The 392 HEMI" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 6:06
Interesting Things with JC #1630: "The 392 HEMI" – Inside the 392 HEMI, air is pulled across a wide hemispherical chamber as the piston drops, but the same layout that improves high-RPM cylinder filling also makes the en…
1629: "The Sacking of the Libraries of Alexandria and Cleopatra" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 6:13
Interesting Things with JC #1629: "The Sacking of the Libraries of Alexandria and Cleopatra" – Caesar burns ships in Alexandria’s harbor to block an enemy fleet, but the fire spreads into a city built to collect written…
1628: "Shooting Drones with an F-35" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:56
Interesting Things with JC #1628: "Shooting Drones with an F-35" – An F-35 pilot slows a supersonic aircraft to match a drone moving slower than highway traffic, because closing too fast erases the shot, and even with fu…
1627: "British Columbia Tree Seed Centre" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:39
Interesting Things with JC #1627: "British Columbia Tree Seed Centre" – A government seed bank stores millions of tree seeds labeled by exact origin while forests are already being cut and replanted, and every new hillsi…