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Interesting Things with JC
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Interesting Things with JC is a new podcast mini series, with highlight on some of the more interesting historical stories, current events as well as under-told stories.
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1645: "The Gulf of Tonkin"
1w ago00:03:39Tap to summarizeInteresting Things with JC #1645: "The Gulf of Tonkin" – U.S. destroyers fired into the dark after reporting a second North Vietnamese attack, but the ships had no confirmed targets, pilots found no enemy vessels, and the disputed incident became the legal basis for expanding the Vietnam War.
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1644: “Krafft Ehricke”
1w ago00:03:57Tap to summarizeInteresting Things with JC #1644: “Krafft Ehricke” - He is the rocket engineer who proposed lunar mining, orbital fuel depots, and space based solar power decades before modern commercial spaceflight. From the V-2 rocket program at Peenemünde to America’s Atlas rocket program, Krafft Ehricke helped shape ideas that are now influencing the future of space exploration.
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1643: “Why Are Stop Signs Octagons?”
1w ago00:02:59Tap to summarizeInteresting Things with JC #1643: “Why Are Stop Signs Octagons?” - Engineers choose an eight-sided stop sign for a reason! This episode explores the rise of automobiles, the chaos of early American roads, and how the octagon became one of the most recognized warning symbols in the world. This Story is inspired by Dr. Igo - thank you for your support!
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1642: “Nedra Talley”
1w ago00:04:30Tap to summarizeInteresting Things with JC #1642: “Nedra Talley” — She helped create one of the most recognizable sounds in American pop music history as a founding member of The Ronettes. This episode explores the rise of the girl group era, Phil Spector’s “Wall of Sound,” the cultural impact of “Be My Baby,” and how Talley’s harmonies became part of the soundtrack of 1960s America.
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1641: "Operation Northwoods"
2w ago00:02:35Tap to summarizeInteresting Things with JC #1641: "Operation Northwoods" – In 1962, America’s top military leaders signed off on plans to fake terrorist attacks, stage civilian deaths, and make it look like Cuba shot down a passenger plane to push the United States into war, and when the documents were finally released decades later, one of America’s “crazy conspiracy theories” turned out to be completely real.
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1640: "David Allan Coe"
2w ago00:03:27Tap to summarizeInteresting Things with JC #1640: "David Allan Coe" – David Allan Coe never looked or sounded like the kind of artist Nashville usually pushed, but his songs kept showing up in jukeboxes, truck stops, biker bars, and outlaw country playlists all over America for decades.
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1639: "Eberhard Rees"
2w ago00:04:49Tap to summarizeInteresting 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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1638: "Route 66 Turns 100"
2w ago00:02:56Tap to summarizeInteresting Things with JC #1638: "Route 66 Turns 100" – Route 66 was stitched together from wagon trails, trading paths, and desert camel routes before becoming the first fully paved transcontinental highway in America. A century later, the old road still runs through the towns, diners, ruins, and forgotten stretches the interstate system went around.
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1637: “Norbert aka Tony Pork”
2w ago00:02:37Tap to summarizeInteresting Things with JC #1637: “Norbert” – They call him Tony Pork. He’s a 175 pound pig that pushed himself down a suburban Illinois street on a skateboard using his back legs while steering with his front trotters, then crossed a 10 meter Guinness World Record track in 11.32 seconds after learning to balance on the board… but nobody’s seen him land a kickflip yet.
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1636: "AM Radio as the Last Mass-Mind Medium"
2w ago00:04:33Tap to summarizeInteresting 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 signal at the same time, even as every other modern system splits audiences into separate individualized streams.
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