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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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1690: "The Legendary Saab Convertible"
5d ago00:04:20Tap to summarizeInteresting Things with JC #1690: "The Legendary Saab Convertible" – Saab engineers were reinforcing a convertible for winter driving while much of the company doubted anyone wanted one. Dealers and customers kept demanding the car, and what began as an unlikely experiment grew into nearly 300,000 convertibles built over twenty-five years. This episode was inspired by our friends at Superior Auto Sales.
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1689: "Mt. Elbrus"
6d ago00:03:38Tap to summarizeInteresting Things with JC #1689: "Mt. Elbrus" – A mountain once imagined as the center of the cosmos later became a wartime propaganda symbol and is now monitored as its glaciers shrink, while people continue attaching new meanings to the same peak.
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1688: "A Simple Riddle 15"
1w ago00:00:46Tap to summarizeInteresting Things with JC #1688: "A Simple Riddle 15" – A simple riddle has a simple answer, but most people still miss it. Can you solve today's riddle?
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1687: "Can Quantum Tunneling be Observed?"
1w ago00:05:38Tap to summarizeInteresting Things with JC #1687: "Can Quantum Tunneling be Observed?" – Electrons pass through barriers they do not have enough energy to cross, and instruments built around that effect can map individual atoms. The same process continues inside radioactive atoms, semiconductor devices, and the Sun, where particles keep appearing beyond barriers that classical physics says should stop them.
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1686: "M.C. Escher"
1w ago00:04:46Tap to summarizeInteresting Things with JC #1686: "M.C. Escher" – An artist fills a page with shapes that fit perfectly together, then turns them into staircases, waterfalls, and worlds that appear correct while mathematically breaking the rules of reality.
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1685: "Lisa del Giocondo"
1w ago00:05:30Tap to summarizeInteresting Things with JC #1685: "Lisa del Giocondo" – Leonardo da Vinci is painting a merchant’s wife when the commission stops behaving like a commission. He keeps the portrait, carries it for years, and Lisa del Giocondo becomes famous while her own life fades.
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1684: "Gene Shalit"
2w ago00:06:14Tap to summarizeInteresting Things with JC #1684: "Gene Shalit" – Gene Shalit spent more than seven decades writing for American audiences, from newspapers and magazines to radio and television. Best known for nearly forty years on NBC's Today, he built a career on curiosity, humor, and a belief that culture should be accessible to everyone.
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1683: "Is Jell-O Made from Horses?"
2w ago00:02:09Tap to summarizeInteresting Things with JC #1683: "Is Jell-O Made from Horses?" – People still say Jell-O is made from horses. The rumor has survived for decades, even though the story behind it is something else entirely.
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1682: "Sea Otters Hold Hands when they Sleep"
2w ago00:01:42Tap to summarizeInteresting Things with JC #1682: "Sea Otters Hold Hands when they Sleep" – A sea otter falls asleep while floating on the Pacific Ocean, but the water beneath it never stops moving; by morning, staying in the same place is a problem it somehow solves.
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1681: "The Day After Disclosure: Humanity Already Has a Plan"
2w ago00:03:33Tap to summarizeInteresting Things with JC #1681: "The Day After Disclosure: Humanity Already Has a Plan" – Scientists verify a possible alien signal before anyone announces it, while updated global protocols now account for social media, AI hoaxes, deepfakes, and the unresolved question of who is allowed to answer.
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