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Interesting Things with JC

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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#1808
Today · 4 min
1808: "The Assistant That Knows What Not to Share"
Interesting Things with JC #1808: "The Assistant That Knows What Not to Share" – Shortly before Meta launched its Muse AI agent, researchers discovered serious vulnerabilities in the systems meant to keep agents isolated. Meta says the flaws were fixed...
#1807
Yesterday · 2 min
1807: "Creedence Clearwater Revival"
Interesting Things with JC #1807: "Creedence Clearwater Revival" – On October 16, 1972, Creedence Clearwater Revival announced its breakup after releasing 7 studio albums in just 4 years. The California band had scored 9 Billboard Top 10 hits without a number one, while growing disagreements...
#1806
Thursday · 2 min
1806: "Andy Green Breaks the Land Speed Record"
Interesting Things with JC #1806: "Andy Green Breaks the Land Speed Record" – Andy Green drives ThrustSSC faster than sound, but misses the official record deadline by 49.5 seconds. Two days later, he returns to Nevada's Black Rock Desert for another attempt.
#1805
Wednesday · 2 min
1805: "Emmanuel Mensah - The National Guard Mechanic”
Interesting Things with JC #1805: "Emmanuel Mensah - The National Guard Mechanic" — In December 2017, 27-year-old Army National Guard mechanic Emmanuel Mensah escaped a deadly Bronx apartment fire, then repeatedly returned to rescue four neighbors. He entered the burning building once more...
#1804
Tuesday · 2 min
1804: "The Paul is Dead Rumor"
Interesting Things with JC #1804: "The Paul is Dead Rumor" — On October 12, 1969, a Detroit radio caller claimed Paul McCartney was dead and that Beatles records contained hidden evidence. Fans began decoding songs, album covers, and photographs, turning a bizarre rumor into an obsession.
#1803
Monday · 2 min
1803: "Kick by INXS"
Interesting Things with JC #1803: "Kick by INXS" — In 1987, Atlantic Records executives reportedly wanted INXS to scrap their new album, Kick. Manager Chris Murphy refused, and the record went on to produce four American Top 10 hits, win five MTV Video Music Awards & sell more than 20 million copies
#1802
Sunday · 2 min
1802: "James Prescott Joule"
Interesting Things with JC #1802: "James Prescott Joule" — In the 1840s, James Prescott Joule used falling weights and spinning paddles to measure how mechanical work produces heat, challenging a leading scientific theory and helping establish the law of energy conservation.
#1801
October 10 · 2 min
1801: "Projectiles Launched at an Angle"
Interesting Things with JC #1801: "Projectiles Launched at an Angle" — Throw 2 baseballs at different angles, using exactly the same speed, and both can land at the same distance. Discover why a higher throw doesn't always travel farther and what gravity has to do with it.
#1800
October 9 · 2 min
1800: "The Siege of Yorktown"
Interesting Things with JC #1800: "The Siege of Yorktown" — On October 9, 1781, George Washington fired an American cannon at Yorktown as 8,000 British troops faced a massive American and French army. But the British had an even bigger problem: their escape by sea had been cut off.
#1799
October 8 · 2 min
1799: “Horizontal Projectiles”
Interesting Things with JC #1799: “Horizontal Projectiles” — Launch one ball sideways and drop another from the same height. Ignoring air resistance, they hit the ground at the same time, even though one traveled across the room.
#1798
October 7 · 2 min
1798: "Oh, God! starring George Burns as God and John Denver"
Interesting Things with JC #1798: "Oh, God! starring George Burns as God and John Denver" — On October 7, 1977, George Burns appeared as God opposite John Denver, playing an ordinary grocery store manager suddenly expected to convince everyone that God had actually spoken to him.
#1797
October 6 · 2 min
1797: "A Reversible Weakness in Alzheimer’s Gene"
Interesting Things with JC #1797: "A Reversible Weakness in Alzheimer’s Gene" – Scientists found a way to reverse some damage linked to the strongest known genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer’s. Instead of changing the gene, they blocked one of the signals it sets off.
#1796
October 5 · 3 min
1796: “Free Fall Kinematics”
Interesting Things with JC #1796: “Free Fall Kinematics” — Drop a baseball and gravity increases its downward velocity every second, but throw it upward and something unexpected happens at the top: its velocity reaches zero while its acceleration does not.
#1795
October 4 · 2 min
1795: “Do Redheads Have Special Powers for Survival?”
Interesting Things with JC #1795: “Do Redheads Have Special Powers for Survival?” - Tennessee tried to execute Christa Gail Pike with pentobarbital, but she survived. An online theory pointed to her red hair, where real genetic differences involving anesthesia and pain offer an unexpected scientific
#1794
October 3 · 2 min
1794: "Best of Both Worlds - Van Halen - 5150"
Interesting Things with JC #1794: "Best of Both Worlds" — David Lee Roth was gone, Sammy Hagar was in, and Van Halen responded with 5150, the first number one album of its career, while “Best of Both Worlds” became an unexpectedly fitting title for the band's new era.
#1793
October 2 · 2 min
1793: "Velocity & Acceleration vs. Time"
Interesting Things with JC #1793: "Velocity & Acceleration vs. Time" — A car can be moving fast with zero acceleration, while negative acceleration can actually make something speed up. Velocity and acceleration graphs reveal what an object is doing through their slopes, areas, and direction.
#1792
October 1 · 2 min
1792: "The Compact Disc Era"
Interesting Things with JC #1792: "The Compact Disc Era" — CDs went from replacing records and cassettes to dominating music sales, appearing in nearly every car, and then losing the dashboard slot to the digital music they helped make normal.
#1791
September 30 · 2 min
1791: "The Night Lake Erie Rose”
Interesting Things with JC #1791: "The Night Lake Erie Rose" — In October 1844, powerful winds reversed across Lake Erie and sent water surging into Buffalo, flooding neighborhoods, destroying buildings and driving canal boats into city streets in one of the region’s worst early maritime disasters.
#1790
September 29 · 2 min
1790: "Physics: Position vs. Time"
Interesting Things with JC #1790: "Physics: Position vs. Time" — A car moves down a road, stops, or turns around, and a simple position versus time graph records it all, while the slope reveals something the position itself does not.
#1789
September 28 · 2 min
1789: "The Lake Michigan Circle"
Interesting Things with JC #1789: "The Lake Michigan Circle" — Drive 1,100 miles around Lake Michigan through 4 states, or board a steamship where an official spur takes the Circle Tour off the road.

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