Interesting Things with JC #1566: "Smokey Robinson" – Before Motown had a sound, it had a poet. From a small Detroit studio to thousands of songs that shaped American music, Smokey Robinson didn’t just write hits, he built the emotional architecture of an era.

Interesting Things with JC #1565: "Robert Duvall" – From the stillness of Boo Radley to the authority of Kilgore and the hard earned humility of Mac Sledge, Robert Duvall shaped American film through discipline and restraint. Across six decades, he proved that control, not volume, creates lasting po

Interesting Things with JC #1564: "China's Hypersonic Threat" – For most of American history, oceans meant time. At Mach 10, a thousand miles can disappear in minutes. As hypersonic weapons compress distance into decision, the question is no longer geography....it’s judgment under pressure.

Interesting Things with JC #1563: "Mach 5 - Battlefield Dominance" – At five times the speed of sound, war becomes a race against minutes. Hypersonic flight compresses decision time, reshapes missile defense, and turns speed into strategy. In this new band of physics, leverage is measured in seconds

Interesting Things with JC #1562: "The Helios Laser" – A $4 million missile… or a beam of light. On the deck of USS Preble, the U.S. Navy flipped the cost of war with 60 kilowatts of focused energy traveling at the speed of light. For the first time, naval firepower depends on power generation, not

Interesting Things with JC #1561: "Saint Valentine" – A third-century execution along a Roman road becomes a feast day, a medieval poem, and billions in modern commerce. Before romance, there was martyrdom. How did a man named Valentinus become the patron of love?

Interesting Things with JC #1560: “The 3 Squeeze Rule” – Three gentle squeezes, a form of nonverbal communication shared from parent to child and between couples. A simple touch tied to oxytocin bonding, stress relief, and emotional connection, showing how love can be expressed without words.

Interesting Things with JC #1559: "What is Love?" – That rush. That obsession. That can’t stop thinking about them feeling. Science says it is not magic. It is brain chemistry, attachment, and a bond built to last long after the fireworks fade.

Interesting Things with JC #1558: "Eye Contact and Tight Hugs" – Some connection hits before you can explain it. A steady look. A hug that holds on a little longer. Your body takes the hint first… and suddenly you can breathe again.

Interesting Things with JC #1557: "Cessna 210" - One engine and a lot going on. Built to move people, fuel, and miles in one trip. It does the job if you do yours.

Interesting Things with JC #1556: "Paul Laurence Dunbar" - He worked an elevator in Dayton and wrote when the doors closed. What he heard and remembered became poems that carried far beyond Ohio.

Interesting Things with JC #1555: "Project Nobska" – A 1956 Navy study at Woods Hole, near Nobska Lighthouse, concluded that nuclear submarines had made traditional anti-submarine warfare obsolete, shaping new undersea weapons and the future of nuclear deterrence.

Interesting Things with JC #1554: “Radio Signals from Pluto” - A spacecraft rushed past Pluto with no second chance. A fading signal passing through Pluto’s thin air revealed temperatures, pressure, and hidden layers beneath the ice. For a few minutes in 2015, physics lined up just right, and Pluto

Interesting Things with JC #1553: “Curling - Mixed Doubles” - Mixed doubles curling strips the sport down to two players, six stones, and no room to hide. With fewer throws and faster games, every decision shows up on the scoreboard. This episode explains how the format changed curling by exposing m

Interesting Things with JC #1552: "Milano Cortina" – Can the Olympics survive without billion-dollar stadiums? Italy’s 2026 Winter Games test a radical return to terrain over transformation.

Interesting Things with JC #1551: “Birthplace of the Winter Olympics – Chamonix 1924 to Beijing 2022” - On February 4, 1924, winter sports quietly stepped onto the world stage in Chamonix, France. Ninety eight years later, on the same date, the Winter Olympics opened in Beijing.

Interesting Things with JC #1550: “Hákarl” - This food smells like poison because it used to be. Hákarl is fermented Greenland shark, made edible through chemistry, time, and desperation. This episode explains how Icelanders turned something toxic into survival.

Interesting Things with JC #1549: "February 2, 1876: Start of the MLB" – Baseball wasn’t born on a field. It was rescued in a hotel. A broken league, a bold plan, and one winter meeting that saved the game.

Interesting Things with JC #1548: "Sly Dunbar" – He approached music as a responsibility. By holding time steady and sessions together, he became one of the most trusted figures in Jamaican recording history. This episode reflects on a working life defined by discipline, clarity, and trust.

Interesting Things with JC #1547: "John Archibald Wheeler and the Words That Shaped the Universe" – He didn’t just explore the universe. He named it. Black holes, wormholes, quantum foam. The words he gave us changed what we could see.