Interesting Things with JC

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 gave up details images never could.

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 mistakes instead of covering them.

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. This episode traces how a small experiment became a global event.

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.

Interesting Things with JC #1546: "Emotional Invalidation" – When someone tells you your feelings don’t matter, it doesn’t erase the pain, it adds another layer. One that lingers longer than anyone expects.

Interesting Things with JC #1545: "The Eltanin Antenna" – In 1964, a deep-sea camera caught something standing straight up on the ocean floor. Not floating. Not drifting. Just... there. What it turned out to be still surprises people today.

Interesting Things with JC #1544: "Vivipary" – In places where waiting means failure, some seeds skip the pause. A story of tropical tides, living strategies, and survival that starts midair.

Interesting Things with JC #1543: "John Deere and the Problem of Plowing Blind" – A whiteout turned the highway invisible. But Moe Mohamed’s plow kept moving, guided by a system built for cornfields, not roads.

Interesting Things with JC #1542: "Simple Riddle 14" – The riddle is back. It sounds easy. Most people answer too fast. Take a breath, think it through, and see if you can solve it before the reveal.

Interesting Things with JC #1541: "Taipei 101" – It rises straight up, built to sway, not resist. In a city shaped by wind and earthquakes, this tower was designed to move, bend, and endure. A story about strength that comes from knowing when to yield.

Interesting Things with JC #1540: "Choosing to Receive" – A simple question...do you want the ball now or later? The answer actually unlocks the hidden tempo game inside football. Let's check out how coaches manipulate momentum starting at the coin toss.

Interesting Things with JC #1539: "Soviet Volga Transmitters" – They weren’t just towers...they were weapons. Buzzing across continents. Whispering secrets. And some of them never turned off.

Interesting Things with JC #1538: "Dundurn Castle Hamilton" – It looks like a castle, but it was built for strategy. Beneath the limestone mansion lies a hidden tunnel…and a man preparing for more than just dinner guests.

Interesting Things with JC #1537: "Heavy Whipping Cream" – It started as milk fat floating to the top...and wound up as the backbone of béarnaise, biscuits, and every holiday pie. The red carton has a backstory.

Interesting Things with JC #1536: "Getting Stuck on the Highway in a Blizzard" – You’re just trying to get home…then the sky vanishes. No road, no help, just cold. What happens next isn’t in any manual. It’s in the people beside you.