Interesting Things with JC #1397: "What is a Florida Ounce?" – “Fl oz” doesn’t stand for Florida. Once everyday knowledge, now a mystery hiding on labels and measuring cups...

Interesting Things with JC #1396: "An Animal Lying on the Side of the Road Probably Isn’t Sick or Napping" – A deer in the ditch with stiff legs isn’t snoozing. Roadside naps aren’t real.

Interesting Things with JC #1394: "The Great Barrington UFO Encounter of 1969" – One peaceful night in 1969, the skies over western Massachusetts lit up, and so did the phone lines. What followed became one of America’s most credible UFO cases.

Interesting Things with JC #1392: "What is Calculus" – Born from falling apples and planetary paths, calculus transformed how we measure change. From stone counters to rocket fuel, this is the math that moves the universe.

Interesting Things with JC #1390: "Joseph Murphy" – From a small Irish village to a global bestseller. In 1963, as the world feared missiles and mourned Kennedy, Murphy showed the greatest power was in the mind.

Interesting Things with JC #1389: "Krakatoa" – In 1883, a single island roared so loud it was heard 3,000 miles away. Krakatoa tore the Earth, shook the seas, and painted the skies blood red. One day when the whole world felt it.

Interesting Things with JC #1388: "How are Fossils Made?" – Out of billions of living things, only a rare few survive as stone memories of the past. From vanished bones to insects in amber, fossils reveal life’s fragile gamble against time and chance. This episode was inspired by DR Igo

Interesting Things with JC #1387: "Northwest Mountain Rose Apples" – On the outside, ordinary. Inside, shocking crimson. A fruit that ties ancient Kazakh forests to modern Northwest valleys, carrying beauty, health, and rarity in every bite.

Interesting Things with JC #1386: "Water Can Boil and Freeze at the Same Time" – Fire and ice at once? At the triple point, water boils, freezes, and steams in a single breath. It's a scientific paradox that defies expectation.

Interesting Things with JC #1384: "Does Black Paint Make Metal Hotter" – A black bumper scorches, a white one simmers. Behind that burn lies the physics of light, heat, and a 160-year-old discovery that still shapes everything from cars to spacecraft.

Interesting Things with JC #1380: "The Battery that Refuses to Die" – At Oxford, a mysterious battery has powered two bells for nearly 185 years. Unopened, unexplained, and still ringing. How can something built in 1840 outlast our smartest tech?

Interesting Things with JC #1379: "The Tunnel That Never Thaws" – Carved into ancient permafrost, this frozen tunnel holds more than ice, it holds time. From mammoth hair to volcanic ash, it’s a living archive beneath Alaska’s surface.

Interesting Things with JC #1378: "The Brazilian Current" – It moves just one mile an hour, but it carries more than 50 Amazon Rivers. When warm meets cold, the ocean stirs. So does the planet.

Interesting Things with JC #1377: "Explosive Pancake Batter of WWII" – It looked like breakfast…but it packed a punch strong enough to derail a train. How wartime spies turned flour into firepower...right under the enemy’s nose. This Episode was inspired by Dr. Igo.

Interesting Things with JC #1376: "Explosive Pancake Batter" – A squeeze bottle. A kitchen. A bang. What looked like a gunshot was actually breakfast science under pressure...literally.

Interesting Things with JC #1375: "The Piri Reis Map" – A 16th-century map drawn on gazelle skin holds coastlines that match the known world...and one that shouldn’t exist. Its lines spark both historical clarity and centuries of debate.

Interesting Things with JC #1373: "Betelgeuse – The Unsteady Giant" – In 2019, one of the brightest stars in our sky seemed to falter. What followed was a cosmic mystery of dust, pulse, and an ending still on its way.

Interesting Things with JC #1372: "James Lovell – Commander of Apollo 13" – From launching homemade rockets in Milwaukee fields to leading a crippled spacecraft safely home, James Lovell’s life was a flight plan written in courage. His steady hand turned near-certain disaster into one of history’s greatest rescues.

Interesting Things with JC #1368: "The Truth About Glass" – It doesn’t rust, it doesn’t rot, and it never loses strength. From Mesopotamian beads to fiber optics, discover why glass is one of the most perfect materials we’ve ever made.

Interesting Things with JC #1366: "Today Is a Great Day!" – What if saying it out loud could shift more than just your mood? The data, and the dopamine, might surprise you!