Episodes vary in duration from 30 seconds to 8 minutes.

All episodes are royalty free in their entirety—except for #509.

If you have an idea for an episode, please reach out to our team and we’ll happily schedule the topic for a future recording.

Priority is given to homeschooling parents, teachers, educators, and lifelong learning professionals.

Select episodes now include free curriculum materials at the bottom of the episode page, designed to support open education initiatives, teachers, classrooms, and homeschool use. These materials are aligned to Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and Common Core State Standards (CCSS).

The podcast is currently in common carriage on the Podcast Radio Network.

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In the USA, you can listen to "Interesting Things with JC" on Podcast Radio US over the air in various cities: in Detroit on 93.5 FM and WCSX-94.7 HD2, in Tampa on 1010 WHFS-AM, in Charlotte on 94.7 FM and WSOC-HD3, and in Ft. Myers/Naples on 96.5 FM, 101.5 FM, 105.1 FM, and WXKB-HD2.

Interesting Things with JC now features free curriculum materials to go with select episodes, created for teachers, homeschool families, and curious learners of all ages.

Each episode includes a micro lesson designed to support a 30 to 45 minute class. The curriculum appears at the bottom of the episode page in easy-to-use expandable sections.

Each section covers:

• Lesson overview (title, grade, subject, objectives)

• Key vocabulary

• Core story content

• Full transcript

• Student worksheet

• Teacher guide

• Quiz

• Assessment

• Standards alignment

Lessons are being built with NGSS and Common Core in mind and are offered as open resources for anyone to use. Special care is taken to support homeschool flexibility.

To review examples, visit episode #1235 and #1237 and scroll down

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