Episode

1689: "Mt. Elbrus"

Podcast: Interesting Things with JC
Published: Jun 20, 2026
Duration seconds: 218
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Summary

Interesting Things with JC #1689: "Mt. Elbrus" – A mountain once imagined as the center of the cosmos later became a wartime propaganda symbol and is now monitored as its glaciers shrink, while people continue attaching new meanings to the same peak.