{"podcast":{"title":"Interesting Things with JC","slug":"interesting-things-with-jc-4639155","podcast_index_feed_id":4639155,"rss_url":"https://jimconnors.net/interesting-things-with-jc?format=rss","website_url":"https://jimconnors.net/","image_url":"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bba2d6fca525b3efa21591f/1641345203068-7ISWC2M7C29QNG3DNOMY/Ray_Effect_for_Backgrounds_Transparent_PNG_Clip_Art_Image-01.jpg?format=1500w","author":"JC","episode_count":300,"summary":"Interesting Things with JC is a new podcast mini series, with highlight on some of the more interesting historical stories, current events as well as under-told stories.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-26T14:20:44.601620+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/interesting-things-with-jc-4639155"},"episode":{"title":"1774: \"Uncle Sam Day\"","slug":"1774-uncle-sam-day","published_at":"2026-09-13T07:00:43+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/interesting-things-with-jc-4639155/1774-uncle-sam-day","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/interesting-things-with-jc-4639155","url":"https://jimconnors.net/interesting-things-with-jc/2026/9/13/1774-uncle-sam-day","audio_url":"https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bba2d6fca525b3efa21591f/t/6aa5fd82596fd027ce06b8bb/1789263236997/1774+-+Interesting+Things+-+Uncle+Sam+Day.mp3","summary":"Interesting Things with JC #1774: \"Uncle Sam Day\" – Samuel Wilson is supplying beef to American troops in barrels marked “U.S.” when people begin connecting the initials with the Troy businessman they call Uncle Sam. The nickname spreads beyond the barrels, becomes a name for the U.S. government, and eventually turns Wilson’s September 13 birthday into an officially designated Uncle Sam Day.","meta_description":"Interesting Things with JC #1774: \"Uncle Sam Day\" – Samuel Wilson is supplying beef to American troops in barrels marked “U.S.” when people begin connecti…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":161,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/interesting-things-with-jc-4639155/episodes/1774-uncle-sam-day/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/interesting-things-with-jc-4639155/1774-uncle-sam-day.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}