{"podcast":{"title":"Interesting Things with JC","slug":"interesting-things-with-jc-5049896","podcast_index_feed_id":5049896,"rss_url":"https://jimconnors.net/?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":"2026-06-13T14:21:59.479211+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/interesting-things-with-jc-5049896"},"episode":{"title":"1676: \"Thomas Sowell\"","slug":"1676-thomas-sowell","published_at":"2026-06-07T07:00:28+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/interesting-things-with-jc-5049896/1676-thomas-sowell","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/interesting-things-with-jc-5049896","url":"https://jimconnors.net/interesting-things-with-jc/2026/6/7/1676-thomas-sowell","audio_url":"https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bba2d6fca525b3efa21591f/t/6a24c81f7928a10dc01cbfd1/1780795431632/1676+-+Interesting+Things+-+Thomas+Sowell.mp3","summary":"Interesting Things with JC #1676: \"Thomas Sowell\" – A young government economist studies labor conditions in Puerto Rico and finds that policies designed to help poor workers are leaving some without jobs. The same disconnect between intentions and outcomes keeps appearing in case after case, pushing Thomas Sowell to question ideas he once believed and follow the evidence wherever it leads.","meta_description":"Interesting Things with JC #1676: \"Thomas Sowell\" – A young government economist studies labor conditions in Puerto Rico and finds that policies designed…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":287,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/interesting-things-with-jc-5049896/episodes/1676-thomas-sowell/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-5049896/1676-thomas-sowell.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}