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Three minutes each weekday of cool facts, weird news and awesome discoveries with Brady Carlson. Back us at http://patreon.com/bradycarlson
Brady Carlson hosts Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson, a society show with 1,000 episodes published.
Sometimes the rise of a hot new technology comes with growing pains. In the case of TV, there was a risk of literal pains - which is why early sets came with “implosion guards." Plus: an airport group in India puzzles pe
For decades, St. Mary's, Newfoundland, has been smelling decades-old tanks of fish sauce when the wind blew toward town. But at long last that's starting to change. Plus: a couple in Ohio welcomes two new babies into the
Today in 1891, the US government gave an explosive idea a try: they wanted to bring rain by putting dynamite in the air and then blowing it up. Plus: today in 2023, the Los Angeles Times reported on the popularity of cli
Today in 1935, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law. When there's confusion about whose Social Security Number is whose, it can get messy. Just ask one Hilda Witcher. Plus: starting tomorr
Western New York has some extremely beloved culinary traditions, and one of the most beloved is in Rochester, New York, where it's known as the Garbage Plate. Plus: yodelers in Switzerland have come up with some clever a
Today in 1990, scientist Sue Hendrickson famously spotted several vertebrae on a bluff in South Dakota. The dinosaur found that day, named Sue in Hendrickson's honor, has become as one expert put it, the Rosetta Stone of
This month in 1817, residents of Gloucester, Massachusetts saw something quite out of the ordinary: a sea serpent who just hung around the coast for days and days. Plus: authorities in Colorado say they arrested a man fo
Today in 1984, two athletes at the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles tried one of the oldest tricks in the book… they tried to pull a switcheroo. Plus: for World Lion Day, the story of one of the all time great lion photos,
This week we're replaying our favorite shows about beating the heat. In this episode from March 2021, a surprising research finding: choosing a hot sandwich instead of a cold one might help keep you from ordering extra f
This week we're replaying our favorite shows about beating the heat. In this episode from August 2020, a fabric with its own built-in cooling system suggests we maybe wouldn’t need to cool rooms, if the people in those r
This week we're replaying our favorite shows about beating the heat. In this episode from September 2020, a discovery that may make the world a little better: a thermoelectric cooler that’s so small, the naked eye can’t
This week we're replaying our favorite shows about beating the heat. In this episode from June 2022, the story of the yakhchāl, a storage building which could keep foods cold all year long. And they were used over 2,000
This week we're replaying our favorite shows about beating the heat. In this episode from June 2023, a look at the history of air conditioning, in which you’ll find quite a few times where people said, are we sure this i
It's National Avocado Day, so we’re going to take a look at one of the most popular ways we use avocado, and how an actual pirate is part of that recipe’s history. Plus: starting tomorrow in California, it's the World Do
Today in 2010, the Wall Street Journal reported on a lawsuit pitting two titans of toothpaste against each other over showing toothpaste on their packages. Plus: starting today in Idaho, it’s the Yellow Pine Harmonica Fe
It's National Lipstick Day. During World War II, lipstick became one way that women in Allied nations could show their true feelings about public enemy number one. Plus: the community of Luverne, Minnesota, has just inst
Today in 1887, the birthday of Marcel Duchamp. He was both an accomplished artist and an artistic provocateur, like the time he released a “new” work of art that was a reproduction of the Mona Lisa, on which he had paint
This month in 1959, an expedition set out to clear up some of the confusion around Hannibal’s legendary crossing of the Alps by recreating that journey, complete with an elephant. Plus: authorities in Maryland say they'v
Some obscure video games help shed light on the early days of the industry. But people who study those early days sometimes have to do a lot of digging. Plus: today in 2019, a news report on a guy who left quite a legacy
Today in 1945, the Seattle Daily Times newspaper revealed a great wartime hoax: for several years, a key military factory had been cosplaying as a neighborhood! Plus: Hyve is an autonomous off-road rover that hosts a col
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