You Know Mack Robinson’s Brother, Now Get To Know Mack Robinson (Cool Weird Awesome 86)

On this day in 1912, the birth of the greatest athlete you might never have heard of - Olympic silver medalist and community advocate Mack Robinson.

By |2024-03-20T07:37:21-04:00July 18, 2019|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

Vegetable Displays Are The New Black (Cool Weird Awesome 85)

Veggies are good for us - but some households can’t buy them, and others don’t want to. What is it that will get eaters more interested in buying and eating their vegetables? One answer may be: the color black.

By |2021-07-29T12:29:24-04:00July 17, 2019|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , |

Airports Aren’t Just For The Journey, They’re The Destination (Cool Weird Awesome 84)

A growing number of people are heading to the airport not to catch flights, but just to hang out at the airport itself. And why not, given how many cool amenities airports have added over the years?

By |2021-08-17T09:33:57-04:00July 16, 2019|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , |

Drinking Coffee Out Of Coffee Cups Made From Coffee (Cool Weird Awesome 82)

Coffee grounds can be recycled in all kinds of ways, including lots of products. And the most meta product of all is from KaffeeForm, which uses coffee grounds to make coffee cups.

By |2019-08-09T13:09:50-04:00July 12, 2019|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

Rhinelander, Wisconsin Is America’s Hodag Headquarters (Cool Weird Awesome 81)

Wisconsin’s most fearsome folk monster has been in Harry Potter and tangled with the Scooby Gang, but the Hodag is beloved in the community of Rhinelander, where it's the high school team mascot and there are many Hodags to find around town.

By |2021-02-09T11:54:18-05:00July 11, 2019|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , , |

When The Flyover Flies Over The Wrong Spot (Cool Weird Awesome 80)

Patrouille Swiss is the official aerial acrobatics team for Switzerland. Last weekend they were in fine form as they flew over the community of Langenbruck for a festival honoring a local aviation hero... except for one thing: they weren’t actually over Langenbruck.

By |2021-07-09T10:24:08-04:00July 10, 2019|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |
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