Cool Weird Awesome – Brady Carlson

The Babe Is Here, Who’s Coming In Second? (Cool Weird Awesome 70)

Posted on June 26, 2019
Brady Carlson

Mildred “Babe” Didrikson Zaharias could do it all – she was an Olympic gold medalist, champion golfer, basketball and baseball player, vaudeville performer, celebrity and more. Once she won the US national track and field championships by herself – as in, she was a team of one and beat teams that had over a dozen athletes.

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The World’s Greatest Robotic Pig Food Truck (Cool Weird Awesome 69)

Posted on June 25, 2019
Brady Carlson

To celebrate Bourdain Day, we talk about food trucks with personalities big enough to match their culinary skills.

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Selfies On Mars (Cool Weird Awesome 68)

Posted on June 24, 2019
Brady Carlson

The Curiosity Rover takes selfies on Mars – so how does it do it without having its robot arm in the foreground of every shot?

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The Fastest Lawn Mower In The World, And How We Got To It (Cool Weird Awesome 67)

Posted on June 21, 2019
Brady Carlson

Earlier this month a prototype mower in Germany set a new world record by going from zero to 100 miles an hour in 6.29 seconds… while still cutting grass! Not bad for an invention that’s not even 200 years old.

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Turtle-Friendly Fishing Nets Are Lit (Cool Weird Awesome 66)

Posted on June 20, 2019
Brady Carlson

New research suggests illuminating fishing nets with LED lights may warn turtles away and reduce bycatch.

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Riding a Horse Down Fillmore Street For Juneteenth (Cool Weird Awesome 65)

Posted on June 19, 2019
Brady Carlson

Juneteenth is the annual celebration of the end of the institution of slavery. Today we give some props to the African-Americans who have built the holiday over the year, including the Texan-turned-San Franciscan who used to don his ten-gallon hat and ride his horse through town as part of the festivities.

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Do You Feel Like Peter Frampton’s Talk Box Does? (Cool Weird Awesome 64)

Posted on June 18, 2019
Brady Carlson

Guitar great Peter Frampton starts his farewell concert tour, which means if you want to hear him use that famous voice box in “Do You Feel Like We Do,” now’s the time to do it. How does that talk box work, anyway?

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For Dads, The Story Of A World Record Burp (Cool Weird Awesome 62)

Posted on June 14, 2019
Brady Carlson

Sorry, Simpsons fans: the world’s greatest burper is neither “The Critic” Jay Sherman nor Eudora Welty, but an Italian guy in a wrestling mask who calls himself Rutt Mysterio.

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That Time Cat Stevens Wrote A Dog Song (Cool Weird Awesome 61)

Posted on June 13, 2019
Brady Carlson

The Songwriters Hall of Fame is inducting Yusuf Cat Stevens for his classic, mostly acoustic songs like “Moonshadow,” “Peace Train” and “Wild World.” But did you also know that he’s also a pioneer in electronic music with his 1977 song “Was Dog A Doughnut?”

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