The Star-Spangled Banner That Inspired “The Star-Spangled Banner” (Cool Weird Awesome 1026)

It's Flag Day here in the US, and a good time to tell the story of the American flag that led to the writing of what is now our national anthem. Plus: in 2017, the community of Pocatello, Idaho raised a new flag to widespread relief, since its old flag had been called the ugliest in the country! 

By |2023-06-14T08:04:45-04:00June 14, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , |

What Can Help Save Coral Reefs? The Sounds Of Coral Reefs (Cool Weird Awesome 189)

If you want a good party, you need the right soundtrack: researchers set up underwater loudspeakers in dead sections of the Great Barrier Reef, and playing sounds of healthy reefs attracted twice as many fish as areas where there was no sound.

By |2024-03-13T07:49:08-04:00December 10, 2019|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , |
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