Cool Weird Awesome – Brady Carlson

Three minutes each weekday of cool facts, weird news and awesome discoveries. Subscribe today on your favorite podcast app! And back this show at https://www.patreon.com/Bradycarlson

Some Olympians Won Medals For Painting And Shooting Cannons (Cool Weird Awesome 580)
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Some Olympians Won Medals For Painting And Shooting Cannons (Cool Weird Awesome 580)

By Brady Carlson|2021-07-23T09:24:36-04:00July 23rd, 2021|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: golf, lightning, Olympics, painting, Sports, sports history|

Meet The High-Tech Stoplight Of The Future (Cool Weird Awesome 579)
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Meet The High-Tech Stoplight Of The Future (Cool Weird Awesome 579)

By Brady Carlson|2021-07-22T12:24:25-04:00July 22nd, 2021|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: Alex Trebek, Jeopardy, Lego, stoplights|

Ernest Hemingway’s Brother Tried To Make Half Of A Raft Into A Country (Cool Weird Awesome 578)
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Ernest Hemingway’s Brother Tried To Make Half Of A Raft Into A Country (Cool Weird Awesome 578)

By Brady Carlson|2021-07-21T08:53:36-04:00July 21st, 2021|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: micronations, potatoes|

A Felt Tip Pen Helped Get Apollo 11’s Moonwalkers Back To Earth (Cool Weird Awesome 577)
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A Felt Tip Pen Helped Get Apollo 11’s Moonwalkers Back To Earth (Cool Weird Awesome 577)

By Brady Carlson|2021-07-20T07:40:14-04:00July 20th, 2021|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: Apollo 11, astronauts, Buzz Aldrin, houses, moon, pens|

Agnes B. Marshall, The First “Queen” Of Ice Cream (Cool Weird Awesome 576)
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Agnes B. Marshall, The First “Queen” Of Ice Cream (Cool Weird Awesome 576)

By Brady Carlson|2021-07-19T09:36:08-04:00July 19th, 2021|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: Conway Twitty, country music, food history, ice cream, music history, women's history|

Somebody Wanted To Put The Library Of Congress In The Capitol Dome (Cool Weird Awesome 575)
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Somebody Wanted To Put The Library Of Congress In The Capitol Dome (Cool Weird Awesome 575)

By Brady Carlson|2021-07-16T09:51:07-04:00July 16th, 2021|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: libraries, Library of Congress, real estate, Washington DC|

Twitter’s “Fail Whale” Turned Out To Be A Big Success (Cool Weird Awesome 574)
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Twitter’s “Fail Whale” Turned Out To Be A Big Success (Cool Weird Awesome 574)

By Brady Carlson|2021-07-15T09:48:08-04:00July 15th, 2021|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: art, inventions, Twitter|

The Guy Who Traded A Paper Clip And Ended Up With A House (Cool Weird Awesome 573)
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The Guy Who Traded A Paper Clip And Ended Up With A House (Cool Weird Awesome 573)

By Brady Carlson|2021-07-14T08:47:43-04:00July 14th, 2021|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: Kipling SK, telephones, trades, United Kingdom|

The Plastic Bags Of Today Could Be The Fashionable Fabric Of Tomorrow (Cool Weird Awesome 572)
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The Plastic Bags Of Today Could Be The Fashionable Fabric Of Tomorrow (Cool Weird Awesome 572)

By Brady Carlson|2021-07-13T08:27:44-04:00July 13th, 2021|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: art, clothing, plastic, recycling, typewriters|

To Make “The Great Picture,” Artists Turned A Hangar Into A Pinhole Camera (Cool Weird Awesome 571)
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To Make “The Great Picture,” Artists Turned A Hangar Into A Pinhole Camera (Cool Weird Awesome 571)

By Brady Carlson|2021-07-12T08:56:16-04:00July 12th, 2021|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: cats, photography|