Cool Weird Awesome – Brady Carlson

Cool Weird AwesomeBrady Carlson2022-01-29T13:57:34-05:00

The Man Versus Horse Marathon Is Pretty Much What The Name Suggests

Brady Carlson2025-06-13T08:15:08-04:00June 13, 2025|

Tomorrow in Wales, a race where there are human runners and horses with riders on the same course, trying to get to the finish line ahead of each other. And it all started with an argument in a pub.

Three minutes each weekday of cool facts, weird news and awesome discoveries.

Recent Episodes

Easy Listening Emerged From When Radio Programmers Tried To Target Women

Brady Carlson2025-06-12T06:41:38-04:00June 12, 2025|

The Centuries-Long Quest To Choose A Punctuation Mark For Irony And Sarcasm

Brady Carlson2025-06-11T09:30:49-04:00June 11, 2025|

The US Once Had A National Raisin Reserve

Brady Carlson2025-06-10T06:47:36-04:00June 10, 2025|

Don Ritchie, “The Angel of the Gap”

Brady Carlson2025-06-09T08:02:11-04:00June 9, 2025|

As The Allies Stormed The Beaches On D-Day, Bill Millin Played The Bagpipes

Brady Carlson2025-06-06T08:05:31-04:00June 6, 2025|

Shows on robots

The World Of Fighting Fires Is Getting More Robotic

The Advent Calendar Turns The Month Of December Into A Christmas Countdown

There’s A Secret Military Airline Known As “Janet”

Here’s A Robot That Can Roll Up And Down Stairs

A Medical Robot Can Help Steer A Needle Through Living Tissue

Shows on music

Leonard Nimoy Once Drove The Bangles Around In A Music Video

“Pomp And Circumstance,” A Graduation Tradition, Was Not Written For Graduations

Don Calhoun, The Fan Who Hit The Chicago Bulls’ “Million Dollar Shot”

The Philadelphia Phillies Were Also Sort Of The “Blue Jays” For A While

The Fight Of The 80s Was Johnny Cash Vs. Waldo The Ostrich

Shows on inventions

The Physiophone Turned Music Into Physical Sensations For Deaf People To Enjoy, And Dance To

Walk On This High-Tech Goo And It’ll Make Electricity

Let’s Jump Into The History Of Parachutes

For Crops In The Desert, Try These Inflatable Container Farms

Ernest Bazin Invented A Ship With Rolling “Wheels” And Named It After Himself

Shows on Black history

Mitchelville Was The First US Town Led By Formerly Enslaved People

How Jophery Brown Became One Of Hollywood’s Most Iconic Stuntmen

Florence Price Finally Takes Her Place On The List Of Great Composers

When Missouri Banned Schools For Black Students, John Berry Meachum Started A School On A Riverboat

The Blackwell Family Tree Traces Black History Through Centuries