Cool Weird Awesome – Brady Carlson

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

The Plan To Build A New US Highway With Nuclear Bombs

Brady Carlson2025-01-16T06:13:55-05:00January 16, 2025|

This week in 1964, the US Atomic Energy Commission presented a report to Congress on an eye-opening idea: clearing land for a highway in southeast California with nuclear bombs.

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

Recent Episodes

A Jury In An Illegal Liquor Case Deliberated By “Testing” The Evidence

Brady Carlson2025-01-15T07:47:09-05:00January 15, 2025|

Wausau, Wisconsin (Kind Of) Banned Snowball Fights For Over A Century

Brady Carlson2025-01-14T12:20:32-05:00January 14, 2025|

A County In Texas Officially Greeted People With “Heaven-o” Instead Of “Hello”

Brady Carlson2025-01-13T06:56:15-05:00January 13, 2025|

It’s Mountain Week on Cool Weird Awesome

Brady Carlson2025-01-10T16:10:28-05:00January 6, 2025|

Greenland Starts The New Year With Visits From Silent Masked Visitors

Brady Carlson2025-01-03T07:45:09-05:00January 3, 2025|

Shows on robots

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

Meet ESTHER, A Robot That Plays Wheelchair Tennis

For Self-Help Robots, Looks Matter

Shows on music

Chas Newby, Beatle Bassist For Two Weeks

Pink Floyd’s Inflatable Pig Once Got Loose Over London

Clyde Stubblefield, Music’s Original Funky Drummer

The Black Dog That Helped Inspire Led Zeppelin’s “Black Dog”

In Post-War Yugoslavia, Mariachi Music Was A Huge Hit

Shows on inventions

Even The Inventor Of Inline Skates Crashed Once In A While

Pacemaker Pioneer Wilson Greatbatch Helped Millions Of Hearts

Alexander Graham Bell Invented A “Photophone” That Sent Sound On Beams Of Light

Maria Beasley Invented A Life Raft And Lots Of Other Hugely Useful Things

When News Companies Tried To Deliver Newspapers Through Radio Transmissions

Shows on Black history

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

When Martin Luther King Jr. Won The Nobel Peace Prize, Atlanta Held A Historic Dinner In His Honor

Black Firefighters In Chicago Helped Give The World The Fire Pole