Cool Weird Awesome – Brady Carlson

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

Clarence Blethen, The Pitcher Who Got Bit By His Own False Teeth (Cool Weird Awesome 1020)

Brady Carlson2023-06-06T11:23:16-04:00June 6, 2023|

Today in 1933, truly a moment for the record books: a pitcher in a minor league baseball game got injured after being bitten by his own false teeth.

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

Recent Episodes

The World Has Ankle Monitors Partly Because Of Spider-Man Comics (Cool Weird Awesome 1019)

Brady Carlson2023-06-05T06:48:44-04:00June 5, 2023|

First Lady Mamie Eisenhower Had Her Own Shade Of Pink (Cool Weird Awesome 1018)

Brady Carlson2023-06-02T09:16:11-04:00June 2, 2023|

Rockford, Illinois Is The Birthplace Of The Sock Monkey (Cool Weird Awesome 1017)

Brady Carlson2023-06-01T10:35:21-04:00June 1, 2023|

The Michigan Tycoon Who Made His Descendants Wait 92 Years To Inherit His Fortune (Cool Weird Awesome 1016)

Brady Carlson2023-05-31T08:44:18-04:00May 31, 2023|

How Suitcases With Wheels Helped Travelers Get On A Roll (Cool Weird Awesome 1015)

Brady Carlson2023-05-30T08:58:02-04:00May 30, 2023|

Shows on robots

For Self-Help Robots, Looks Matter (Cool Weird Awesome 976)

How To Keep Flying Robots Flying Even When Their Wings Are Damaged (Cool Weird Awesome 972)

Farming Robots Are Weeding The Fields With Lasers (Cool Weird Awesome 875)

The Robot That Could Do Surgeries In Space (Cool Weird Awesome 837)

Waiters In Paris Once Went On Strike Over Mustaches (Cool Weird Awesome 753)

Shows on music

Cheers To The First Woman To Perform Shakespeare Onstage, Whoever She Was (Cool Weird Awesome 900)

The Worst Sandwich Ever Was A Way To Get Around Anti-Liquor Laws (Cool Weird Awesome 880)

Florence Foster Jenkins Stunned Carnegie Hall With Her Singing (Cool Weird Awesome 873)

It’s September 21st, So Of Course We’re Doing A Show About Earth, Wind & Fire’s “September” (Cool Weird Awesome 849)

A 10 Month Old Kitten Once Climbed The Matterhorn… Somehow (Cool Weird Awesome 844)

Shows on inventions

There’s A Lunchbox Museum In Columbus, Georgia (Cool Weird Awesome 979)

For Self-Help Robots, Looks Matter (Cool Weird Awesome 976)

For Safer Motorcycling, How About Pants With Airbags? (Cool Weird Awesome 965)

Gaming Prosthetics Are Making Minecraft More Inclusive (Cool Weird Awesome 950)

Hydrogel Sheets Could Clean Up Spills Quicker Than Ever Before (Cool Weird Awesome 933)

Shows on Black history

Henry E. Baker Made Sure Black Inventors Got Recognized (Cool Weird Awesome 952)

How Lusia Harris Became The “Queen Of Basketball” (Cool Weird Awesome 947)

Why Did Actual People Start Building Snow People? (Cool Weird Awesome 945)

Sound Waves Could Help Keep High-Tech Batteries Going And Going And Going (Cool Weird Awesome 941)

Ben’s Chili Bowl Was One Of Martin Luther King’s Regular Stops In DC (Cool Weird Awesome 928)