When Marketing Cars To Women, Creepy Anonymous Letters Aren’t Your Best Bet (Cruel Weird Awful 26)
In 1994, an ad campaign for a car company somehow misjudged its ad campaign so badly that the whole effort landed the company in court.
A Churchgoer In Spain Did “The Worst Art Restoration Project Of All Time” (Cool Weird Awesome 1299)
Thanks to an amateur artist, a fresco of Jesus in a church in northeastern Spain ended up looking quite different. But there was more to the story.
When France And Spain Had A “War Of The Stop Signs” (Cool Weird Awesome 1243)
It wasn't an actual war, but in the 1980s France and Spain were in a pretty serious dispute over stop signs placed on a road between a little Spanish enclave in southwestern France and the rest of Spain.
Babbo Natale, The Yule Goat and The World’s Many Christmas Gift Givers (Cool Weird Awesome 1154)
Santa Claus may be the man with the bag in the US today, but in other parts of the world there are some very different gift givers. We'll ride with a few of them to celebrate the many ways people celebrate December 25. Merry Christmas!
With A Name Like The Hope Diamond, It’s Gotta Be Cursed (Or Not) (Cool Weird Awesome 885)
Today in 1958, the Hope Diamond became property of the Smithsonian Institution. Legend has it the giant blue diamond carries with it a centuries-old curse... even though some of its owners have actually done just fine for themselves.
The Outer Limits Of The U.S. Are Really Out There (Cool Weird Awesome 657)
It's Geography Awareness Week, so we wanted to find the furthest points in each direction that are part of the United States, along with the geographical center.
Every Six Months This Island Switches Countries (Cool Weird Awesome 349)
Change is in the air in the border region between Spain and France. A small island there called Pheasant Island is about to change countries, as it does twice a year.
The Festival That’s Mostly People Throwing Tomatoes At Each Other (Cool Weird Awesome 100)
Later this month tens of thousands of people will head to Buñol, Spain for La Tomatina, otherwise known as the world’s largest tomato throwing festival. Also, today is day one of the World Yo Yo Contest in Cleveland, Ohio. But most of all, it's Cool Weird Awesome's 100th episode! Thanks for listening and supporting the show!