Johnny Appleseed’s Trees Gave Homesteaders A Way To Make Adult Beverages (Cool Weird Awesome 1095)

Today in 1774 was the birthday of Johnny Appleseed. In some ways, the real life John Chapman was like the person depicted in books and movies. But he was also a savvy, albeit eccentric, entrepreneur whose apples were less for eating than they were for drinking.

By |2023-09-26T09:35:06-04:00September 26, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , |

How The Beatles Stitched Two Takes Of “Strawberry Fields Forever” Into A Rock Classic (Cool Weird Awesome 677)

Today in 1966, the Beatles were trying to make one great take of their new song “Strawberry Fields Forever,” and with help from producer George Martin and engineer Geoff Emerick, they ended up making that one great take out of two half takes.

By |2023-12-22T10:44:27-05:00December 22, 2021|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

Slime Molds Can Remember Stuff Even Though They Don’t Have Brains (Cool Weird Awesome 484)

Physarum polycephalum is pretty smart for a slime mold. It can find its way back to the places where food had previously been even though it doesn't have a nervous system. Researchers in Germany have just figured out how this organism does it.

By |2024-01-10T18:28:38-05:00February 25, 2021|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

25 More Days of Holiday Songs: “I Want A Beatle For Christmas” by Becky Lee Beck

I can't imagine what it must have been like to be Santa Claus in 1964. Apparently everyone in the world asked to have a Beatle for Christmas!

By |2020-12-08T10:30:58-05:00December 9, 2020|Categories: Blog|Tags: , , |

Meet The Fake Beatles (Cool Weird Awesome 286)

This month marks 50 years since the world learned The Beatles were calling it a day. So we're telling the story of the American Beetles - a knockoff band that [...]

By |2020-04-28T07:35:05-04:00April 28, 2020|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |
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