Cool Weird Awesome With Brady Carlson

Today in 1979, a story that sounds like it came straight out of a movie: two families in Communist East Germany escaped to the West by making and flying a hot air balloon. Plus: Today in 2018, Denise Mueller-Korenek broke the world record for “fastest bicycle speed in slipstream": 183.9 mph.  Freedom Balloon (Popular Mechanics) With hot air to freedom (Der Spiegel) A history of cycling speed records as Denise Mueller-Korenek reaches 183 mph (Guinness World Records) Help keep this show flying as a backer on Patreon! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/message