Cool Weird Awesome With Brady Carlson

In ancient Greece, the Olympics were for men only. But from what we can tell, women representing 16 city-states would come together every four years to weave a robe for Hera, the queen of the gods, and hold a footrace for single women. Plus: the 1960 Summer Games were the first to be telecast in the US. In the days before satellites, it took a lot of work to get tapes from the Rome Games to the US broadcast networks.  The Women: Were The Ancient Olympics Just For Men? (Penn Museum) Rome, Italy, 1960 (Britannica) Everyone is welcome in our Patreon community, join us!  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/message