Cool Weird Awesome With Brady Carlson

Today in 1992, the Pacific Ocean filled up with rubber duckies, thanks to a storm that knocked some shipping containers off a cargo boat. We'll explain how the Friendly Floatees went from accidental oceangoers to the stuff of movies and picture books. Plus: today in 1976, C.W. McCall's "Convoy" hit #1 on the Billboard chart, telling the story of a trucker with the CB handle Rubber Duck.  The great escape: the bath toys that swam the Pacific (The Guardian) What Can 28,000 Rubber Duckies Lost at Sea Teach Us About Our Oceans? (Treehugger) OTD in 1976 Convoy hits #1 (Songfacts) We should say 10-4 to our Patreon backers because they are definitely our good buddies --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/support