Cool Weird Awesome With Brady Carlson

School is back in session, and fortunately teachers aren't using dunce caps to shame their students. How did a hat that was once worn by prominent thinkers end up as the hat of choice for teachers trying to brand students as dopes? Plus: an apartment building in Concord, New Hampshire turns itself into a classic video game. What’s the origin of the dunce cap? (The Straight Dope) NH gets a cool new monument to video games (GraniteGeek) The smart move is to join our Patreon backers and support this show! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/support