Cool Weird Awesome With Brady Carlson

It's National Banana Day, so we've got the story of people in the UK who went to great lengths to simulate having bananas when the real deal was off limits during World War II. Plus: today in 1988, the Oklahoma State House approved a resolution describing the official state meal, which was kind of enormous. To Cope With a Wartime Banana Ban, British Home Cooks Made ‘Mock Bananas’ (Atlas Obscura) Senator wants state meal off the table (Tulsa World) No need for a Cool Weird Awesome substitute, our Patreon backers keep the real show strong --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coolweirdawesome/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coolweirdawesome/support