Cool Weird Awesome With Brady Carlson

Today in 1995 was a strange day in Royal Oak, Michigan. It’s the day authorities had to stop a 17 year old who had been trying to construct a working nuclear reactor at home. Plus: today in 1909, the birthday of Elvis's controversial manager Colonel Tom Parker, The Radioactive Boy Scout (Harpers)  That Time a Teenager Built a Nuclear Reactor in His Backyard (Today I Found Out) The Colonel: The Extraordinary Story of Colonel Tom Parker and Elvis Presley by Alanna Nash  Help us build this show as a backer on Patreon - no nuclear material necessary! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coolweirdawesome/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coolweirdawesome/support