Cool Weird Awesome With Brady Carlson

The Straw Vinyl project has lined up some high-profile bands to release limited-edition vinyl records that are made out of plastic harvested from old straws. Then your hipster friends can say they were into keeping straws out of landfills before it was cool. Plus: in London, there's a commemorative manhole cover on the site where sewer authorities vanquished the infamous Whitechapel fatberg.,  Bacardi just found the best use for plastic straws ever—turn them into vinyl records (Fast Company) 'Monster' Whitechapel fatberg unveiled at London museum (BBC) The Whitechapel Fatberg Has Its Own Hidden Memorial (Londonist) You can turn your support on Patreon into new episodes of this show!  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/message