Cool Weird Awesome With Brady Carlson

For National Board Game Day, we look at the history of Candy Land. That game was designed by a schoolteacher who was trying to help kids in a polio ward pass the time. Plus: a research program finds today in 1954 the most boring day of all.  Candy Land Was Invented for Polio Wards (The Atlantic) The Most Boring Day In History Was April 11, 1954 (Gizmodo) Our Patreon backers make every day sweet --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/support