Cool Weird Awesome With Brady Carlson

Today in 1944, the greatest concert in Carnegie Hall history, featuring a truly incomparable singer: the one and only Florence Foster Jenkins. Here's how the woman sometimes called the worst opera singer of all time ended up on one of the most famous stages of all time. Plus: today in 1912, the birthday of Grand Ole Opry comedian Minnie Pearl, who's celebrated in her hometown, Centerville, Tennessee, with a large statue made of chicken wire. THE WORST SINGER IN THE WORLD (Pacific Standard)  Remembering Florence Foster Jenkins (Carnegie Hall) Minnie Pearl Chicken Wire Statue (Atlas Obscura) With our Patreon backers we make beautiful music. Er, podcasts --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/support