Cool Weird Awesome With Brady Carlson

Today in 1804, the birthday of President Franklin Pierce. He's not well known today, but in his time, people learned about the 14th president through a biography written by the acclaimed novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne. Plus: today in 1999, the area around Cape Canaveral, Florida gets a very appropriate area code.  Franklin Pierce: NH's Forgotten President (NH Magazine) Nathaniel Hawthorne, Party Hack (Slate) 3,2,1, Call Cape Canaveral (New York Times)  We win every time with our Patreon backers --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/support