Cool Weird Awesome With Brady Carlson

Some health experts suggest that when the world gets back to normal we should do away with the handshake. It is an effective way to spread germs, but it's also had some pretty useful functions in its long history. Plus: since it's the anniversary of the first episode of "Game of Thrones," we visit a guy in California who installed a 15-foot-tall dragon in his front yard.  Why do we touch strangers so much? A history of the handshake offers clues (National Geographic)  When Did Shaking Hands Become a Standard Way of Greeting Someone? (Mental Floss) ‘Dragon House’ in Imperial Beach Turning Heads (NBC San Diego) We'd like to shake the hands of our backers on Patreon - if that were an OK thing to do these days --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/message