Cool Weird Awesome With Brady Carlson

It was today in 1913 that the first modern crossword puzzle was published in the New York World newspaper, eventually leading to a craze that cruciverbalists all over the world have been enjoying ever since. Plus: an invention that didn’t last as long as the crossword - though it was designed to.  100 years of crosswords: the first appeared in New York on 21.12.1913 (The Guardian) Crossword Puzzles (Quartz Obsession) The Doomsday Diet (Eater) The seven-letter word that makes this show possible: Backers --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/message