Cool Weird Awesome With Brady Carlson

It's the birthday of Ulysses S. Grant, hero of the Civil War and the only sitting president to have been arrested. Here's the story of how Grant was out speeding through Washington DC and ended up in trouble with the law. It's also the birthday of telegraph pioneer Samuel Morse, so we'll have the story of one of the cleverest uses of Morse Code in the world.  That Time A President Got In Trouble With The Police (NPR) Capitol Records Building Morse Code (Atlas Obscura) Our Patreon backers keep this show moving forward (I promise we don't speed, though) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/message