Cool Weird Awesome With Brady Carlson

When most of us get wrong number phone calls, we get off the line pretty quickly. But new research finds Maasai herders in Tanzania often strike up a conversation, and get to know the person who accidentally called them. Plus: on this day in 1294, the cardinals of the Catholic Church respond to a letter from a hermit monk in a way that may have made the monk wish he hadn't written them at all.  ‘Wrong number? Let’s chat’ Maasai herders in East Africa use misdials to make connections (The Conversation) A History of Papal Resignations (History.com) Saint Celestine V (Britannica) Answer the call of Cool Weird Awesome and back the show on Patreon! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/message