Did A Department Store Really Keep A Guy On Staff To Be “Fired” In Front Of Angry Customers? (Cool Weird Awesome 1300)

For this Labor Day holiday we pay tribute to what may have been the strangest ways to make a living in its time: the so-called "department store scapegoat" who was kept on staff to be "fired" from time to time.

By |2024-09-02T07:44:25-04:00September 2, 2024|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , |

How Font Sizes On Menus Could Help People Eat Healthier (Cool Weird Awesome 1069)

There’s new research out that suggests that for those trying to eat healthy, bigger is better - at least when it comes to font sizes on parts of the menu.

By |2024-08-21T05:24:27-04:00August 21, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , |

Comic Sans, The Number One Typeface For Virtual Dogs That Help Kids Use Computers (Cool Weird Awesome 597)

On this anniversary of the release of Windows 95, we look at the origin story of the Comic Sans typeface, which has more haters than most fonts ever get (and a few lovers, too). Plus: engineering students help a dad who uses a wheelchair take his new baby for walks in a stroller. 

By |2024-08-24T07:14:34-04:00August 24, 2021|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , |

Raising Money For A Good Cause? Choose Your Fonts Wisely (Cool Weird Awesome 399)

Food banks are seeing growing demand, and feeding hungry people takes money. Amazingly, a study out of Ohio State University finds these nonprofits might be able to boost their donations by paying closer attention to typefaces.

By |2024-10-09T07:17:08-04:00October 9, 2020|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |
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