Cool Weird Awesome With Brady Carlson

Today in 1882 inventor Maria Beasley received the patent for what's probably her most well-known invention, a collapsible life raft. But Beasley was one of those inventors who came up with idea after idea in a bunch of fields, so there's lots more to her story. Plus: starting tomorrow in Nixa, Missouri, it’s Nixa Sucker Days. Maria Beasley: Engineering dynamo (Go! Magazine via Iowa State University Institute for Transportation)  NIXA SUCKER DAYS  Let’s invent more episodes of the show with help from our backers on Patreon --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coolweirdawesome/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coolweirdawesome/support