EPISODE · Sep 2, 2025 · 3 MIN
Sports Get Wild Week: The Netherlands Turned Pole-Sitting Into A Competitive Sport
from Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson · host Brady Carlson
This week we're replaying some of our favorite episodes when the world of sports went off course. In this episode from January 2021, a look at how one of the popular fads of the 1920s was flagpole sitting. Plus: for National Bird Day, a look at the shoebill, a bird for the record books. St. Simeon Stylites (Britannica)In the Netherlands Sitting on a Pole for Hours on End Is a Competitive Sport (Oddity Central)The Shoebill: Or, the Most Terrifying Bird in the World (Audubon)We would sit on a pole for our Patreon backers!
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This week we're replaying some of our favorite episodes when the world of sports went off course. In this episode from January 2021, a look at how one of the popular fads of the 1920s was flagpole sitting. Plus: for National Bird Day, a look at the shoebill, a bird for the record books. St. Simeon Stylites (Britannica)In the Netherlands Sitting on a Pole for Hours on End Is a Competitive Sport (Oddity Central)The Shoebill: Or, the Most Terrifying Bird in the World (Audubon)We would sit on a pole for our Patreon backers!
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