Cool Stuff Ride Home
Covering the most interesting and coolest stories that you may have missed around the world in about 15 minutes a day. Cool Stuff Ride Home looks at science, progress, life-hacks, memes, exciting art, and hope. This is the antidote to depressing headlines. Smart stuff in podcast form. Cool news, as a service.
Hosted by Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 19 minutes
- Episodes
- 1097
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Cardiovascular Issues a Daughter Can Have Due to a Father's Diet, Ig Nobel Prizes Announced, and TDIH - The NYC Riot That Started with a Hat
Like father, like daughter – a new study finds fathers with unhealthy diets can actually cardiovascular disease on to their daughters specifically. Plus, you won’t want to miss the Ig Nobel award-win…
00:20:09 |
Fri 13 Sep 2024
Protein That Can Extend Longevity, Most Detailed Video of a Star, and TDIH - The Messier Catalog is Started
The protein that may determine how long we live, and the most detailed video of a star ever shows bubbling gas on the surface. Plus, on This Day in History, The Messier Catalog is started - to let as…
00:19:46 |
Thu 12 Sep 2024
Using Bacteria to Anticipate Seasonal Changes, Weird Wednesday - Rare Dime, Odd Hotels Requests and Finds, and Message-in-a-Bottle, & TDIH - The History of Dialysis
Can an organism as simple as bacteria really anticipate seasonal changes? Weird Wednesday has an expensive dime, odd room service requests, interesting items found in hotels, and a message-in-a-bottl…
00:28:10 |
Wed 11 Sep 2024
Making Skin Transparent, How Rare Are Colorful Lobsters? Plus, TDIH - The TV Dinner
Scientists may have discovered the key to making skin transparent and like Reggie, some scientists are questioning how rare some of those colorful lobsters are. Plus, on This Day in History, the tv d…
00:20:00 |
Tue 10 Sep 2024
Volcanic Activity On the Moon & TDIH: The Erie Steamship Suffers a Tragic Fate en Route to Chicago.
The moon may have had volcanic activity more recently than previously believed, and on 'This Day in History', the Erie steamship suffers a tragic fate en route to Chicago.
New research suggests the m…
00:19:10 |
Mon 09 Sep 2024
Making Money Collecting Pine Cones, New Species of Dinosaur Unearthed in Spain, and TDIH - Piggly Wiggly, The First Supermarket Opens
The Wisconsin DNR is looking for pine cones…we’ll explain why, and, yet another species of dinosaur has been unearthed in Spain. Plus, on This Day in History, the first supermarket opens and it has a…
00:17:48 |
Fri 06 Sep 2024
Bacterial Cells Transmit Memories to Offspring, Six New Rogue Worlds Discovered & TDIH: The First Gas Pump
On today’s episode, do bacteria cells have memories? A new study out of Northwestern has the answer. Plus, six new rogue worlds have been discovered in space. And, on 'This Day in History', we look b…
00:23:20 |
Thu 05 Sep 2024
Nuclear Powered Batteries, Weird Wednesday - Unwanted Shirts, Long Lost Postcard, Another Orange Lobster and TDIH - The First Newspaper Boy
Why your next batteries could be nuclear powered, Weird Wednesday has unwanted shirts, a long lost postcard that helps reunite a family and another orange lobster. Plus, on This Day in History – the …
00:29:05 |
Wed 04 Sep 2024
A Potential Solution for Migraine Headaches, New Methods for Creating Chocolate Given the Shortage & on TDIH; Online Auction Site eBay is Founded
Today's episode features a potential solution for those who suffer from migraine headaches – so long as you know one is coming on. And, as demand for cocoa increases while supplies dwindle, new metho…
00:24:09 |
Tue 03 Sep 2024
Side Effect of Intermittent Fasting, "Corn Sweat" Causing Humidity Levels to Rise, and TDIH - The Longest Overwater Bridge in the US
Too much of a good thing - Does the popular trend of intermittent fasting have a downside? Plus, are you feeling the corn sweat? We’ll explain. And on This Day in History, the longest overwater bridg…
00:22:38 |
Fri 30 Aug 2024
Matching Dinosaur Footprints on Different Continents, The First Human-Caused Asteroid Shower, and TDIH - The Zeppelin Around-The-World Trip
Matching dinosaur footprints on two different continents and for the first time ever, a human-caused asteroid shower is coming to Earth. Plus, on This Day in History, a Zeppelin airship completes its…
00:21:58 |
Thu 29 Aug 2024
Tarantula Mating Season, Weird Wednesday Has the Oldest Bottle of Cognac, the Oldest Living Man, The Not Missing Kid, and a Nude Bike Race, Plus TDIH - the Race with the First American Steam Locomotive
Don’t panic, but thousands of tarantulas will soon emerge in search of a mate – at least, in select parts of the country (we’ll tell you where). Plus, it’s Weird Wednesday and we’re bringing you the …
00:25:37 |
Wed 28 Aug 2024
A New Prospective Solution for Keeping Alzheimer's and Other Brain Conditions at Bay, An Endangered Bird Will Soon Fly Again (w/ Help from Humans) & TDIH; the First Known Play in America Leads to a Criminal Trial
A new prospective solution for keeping Alzheimer's and other age-related brain conditions at bay. Plus, an endangered bird will soon take flight again, with the help of humans. And on 'This Day in Hi…
00:24:15 |
Tue 27 Aug 2024
The Power of the Placebo -Results from a New Study, Tela Bay Coral Reef and What Can Be Learned There, and TDIH - The Morris Mini-Minor Released
The power of the placebo – a new study reveals interesting benefits even when patients are aware of what they’re receiving, and the coral reefs are slowly dying – but not in Tela Bay. What secrets mi…
00:23:27 |
Mon 26 Aug 2024
A New Computer Interface Gives Those Suffering from ALS Their Voice Back. A New Lunar Timezone, a Runaway Star, and on TDIH; William Beebe Descends Into The Ocean Depths in his Bathysphere
REMINDER: Reggie and Marques will be off August 19-23, attending a podcast conference. They'll be back with episodes beginning Monday, August 26.
A new computer interface could give those suffering f…
00:25:19 |
Fri 16 Aug 2024
Possible Underground Oceans on Mars, NASA's VIPER Rover's Second Chance, and TDIH - The American Tourist Who Kissed Hitler
Water … in space! Exciting news from a celestial body and where it could be hiding, and NASA’s VIPER rover may have a second chance. Plus, On This Day in History; the American tourist who kissed Adol…
00:24:45 |
Thu 15 Aug 2024
Weird Wednesday - Shipwrecked Champaign, Baby Orange Lobsters, Great Lakes Alligator, Guinness World Record Record, and TDIH - First Actual Flight?
It’s Weird Wednesday and we’re bringing you shipwrecked champagne, rare baby lobsters, a Great Lakes alligator, and a Guinness World Record record –. And on This Day in History – were the Wright Bro…
00:29:15 |
Wed 14 Aug 2024
The Supposed 'Shocking' Health Benefits of Neuromodulation, An Event Sky-Gazers Won't Want to Miss & TDIH: The First Greyhound Bus Ride Takes Place (w/out a Bus)
A shocking way to keep your brain young (potentially), and two celestial bodies are set to appear side-by-side in the night sky. Plus on 'This Day in History', The first Greyhound bus ride takes plac…
00:26:25 |
Tue 13 Aug 2024
New Discovery - The Smallest Human Species and TDIH - IBM Introduces the Personal Computer
New ancient bones lead to the discovery of the smallest humans, plus, on This Day in History, IBM introduces the personal computer.
Fossils suggest ‘hobbits’ roamed Indonesian island 700,000 years ag…
00:26:57 |
Mon 12 Aug 2024
Why the Continents Rise, New Theory for How the Pyramids Were Built, and TDIH - CBS' "Our Secret Weapon"
Scientists have a new theory on why Earth’s continents rise, a new method on how the pyramids were built has been proposed, and on TDIH; we look back at CBS' Our Secret Weapon.
Mysterious forces are …
00:25:08 |
Fri 09 Aug 2024
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