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
Teddy Roosevelt's Stolen Pocket Watch FINALLY Makes Its Way Home & This Day in History: Salomon August Andrée's Arctic Balloon Disaster
Teddy Roosevelt's pocket watch was stolen from a museum in the 1980s, but has finally made its way home. Plus, on This Day in History, tragedy strikes the Andrée Expedition en route to the North Pole…
00:24:10 |
Thu 11 Jul 2024
ISS To Be Destroyed and How, Weird Wednesday Has a Cow Stampede and TP at the Park, and TDIH - Lady Godiva Bears It All
How NASA intends to DESTROY the International Space Station – you heard that correctly … DESTROY, Weird Wednesday has more bizarre world records, cows stampeding through town, and a disgusting site …
00:27:12 |
Wed 10 Jul 2024
Carpenter Ants Selectively Performing Surgery & TDIH: Donkey Kong is released in Japan -- the Fascinating Story of How the Game Came to Be
Carpenter ants selectively performing surgery on their colony-mates, and on This Day in History, the iconic Donkey Kong is released in Japan.
An ant that selectively amputates the infected limbs of …
00:20:10 |
Tue 09 Jul 2024
No Joke -- In Vitro Grown Brains Used to Control Robots, World's Oldest Cave Painting Discovered & TDIH: The Erector Set
In vitro brains are being used to control robots -- how scientists did it and where this bio-technology goes from here. The world’s oldest cave painting is discovered in Indonesia, dating back more t…
00:25:22 |
Mon 08 Jul 2024
Scientists Reveal a New Giant, Salamander-Like Creature that Lived Before the Dinosaurs & on This Day In History: The First Travel Agency is Formed in 1841
Scientists reveal a new giant salamander-like creature that lived before the dinosaurs, and on TDIH, the first travel agency is formed in the mid-1800s.
This giant salamanderlike creature lived 40 m…
00:15:07 |
Fri 05 Jul 2024
Using Radiation to Curb Rhino Poaching, Weird Wednesday; Fossilized feces, a Tent Naming Contest, and a Unique Animal Far From Home. TDIH: The First Large-Scale, Cultivated Strawberry is Introduced.
Using radiation to curb rhino Poaching, Weird Wednesday has fossilized feces, a tent naming contest, and a unique animal far from home. Plus, on This Day in History, the first large scale cultivated …
00:23:30 |
Wed 03 Jul 2024
Extremely Large Extinct Snake Discovered and TDIH - Alligator Falling From the Sky
Extremely Large Extinct Snake Discovered and TDIH - Alligator Falling From the Sky
As Long as a Whale, New Extinct Snake Found in India May Be Largest to Have Ever Slithered the Earth (worldatlarge.n…
00:15:07 |
Tue 02 Jul 2024
Some Gut Bacteria Linked to Compulsive Eating and TDIH - The Sony Walkman Arrives
Some Gut Bacteria Linked to Compulsive Eating and TDIH - The Sony Walkman Arrives.
Specific Gut Bacteria That Triggers Compulsive Eating Identified by Scientists Who Also Found Bacteria to Prevent it…
00:24:20 |
Mon 01 Jul 2024
Brain Implant to Help Epileptic Patients, New Treatment for Tinnitus, and TDIH - The Tomato is Proven Safe to Eat
Medical advancements including a brain implant designed to curb seizures in severely epileptic patients, as well as a new treatment option for those suffering from tinnitus. Plus, on This Day in Hist…
00:17:51 |
Fri 28 Jun 2024
250-Year-Old Cherries Found Perfectly Preserved at Mount Vernon, Al Michaels Coming to the Olympics Via AI, and TDIH - The First Seat Belt Legislation
250-year-old cherries found perfectly preserved at Mount Vernon, famed broadcaster Al Michaels’ is set to make an Olympic comeback … but he won’t be required to attend, or even watch the games. Plus,…
00:24:49 |
Thu 27 Jun 2024
An Ancient Mayan Vase Discovered at a Thrift Store, Weird Wednesday: Online Gaming Gone Wrong, An Endangered Species Adds One & A 63-Leaf Clover + TDIH: The Introduction of the Toothbrush
An ancient Mayan vase discovered in Maryland is returned to its homeland. Weird Wednesday brings us the story of online gaming gone horribly wrong, a new addition to one endangered species at the San…
00:17:17 |
Wed 26 Jun 2024
Are Animals Conscious? The Latest Thinking from the Scientific Community & This Day in History: The Fork Arrives in the United States
Are Animals Conscious? The Cumulative Thought of the Scientific Community may be Changing & TDIH: The Fork Arrives in the United States, but is Initially Considered Sacrilegious.
Are animals conscio…
00:21:15 |
Tue 25 Jun 2024
Monkey Behavioral Changes After Hurricane, New Unique Looking Horned Dinosaur Discovered, and TDIH - Dancing Hysteria Hits Germany
Monkey Behavioral Changes After Hurricane, New Unique Looking Horned Dinosaur Discovered, and This Day in History - Dancing Hysteria Hits Germany.
Monkeys got along better after hurricane - study (bb…
00:23:22 |
Mon 24 Jun 2024
Walking Your Way to Less Back Pain, The World Shows Out for One Young Mother Battling Cancer & on TDIH: The Ferris Wheel at the Chicago World's Fair
On today’s episode; walking your way to less back pain, the world shows up for one young mother battling cancer. And on This Day in History, the Ferris Wheel attracts riders at the Chicago World’s Fa…
00:20:06 |
Fri 21 Jun 2024
Colorado's Plastic Bag Ban, Missing Donkey Found with Elk, and TDIH - The Alaska Purchase Announced
Colorado's Plastic Bag Ban, Donkey Missing for Five Years Found with Elk, and This Day In History - The Alaska Purchase is Announced.
Plastic bag use cut by a billion, says recycling center | 9news.c…
00:18:13 |
Thu 20 Jun 2024
Lava Tubes and Frost on Mars, Weird Wednesday - Lots of Twins, Lost Watch, and Animal Escapes, and TDIH - 15th French Postal Service
Lava Tubes and Frost on Mars, Weird Wednesday - Lots of Twins, Lost Watch, and Animal Escapes, and This Day in History covers the 15th French Postal Service.
Lava Tubes and Water Frost Found on Mars …
00:20:51 |
Wed 19 Jun 2024
A New Meta-Analysis Suggests Exercise Could Be The Single Greatest Method for Combating Depression & This Day in History - The Hawaiian Macadamia Nut Crop
A New Meta-Analysis Suggests Exercise Could Be The Single Greatest Method for Combating Depression & This Day in History - The Hawaiian Macadamia Nut Crop Gets Started
Nearly Every Form of Exercise H…
00:17:43 |
Tue 18 Jun 2024
A New Type of Pterosaur aka Demonic Pelican Discovered in Australia & This Day in History: The First Insurance Policy Issued in the US
A New Type of Pterosaur (think Pterodactyls) is discovered in Australia & This Day in History: The First Insurance Policy Issued in the United State.
New species of flying pterosaur reptile discovere…
00:14:10 |
Mon 17 Jun 2024
The First Individual to Spend 1,000 Days in Space & This Day in History: the Player Piano is Patented.
The first individual to spend at least 1,000 days in space, and what it means for our understanding of human capabilities beyond this planet. And on This Day in History: the player piano is patented,…
00:15:45 |
Fri 14 Jun 2024
Wild Horses Return to Kazakstan After 200 Years & on TDIH: The First Roundtrip Flight Between Two Major Cities.
The world’s last truly wild horses return to the steppe of Kazakstan. And, on This Day in History, the first roundtrip flight between two large cities.
Wild Horses Return to Kazakhstan Plains After…
00:14:22 |
Thu 13 Jun 2024
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