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
"Scientific" Marriage Pact, Stunning Pompeii Discovery, and TDIH - Annie Oakley Breaks a Shooting Record
A scientific pact for lasting love devised by one Stanford student, a stunning find in Pompeii, and on This Day in History – sharpshooter Annie Oakley breaks yet another record.
Marriage Pact (Fox N…
00:22:49 |
Tue 16 Apr 2024
The Surprising Benefit to Fish Swimming in Schools, A Rare Medical Condition is Cured for the First Time & TDIH: The Man Who Walked Backwards Across the US (and why he did it)
Fish Swim in Schools for Stealth–as 100 Fish Make Less Noise Than an Individual Swimming Alone (Supplemental: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-3190/ad3a4e)
World-first treatment at S…
00:21:53 |
Mon 15 Apr 2024
Screaming Frogs, Cicada STDs (not a typo), Chechnya's Strange Music Ban & TDIH: The First Human in Space
Frogs are screaming - we just can't hear them, scientists in Brazil discover
Cicadas are nature's weirdos, and about to infest 2 parts of the U.S. | AP News
Chechnya 'bans music that is too fast …
00:16:45 |
Fri 12 Apr 2024
Dogs Language Comprehension, Man Runs Across Africa, New Star in the Skies, and TDIH - The Modern Sub
Can dogs truly understand what we are saying? A new study provides intriguing results. A British man runs the continent of Africa, and a new star will briefly be seen in the night skies. Plus, on thi…
00:23:54 |
Thu 11 Apr 2024
Europe's Clean Energy, Weird Wednesday (Animal Edition), and TDIH - The Banana Comes to England
Europe’s focus on clean energy appears to be paying off and Weird Wednesday focuses on animals. Plus, on This Day in History - the banana comes to England.
Europe's Clean Energy (Reuters)
Spilled S…
00:21:41 |
Wed 10 Apr 2024
Space Refueling Station, Oldest Man-made Wooden Structures Found, and TDIH - First Tax Funded Library
You’ll soon have a place to refuel on that good ol’ trip from Earth to Mars – more details on the way, early man may have built structures of wood early than previously thought … and on This Day in H…
00:17:54 |
Tue 09 Apr 2024
New Thyroid Cancer Treatment, Kid Finds Roman Soldier's Gold Bracelet, and TDIH - Milk Bottles
New research could yield a new treatment option for those afflicted with thyroid cancer, a Roman soldier’s gold bracelet is discovered … and likely not in the manner you would expect , plus on This D…
00:20:52 |
Mon 08 Apr 2024
Medieval Castle Remains Found, Goats Overtake Island, TDIH - The Tire That Changed Cars
An excavation in France produces a mansion of yester-year … yester-century is more like it. Goats have overrun a small Italian island and the locals aren’t thrilled. And, on This Week in History, the…
00:19:42 |
Fri 05 Apr 2024
What Chest-Beating in Gorillas Really Indicates, A New Solar Power Desalinator Provides Clean Water & TDIH: The Rhodes Scholarship
Gorillas Use Chest Beating to Prevent Conflict, Not Provoke it, a New Study Finds
New Solar-Powered Desalinator Keeps Producing Clean Water Without Needing Sunshine
TDIH: Rhodes scholarship | Defi…
00:18:31 |
Thu 04 Apr 2024
Human Brains Getting Larger, Weird Wednesday & This Day in History: The Pony Express Ride in the USA
Human brains are getting larger. That may be good news for dementia risk
Weird Wednesday:
Rescued 'baby hedgehog' turns out to be a pom pom from a hat
Watch: Dog digging in Florida yard unearths…
00:22:53 |
Wed 03 Apr 2024
Kombucha Benefits Validated, LEGO's Polite Request to Stay Out of Mugshots & TDIH: The First Human Cannonball
Kombucha Can Mimic the Effects of Fasting in the Body, According to a Study
Lego head mugshots add to California’s debate on policing and privacy
TDIH: Flash! Bang! It's the Human Cannonball! - O…
00:17:52 |
Tue 02 Apr 2024
‘Exhausted’ immune cells could be target for breast cancer prevention, A Cook-Out Favorite Causes a Stir in the UK & the Birth of American Dollar Sign
‘Exhausted’ immune cells in healthy women could be target for breast cancer prevention
No joke: UK comedian told to remove hot dog from subway poster over junk food ban
The Bankrupt Irishman Who …
00:16:06 |
Mon 01 Apr 2024
The Devil Comet and Oregon's Dark Sky Sanctuary
The "Devil Comet" rides the dark skies – we’ll explain, Oregon’s outback gains a new certification … and it’s "out of this world" and on This Week in History, a well dig yields the archaeological dis…
00:17:13 |
Fri 29 Mar 2024
Cemetary Solar Energy and Meteorite Ownership Contested
One French town solves a flooding issue while producing solar energy at the same time, a Swedish court issues an interesting ruling on meteorites and on This Day in History, the first US ambulance ta…
00:15:48 |
Thu 28 Mar 2024
Pay-As-You-Can Dining and Weird Wednesday
One UK restaurant’s quest to eliminate food waste while feeding the hungry, Weird Wednesday includes a waiter and waitress race, beware the waking bears, helping a stuck skunk, and another Guinness W…
00:23:33 |
Wed 27 Mar 2024
A Potential Cure for HIV, The Largest Gold Nugget in England & A History of the US Gold Rush, and The "Real" Planet Vulcan
Scientists Discover Potential HIV Cure
Man finds England's biggest gold nugget
(See Also: A History of the California Gold Rush)
TDIH: All about Vulcan, a hypothetical planet between the Sun and…
00:23:23 |
Tue 26 Mar 2024
Pig to Human Kidney Transplant and One UAE Company Looks at Cooking Oil for BioFuel
Genetically modified pig kidneys … in humans? We’ll explain. One oil-rich, Middle Eastern Country embraces sustainable fuel alternatives. Plus, on This Day In History, one famous writer is sentenced …
00:19:58 |
Mon 25 Mar 2024
Oldest Stone Tools in Europe, Toy Car Road Trip, and Sleep Protest in Mexico
New evidence that early humans were in Europe earlier than previously thought, one record-setting road-trip takes place at speeds under 10 mph, and hundreds in Mexico publicly protest the need for mo…
00:17:04 |
Fri 22 Mar 2024
Moss Used to Restore Bog, Search for a "Treasure Ship" Begins, and Rare Birth at Athens Zoon
Moss to the rescue – cuttings to improve water quality at one UK reservoir, the modern day quest for buried treasure has begun … we’ll have details, and one zoo see a rare birth – the first in ten ye…
00:19:14 |
Thu 21 Mar 2024
Artifact Over 1000-Years-Old Found in River and Weird Wednesday
A centuries-old artifact is pulled from a UK river and Weird Wednesday including Sandboarding, bees on the loose, banned car horns, and a couple snakes. Plus, on This Day in History, we look at punis…
00:25:17 |
Wed 20 Mar 2024
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