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
Woolly Mammoth Closer to Returning, Cloning to Hunt, and a Unique Way to Care for a Young Fox
We’re now one step closer to bringing back the woolly mammoth, one person’s uses cloning for a nefarious purpose, and staff at a veterinary hospital take an extremely novel approach to caring for a y…
00:20:22 |
Tue 19 Mar 2024
Now Hiring: Postal Workers in Antarctica, NASA's Lunar Lighthouse & The First City Bus Takes to the Streets
Antarctica's 'Penguin Post Office' is hiring: Do you have what it takes?
NASA Lunar Lighthouse Beacons Navigation Odie Lander (Also See: https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/marshall/nasa-t…
00:22:27 |
Mon 18 Mar 2024
Coral Reef Restoration, NASA's "Message in a Bottle", and the NASA Tabletop Game
Coral reef restoration shows amazing promise, NASA sends another “message in a bottle”, and the well-known space organization now has its own tabletop RPG game. Plus, This Day in History, the first d…
00:23:04 |
Fri 15 Mar 2024
Total Solar Eclipse Details and Studying How Animals Will Respond to the Eclipse
What you need to know about the upcoming total solar eclipse, including how will animals respond and on This Day in History, we look at one of the most brilliant minds of all time.
Solar Eclipse (AP…
00:21:39 |
Thu 14 Mar 2024
AI Helps Predict Cardiac Arrest and Weird Wednesday
Artificial Intelligence is being used to predict sudden cardiac arrest … doctors are making progress and we’ll tell you about it, it’s Weird Wednesday which means free gas in Omaha … that’s a felony …
00:23:00 |
Wed 13 Mar 2024
Family Discovers Dino Footprints, Gray Whales in Cape Cod, and Milk-Producing Amphibian
One family’s discovery is a find of a lifetime, a mammal’s return to a region where they were previously extinct, an amphibian that produces milk has been found, and This Week Is History - Coke is fi…
00:18:31 |
Tue 12 Mar 2024
Voyager 1 Troubles and The Latest from the Government on UFOs
We leave earth’s atmosphere for today's episode asking, after nearly 50 years, have we heard the last from Voyager 1? We follow up on the latest from the US Government on the existence of UFOs, is th…
00:19:46 |
Mon 11 Mar 2024
Rare Bird at The Bellagio, Birds Can Learn, and Doppelgangers in More Ways Than One
A feathered tourist causes a stir in Las Vegas, bringing the Bellagio Fountains to a halt – speaking of birds, a new study indicates they may be smarter than we think. And file this under “you’ve got…
00:17:11 |
Fri 08 Mar 2024
The Chances of Life on Jupiter, Quick-thinking Pilot Delivers Baby in Sky, AI Falters at Fast Food Chains & the Rules of Baseball
Jupiter's moon Europa may have less oxygen than expected (Associated Press)
Quick-thinking pilot delivers baby mid-flight after mother goes into labor (Sky News)
AI Might Not Be the Future of Fa…
00:23:19 |
Thu 07 Mar 2024
Electric School Bus Performance and Weird Wednesday
A Colorado school district says its electric school bus has proven superior to its diesel counterparts, we’ll tell you why. This week’s Weird Wednesday includes an odd rescue of a dog, a theft you do…
00:23:39 |
Wed 06 Mar 2024
Flying Car Development and Swimwear Recycling
There has been another development on the flying car front – will these things ever become a reality? Plus, how one US clothing company is working to minimize waste using old swimwear. On This Day in…
00:15:41 |
Tue 05 Mar 2024
Men vs Women Exercise Benefits, Moon Lander Odysseus Ending, and Humorous Road Sign Warning
Females dominate men when it comes to exercise, we’ll explain why males need to work out longer to achieve the same benefits, we say good night to the moon lander Odysseus, and one prank warns of irr…
00:16:43 |
Mon 04 Mar 2024
Exoskeleton Advancements, Willy Wonka Mayhem, and Phone App to Diagnose Depression
A new and improved exoskeleton is helping people walk again, a Willy Wonka experience makes kids cry and not because they were turned into blueberries or sucked through a tube of chocolate, plus a ne…
00:24:02 |
Fri 01 Mar 2024
Universal Snake Antivenom and News Moons Found
Is a universal snake antivenom on the horizon? Scientists are making significant progress, New moons have been discovered in our solar system and on This Day in History, the witch hunt begins in Sale…
00:19:09 |
Thu 29 Feb 2024
Mud Homes and Weird Wednesday
The UK’s push for energy-efficient homes made of mud and straw and no, it’s not the three little pigs, we’ll explain. This week’s Weird Wednesday includes a naked man festival that ends after being a…
00:22:25 |
Wed 28 Feb 2024
A New Cancer Drug for Canines, The Tiniest Apartment in NYC and Saving Money by Flying to Class
A new cancer drug saves the leg and life of a three-legged pitbull named Annabel Lee. What could that mean for the future of treatment? The alleged tiniest apartment in New York -- with no bathroom o…
00:18:39 |
Tue 27 Feb 2024
Rhinos Restored in Africa, Tooth Fairy Inflation and a New Smartphone Best Practice
The latest efforts in Kenya to restore a once-thriving, but now endangered species of rhinoceros in Africa, tooth-fairy gifts soar in value relative to yesteryear, Apple advises against using rice to…
00:22:36 |
Mon 26 Feb 2024
Brightest Light in Space, Fossil Race Against Time, and Grenade Found in Bathroom Wall
The brightest light in space is identified, times running out for one rare dinosaur fossil, an explosive surprise in the wall of one Seattle home, and on this day in history, an historic moment as th…
00:17:01 |
Fri 23 Feb 2024
Glow-in-the-dark Plants and Doctor's Called In at the Fort Worth Zoo
You might soon opt to light your yard with plants, we’ll explain, and doctors that do normal work with human patients are called in for a ‘first’ at the 115-year-old Fort Worth zoo. Plus, on This Day…
00:14:23 |
Thu 22 Feb 2024
Rare Brain Cancer Cured in Child and Weird Wednesday
For the first time in history, a child has been cured of a particular type of brain cancer and this week’s Weird Wednesday includes an odd race, strange raccoons, and another Guinness World Record. P…
00:20:30 |
Wed 21 Feb 2024
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