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
- 1098
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Mon. 09/26 - GIFs Are Dead, Long Live the GIF
Thanks to a court filing from the largest search engine of its kind, it’s official: GIFs are cringe. How did they fall so far? Plus, the Colorado River is drying up and part of the reason has to do w…
00:21:19 |
Mon 26 Sep 2022
Fri. 09/23 - Asteroid SMASH
Why is NASA slamming a spacecraft into an asteroid on Monday and what will we be able to see of the collision? Plus, a new low-cost, no-lab-required COVID-19 antibody test that could set the stage fo…
00:21:53 |
Fri 23 Sep 2022
Thu. 09/22 - Fall Is Here & Your Phone Is Dying
It’s the first day of fall. Or is it? Everything you need to know about the equinox, plus some seasonal music recommendations. An app you can only use when your phone’s battery is less than 5%. And w…
00:20:56 |
Thu 22 Sep 2022
Wed. 09/21 - What is this? A podcast for ANTS?!
Scientists have conducted an ant census. Or at least that’s what I’m calling it. And the total number they came up with is out of this world. Plus, the return of the Shortage Report. This time? Craft…
00:19:59 |
Wed 21 Sep 2022
Tue. 09/20 - The Lost Moon of Saturn
How did Saturn get its jaunty tilt and cool rings? A new study says it could’ve been caused by an hither-to-unknown ancient moon that got torn apart by its planet. Plus, new findings on just how much…
00:21:29 |
Tue 20 Sep 2022
Mon. 09/19 - Did Volcanoes Kill the Dinosaurs?
It’s not all about the asteroid. Some scientists are still debating what caused the dinosaurs to go extinct and a new study provides some interesting evidence for the role of volcanoes in the mass ex…
00:18:07 |
Mon 19 Sep 2022
Fri. 09/16 - What Is Going On In England?
From informing the bees to muting self-checkout machines, the many shades of mourning––and not––in the United Kingdom. And, from ice cream prescribed with chemotherapy to synchronized heart beats sig…
00:21:05 |
Fri 16 Sep 2022
Thu. 09/15 - The People's Joker & Lunar Crystals
China has discovered a new lunar mineral––and more dispatches from space, including the asteroid NASA is intentionally crashing into next week. Plus, a trans DIY retelling of The Joker that got pulle…
00:19:26 |
Thu 15 Sep 2022
Wed. 09/14 - The Dream of the 90s Is Alive on the Internet Archive… But For How Much Longer?
Several major publishing houses are suing the Internet Archive. Why? And what could the ramifications of the lawsuit have on the archive and on digital access to knowledge more broadly?
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00:22:15 |
Wed 14 Sep 2022
Tue. 09/13 - Too Many or Too Few Humans?
We’re approaching overpopulation. Or we’re in danger of population decline. It depends who you ask. As we prepare to pass eight billion humans on Earth, a look at the history of population anxiety an…
00:18:40 |
Tue 13 Sep 2022
Mon. 09/12 - Not Your Papa’s Pawpaw
Is the most American of all fruits finally going to get its time to shine? And, no, NASA did not officially ask the public to name the probe to Uranus, but they could one day and, if and when they do…
00:20:37 |
Mon 12 Sep 2022
Fri. 09/09 - Garbled Nonsense: When Filter Bubbles Collide
Merriam-Webster has added 370 words to the dictionary, but it’s not enough to keep up with the changing pace of language on the internet, especially as we increasingly communicate with imagery and in…
00:22:01 |
Fri 09 Sep 2022
Thu. 09/08 - All Hail Big Hail
Hail is getting bigger and becoming more common to more areas, but we still know relatively little about it. Plus, a possibly complete dinosaur skeleton with intact fossilized skin has been discovere…
00:17:36 |
Thu 08 Sep 2022
Wed. 09/07 - The Haunting of Loab: AI's First Cryptid
Meet, Loab––a woman haunting every AI generated image she is summoned to with some of the goriest scenes you’ll find this side of Halloween. What does Loab tell us about AI generated art and our rela…
00:21:51 |
Wed 07 Sep 2022
Tue. 09/06 - The Science Tooth Fairy & the Vampire Skeleton
How analyzing baby teeth might be able to facilitate early intervention for childhood adversity. Plus, archaeologists have found the skeleton of a seventeenth century woman accused of being a vampire…
00:21:22 |
Tue 06 Sep 2022
Fri. 09/02 - Crappy Musicians Profiting From Kids’ Alexa Commands
The musicians getting paid anytime a preschooler makes a poop joke at an Alexa device. Plus, why Labor Day is a cursed weekend for movie releases. And the Artemis I launch is officially maybe happeni…
00:20:00 |
Fri 02 Sep 2022
Thu. 09/01 - Littlefoot's Ancestor Is Oldest Ever Dino Found In Africa
One of the biggest ever and one of the smallest ever sauropods, both discovered recently and both helping us learn more about where and why dinosaurs traveled millions of years ago. Plus, the latest …
00:19:02 |
Thu 01 Sep 2022
Wed. 08/31 - The World Bog Snorkeling Championships
The official trailer for the slasher horror version of Winnie the Pooh dropped and, I think I actually want to watch the whole movie now? Plus, the latest update on when Artemis I will actually be la…
00:18:07 |
Wed 31 Aug 2022
Tue. 08/30 - Big Kale's Big Lie
The surprising history of how kale became so popular so quickly back in 2014, and how both Pizza Hut and Chick-fil-A were partially responsible––but not because they actually included kale on their m…
00:19:11 |
Tue 30 Aug 2022
Mon. 08/29 - Why Artemis I Didn't Launch
The Artemis I launch was scrubbed early this morning Here’s why the highly-anticipated launch didn’t get off the ground. Plus, rabies vaccines are raining down across the nation. And a new classic au…
00:16:24 |
Mon 29 Aug 2022
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