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. 06/27 - Why Friends Smell Alike
Do groups of friends all smell alike? Plus, an astonishingly well-preserved 30,000 year old woolly mammoth baby was just discovered. And we finally have photographic evidence of that mysterious rocke…
00:16:57 |
Mon 27 Jun 2022
Fri. 06/24 - The Creatures That Live & Mate On Our Faces
The facts on how risky public bathrooms actually are when it comes to germs and disease transmission. Plus, the secret lives of skin mites––a bevy of new findings on the microscopic creatures that li…
00:15:22 |
Fri 24 Jun 2022
Thu. 06/23 - The "Anti-Hunger" Molecule Formed By Intense Workouts
A newly-identified molecule may explain why some workouts make you super hungry and others leave you without an appetite at all. Plus, a spectacular planetary conjunction is on display this weekend––…
00:17:19 |
Thu 23 Jun 2022
Wed. 06/22 - Pinocchio, Fascism, & Guillermo del Toro
A deep dive into the origins, values, and many adaptations of The Adventures of Pinocchio––including how Guillermo del Toro’s dark upcoming stop motion animation could be the truest to the original y…
00:20:52 |
Wed 22 Jun 2022
Tue. 06/21 - Queerness in Colonial Williamsburg
More and more countries are banning single-use plastics, but what alternatives are available? One team of scientists have developed an antimicrobial spray that could replace plastic food packaging. P…
00:18:29 |
Tue 21 Jun 2022
Mon. 06/20 - Peecycling
Would you use your own pee in your garden? Or donate it to a local farm? Some folks around the world see it as the future of fertilization. Plus, some scientists want to rename summer “danger season.…
00:16:56 |
Mon 20 Jun 2022
Fri. 06/17 - Space-Based Solar Power
Ahead of Juneteenth, a reminder of what emancipation did and didn’t do. Plus, a newly discovered group of polar bears who are able to survive on less sea ice than should be possible. And a promising …
00:21:02 |
Fri 17 Jun 2022
Thu. 06/16 - An AI RBG
The Large Hadron Collider has been booted up once more, but will it ever find anything as huge as the Higgs boson again? Plus, an AI model that’s turning Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s words into a magic eigh…
00:17:21 |
Thu 16 Jun 2022
Wed. 06/15 - Is This the Origin of the Black Death?
A new lead on the origin of the Black Death. Plus, monkeypox will soon––thankfully––be getting a new name. And Internet Explorer is being put to rest today. RIP.
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00:19:38 |
Wed 15 Jun 2022
Tue. 06/14 - The Once and Future Mall
The history and future of the design of the American shopping mall. Plus, a new test that can more accurately assess your immunity to COVID-19. And Coca-Cola is releasing a new Jack & Coke canned coc…
00:21:25 |
Tue 14 Jun 2022
Mon. 06/13 - Why You Can't Remember Books You Read
Why is it so hard to remember details from books we’ve read and TV shows we’ve watched? Plus, why is food cooked outside on an open flame so dang delicious? And, vaccines for American children under …
00:19:45 |
Mon 13 Jun 2022
Fri. 06/10 - COVID-Sniffing Dogs & Delayed Positive Test Results
Why are some people experiencing delayed positive tests from COVID-19? And, new tests on the block, from expensive at-home hubs to COVID-sniffing dogs. Plus, a proposal in the UK to raise the legal p…
00:19:09 |
Fri 10 Jun 2022
Thu. 06/09 - Heat Waves May Get Names, Like Hurricanes
Heat waves in the future could come with their own names, and we might be able to keep safe from them thanks to advances in smart window technology. Plus, Europe’s largest ever land dinosaur has just…
00:19:32 |
Thu 09 Jun 2022
Wed. 06/08 - So Long, Sit-Ups
Has the sit-up been canceled? Plus, the century-long history of growing nonnative plants in Antarctica and how it will help astronauts fill their bellies when they fly to the moon and beyond. And, wh…
00:18:22 |
Wed 08 Jun 2022
Tue. 06/07 - Humans' Unique Sleep Patternzzzzzz
Why is it that humans get less sleep than all other primates? And are “short sleepers” really a thing? Plus, “mountains” of sugar have been discovered all over the world, hiding beneath meadows of se…
00:18:03 |
Tue 07 Jun 2022
Mon. 06/06 - Gummi Bears: A 100 Year Look Back
It’s the hundredth anniversary of the humble gummy bear, but did you know they’ve only been in America since the 80s? Plus, could one source of water ice on the moon be ancient volcanoes? And, someth…
00:17:38 |
Mon 06 Jun 2022
Fri. 06/03 - This Is Your Voice On Mars
Some wild animal species might be evolving four times faster than we thought. Plus, what your voice would sound like on Mars. And the summer job in Wisconsin that makes teenagers jump off a moving bo…
00:17:02 |
Fri 03 Jun 2022
Thu. 06/02 - How To OutHorse Your Email
Turns out your liver is quite a bit younger than expected. Plus, people with food allergies may be at a lower risk of catching COVID-19. Iceland’s new campaign to help you rein in your work-life bala…
00:19:55 |
Thu 02 Jun 2022
Wed. 06/01 - Self-Cloning Plant the New Biggest on Earth
A new contender for the world's largest plant is bigger than Cincinnati and named after Posiedon. Plus, a round-up of everything launching into space this weekend. And, fresh on the heels of the new …
00:19:46 |
Wed 01 Jun 2022
Tue. 05/31 - Unionized Ghosts, Cat Burglars, & Quantum Bubbles
A supremely weird “trivia” cartoon on Netflix. Plus, physicists made bubbles of gas atoms colder than space . And why the Buzzfeed News’ union contract includes legal protection against ghosts.
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00:18:26 |
Tue 31 May 2022
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