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
The Man Who Let Snakes Bite Him 202 Times, Your Name Could Literally Shape Your Face & Chimps Doing Their Best Neil Peart
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A man let snakes bite him 202 times. His blood helpe…
00:17:24 |
Mon 12 May 2025
Turning Lead Into Gold, T-Rex Leather Handbags, Why Mammalian Lifespans Vary So Greatly & TDIH: The First Paper Currency in the US
On today's episode, Scientists at CERN have successfully turned lead into gold -- a process that requires a shocking amount of speed! Another company touts its T-Rex leather handbags. How do scientis…
00:22:31 |
Fri 09 May 2025
The Origins of T-Rex, Rectal Embalming for Mummification, Russian Satellite Linked to Nuclear Program & TDIH: The 1902 Eruption of Mt. Pelee
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T. rex's direct ancestor crossed from Asia to North …
00:19:33 |
Thu 08 May 2025
Weird Wednesday: Bizarre Evolutionary Discovery, World's Largest Dog Meets World's Smallest & Seagull Boy Returns + TDIH: The First Integrated Circuit
Weird Wednesday brings us a strange evolutionary discovery, the world's largest dog meets the world's smallest (and it's hard not to smile), plus 'Seagull Boy' returns to defend his championship. On …
00:20:53 |
Wed 07 May 2025
A Massive Star-Forming Gas Cloud Close to Earth, 3 Million Year Old Tools Unearthed & TDIH: The First Adhesive Postage Stamp
A massive star-forming gas cloud has been discovered strangely close to Earth. Plus, ancient tools discovered in Kenya are more than 3 million years old. On This Day in History, we examine the Penny …
00:16:40 |
Tue 06 May 2025
A Sea Lion Beat-Keeper (Better Than Most Humans!), A Flying Squirrel Drone & TDIH: The First Female Patent-Holder in the US
Ronan the Sea Lion – perhaps the best beat-keeper on the planet? We’ve got the fascinating details. A new drone mimics the flying squirrel, which could be a game-changer for robots ability to navigat…
00:16:46 |
Mon 05 May 2025
Phthalates Linked to Heart Disease Death, a Portion of an Old Soviet Spacecraft is Headed for Earth & TDIH: The First Commercial Jetliner Service
On today's episode, a new study links phthalates to heart disease death, a portion of a long-forgotten soviet spacecraft originally designed to land on Venus is headed back towards Earth – in an unco…
00:18:36 |
Fri 02 May 2025
Shark Skin-Like Plastic Makes Planes More Aerodynamic, Benefits or Dangers of Fluoride in Water, and TDIH - Empire State Building Dedicated
A plastic film that mimics shark skin may help airplanes fly a little greener and is there a benefit to fluoride in public water systems? On This Day in History, the Empire State Building is dedicate…
00:23:34 |
Thu 01 May 2025
Weird Wednesday: A Man in Need of Rescue TWICE on Mt. Fuji, Dirty Rain in the US & a Lost Dachshund Returns Home after 529 Days Lost. TDIH: Mr. Potato Head
Today's Weird Wednesday episode brings us the man who required rescue twice in four days on Mount Fuji, dirty rain hits part of the US, and a mini dachshund returns home after 529 days in the wild. P…
00:18:39 |
Wed 30 Apr 2025
Oldest Ant Fossil Discovered, Caterpillar Wears Remains of its Prey, and TDIH - First Rubber Patent
Researchers find a 113-year-old ant fossil, the oldest ever found and the caterpillar that wears the remains of its prey. On This Day in History, the first rubber patent is issued, so we look at the …
00:20:43 |
Tue 29 Apr 2025
Satellite Lucy Sends Back Images of Odd Shaped Asteroid, Tick Increase Due to Pheasants, and TDIH - Thor Heyerdahl's Journey Across the Pacific on a 'Raft'
The satellite Lucy shares intel on the asteroid Donaldjohnson while on its way to Jupiter and released pheasants may be causing a tick problem. On This Day in History,
NASA's Lucy spacecraft beams b…
00:16:33 |
Mon 28 Apr 2025
New Satellite Beams Ultra-Secure Internet, Evidence of Gladiator Bitten by Lion, and TDIH - First Sub to Circumnavigate the Globe
A tiny satellite, but a huge leap. Quantum-Encrypted data is beamed across the globe, ushering in a new era for ultra-secure internet. Plus, skeletal evidence of a Roman gladiator that was bitten by …
00:23:52 |
Fri 25 Apr 2025
How Tech Can Help with Cognitive Decline, Cicadas Are Back, Update from Yellowstone, and TDIH - The Library of Congress is Established
How technology could slow down cognitive decline as we age, and the Cicadas are back - will you be hearing them? We also have an update on the seismic experiments taking place in Yellowstone. On This…
00:22:40 |
Thu 24 Apr 2025
Using AI to Talk with Dolphins, Stuck in Quicksand...For the Second Time, and Drunk Monkeys. TDIH - The German Beer Purity Law
Today's Weird Wednesday episode - We may be able to communicate with dolphins with the help of AI, a man gets stuck in quicksand…for the second time and gets a girlfriend in the process, and drunk mo…
00:19:52 |
Wed 23 Apr 2025
Turning Rainwater into Electricity, Artificial Earthquakes Used to Probe Yellowstone Volcano, Our Spinning Universe, and TDIH - Washington Visits the American Circus
Scientists claim they figured out how to turn falling rainwater into electricity, we head back to Yellowstone as artificial earthquakes are used to learn more about the supervolcano there, and our un…
00:20:40 |
Tue 22 Apr 2025
The (AI) Cost of Being Polite, is Artificial Intelligence Getting TOO Familiar with Users, and Robots vs. Humans. Plus, on TDIH, Hans Christian Oersted Discovers Electromagnetism.
Today's episode; the cost of saying “Please” and “Thank You” in your AI prompts, AI may be getting TOO familiar with us (and it’s making some people uncomfortable), and in a race of robots versus hum…
00:17:39 |
Mon 21 Apr 2025
A Planet Orbiting Two Suns in Perpendicular Fashion! Evidence of Life in a Faraway World? TDIH: The History of the Crossword Puzzle
Today's episode features a space theme with a planet orbiting two suns, a faraway world with the potential for life, This Day in History looks back at the crossword puzzle.
Weirdest Planetary System…
00:23:59 |
Fri 18 Apr 2025
New Items Allowed on Planes, Why You Should Upgrade to Windows 11, and TDIH - A Landmark Labor Law Case is Decided
The TSA announces new items that are allowed on planes and why Microsoft says you should upgrade to Windows 11 as soon as possible. On This Day in History, a landmark labor law case is decided by the…
00:21:20 |
Thu 17 Apr 2025
Weird Wednesday: How One Dead Composer is Still Creating Music, an IVF Mixup Causes a Woman to Give Birth to a Stranger’s Baby, and a Star Wars Wedding. On This Day in History, Albert Hoffman Invents and Drops LSD
Weird Wednesday; How one dead composer is still creating music, an IVF mixup causes a woman to give birth to a stranger’s baby, and a Star Wars wedding. On This Day in History, Albert Hoffman invents…
00:22:25 |
Wed 16 Apr 2025
Giant Black Hole Awakens and Is Multitasking Bad for Your Brain? TDIH - Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
A giant black hole awakens and is multitasking bad for your brain? On This Day in History, we head back to the books as another important dictionary is released.
From boring to bursting: Giant blac…
00:22:04 |
Tue 15 Apr 2025
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