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. 03/07 - Why Have Some Of Us Never Gotten COVID?
After two years, why have some of us never gotten COVID? Plus, the surprisingly artistic and wonderful Squirrel Census. And a volcanic rock in Japan rumored to contain a thousand-year-old demonic spi…
00:20:09 |
Mon 07 Mar 2022
Fri. 03/04 - How Hybrid Work Could Change Cities & the Workforce
Is it possible for ocean cleanup programs to do more harm than good? And how might offices, cities, and the nature of work itself change if––as looks increasingly likely––many office jobs never retur…
00:17:24 |
Fri 04 Mar 2022
Thu. 03/03 - Designing Gotham: Batman's Universal Hometown
A look at how the design of Gotham City has changed throughout each incarnation of Batman, reflecting the soul and vengeance of the caped crusader. Plus, the technicolor array of blood throughout the…
00:19:18 |
Thu 03 Mar 2022
Wed. 03/02 - Death to Plastic
175 nations have agreed to craft a legally binding treaty to reel in the world’s out-of-control plastic problem. Plus, remember that rocket booster no one is taking responsibility for? It’s still hit…
00:17:48 |
Wed 02 Mar 2022
Tue. 03/01 - Dino Drama: Should Tyrannosaurus Be Split Into Three Species?
Is the tyrannosaurus rex going to be broken up into three species? Plus, we’ve talked a lot about meat alternatives, but now it’s time for: dairy milk alternatives. No, not oat or almond. Actual dair…
00:17:36 |
Tue 01 Mar 2022
Mon. 02/28 - Pres. Zelensky's Uncanny Comedy Career & the Perils of Idol-worship
That thing you’re looking at right now, it’s already fifteen seconds in the past. Plus, new findings from Apple and Harvard’s giant period-tracking study. And, before emerging as a wartime president,…
00:21:32 |
Mon 28 Feb 2022
Fri. 02/25 - The Meme Accounts Behind Misinformation
The meme accounts behind some of the spread of misinformation already this week, as well as some guidance for seeking out and sharing accurate information. Plus, seals that are being recruited by sci…
00:21:20 |
Fri 25 Feb 2022
Thu. 02/24 - The Little-Known Women Who Saved Millions of Children
The too-little-known story of the creation of the whooping cough vaccine. Plus, the remarkable initiatives in Taiwan that are helping keep the country clean with a little help from Beethoven. A new N…
00:19:51 |
Thu 24 Feb 2022
Wed. 02/23 - I'm Feeling Lucky
Why does Google still have the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button? And what do the ways Google Search has changed mean for us as a society? Plus, a proposed global library of underwater audio with a perfect …
00:22:36 |
Wed 23 Feb 2022
Tue. 02/22 - Hot Jupiter Is Raining Gems
The mysteries of people with super color vision. Plus, a Hot Jupiter that rains gems. And Hank the Tank, the furry 500 pound dumpster diving home invader taking California by storm.
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00:17:52 |
Tue 22 Feb 2022
Mon. 02/21 - Emo Poet & Wrestling Champ Abe Lincoln
Hundreds of birds dropped from the sky in northern Mexico. Why it happened and two brothers in India who heal birds who have suffered a similar fate. Plus: wrestler. Poet. Mattress King? The semi-tru…
00:21:40 |
Mon 21 Feb 2022
Fri. 02/18 - Did the Index Destroy How We Read? Will eBooks?
How a medieval hatred of indexes mirrors debates today about how search engines are changing our brains. Plus, a round-up of the unceasing Wordle news and spin-offs. A thousand Porsches are on fire i…
00:24:56 |
Fri 18 Feb 2022
Thu. 02/17 - The Origins and Physics of Luge
The history and the science of luge, bobsledding, and skeleton. Plus, a new study has found that the US’s corn-based ethanol is worse for the climate than regular gasoline. And a bit of a pop culture…
00:21:58 |
Thu 17 Feb 2022
Wed. 02/16 - EPCOT 2.0? Disney's New Residential Housing Communities
A new startup that is working on making steaks and chicken breasts out of thin air. Plus, the first woman has seemingly been cured of HIV. And Disney is developing a new round of residential communit…
00:20:09 |
Wed 16 Feb 2022
Tue. 02/15 - The Love Story Behind the High Five Wikipedia Page
Uncovering the story behind two anonymous people whose photographs serve as instructions on the high five Wikipedia entry. Plus, people apparently find AI-generated faces more trustworthy than real h…
00:20:09 |
Tue 15 Feb 2022
Mon. 02/14 - Rejected Olympic Sports
Speed skiing, synchronized skating, ski ballet, and other rejected sports from the Olympics. Plus, remember that SpaceX rocket stage headed for the moon? Turns out it’s a different piece of rocket ju…
00:19:26 |
Mon 14 Feb 2022
Fri. 02/11 - Rams vs. Bengals In the Wild
MoviePass is back and it wants to track your eyeballs. Plus, who would win in a real-world animal showdown: a ram or a Bengal tiger? NASA has released the first images of a star taken by the James We…
00:19:17 |
Fri 11 Feb 2022
Thu. 02/10 - Valentine's Meat Juice
A possible third planet has been spotted orbiting Proxima Centauri. Plus, a new record has been set by a nuclear fusion lab in the UK. And, just in time for the holiday, a brief history of Valentine’…
00:17:57 |
Thu 10 Feb 2022
Wed. 02/09 - 300 y/o Arctic Sponges Found Surviving on Fossilized Worms
The mysterious century-old sponges somehow surviving on a dead underwater mountain near the North Pole. Plus, doctors in Canada can now prescribe patients annual passes to National Parks. And SpaceX …
00:17:50 |
Wed 09 Feb 2022
Tue. 02/08 - Wine Bricks To The Rescue + Decoding Dickens & Digital Dollars
Is a national digital currency coming to the US? And what would that look like? Plus, coders have teamed up with scholars of British literature to decode Charles Dickens’s secret notes. And the very …
00:17:58 |
Tue 08 Feb 2022
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