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. 02/07 - How Many Micromorts Is Listening To This Podcast?
Micromorts, the unit of measurement that predicts your risk of death. How effective are they and how could we make it more effective, especially with regards to the pandemic? Plus, why Washington sta…
00:19:03 |
Mon 07 Feb 2022
Fri. 02/04 - The "Eminently Boycottable" Olympics
The Olympic Games have officially begun––how to reconcile excitement for the sports and the spectacle with the reality of the situation. Plus, controversy is brewing over the remains of Captain Cook’…
00:20:03 |
Fri 04 Feb 2022
Thu. 02/03 - Where Did Numbers Come From?
When did we start counting? Are numbers just a modern human concept? Plus, we have more details about the impending end of the International Space Station as focus turns ever-more to the moon and Mar…
00:21:22 |
Thu 03 Feb 2022
Wed. 02/02 - How Many Weeks of Winter When the Groundhog Dies?
How does your brain know when you’ve had enough to drink each time you take a sip of water? Plus, a Groundhog Day tragedy, how North America came to celebrate this wacky holiday, and what it’s future…
00:18:41 |
Wed 02 Feb 2022
Tue. 02/01 - 2,500 Subway Cars Under the Sea
The New York City subway cars taking on a second job on the ocean floor. Plus, a successful drone created using Leonardo da Vinci’s aerial screw design. And crows in Sweden are being trained to pick …
00:16:18 |
Tue 01 Feb 2022
Mon. 01/31 - I Want a Christmas Moon Tree & A Shot of Spikevax
The lost history of moon trees. Not quite as exciting as it sounds, but still really cool. Plus, the lineup of new emojis that just dropped on iOS 15.4––as well as a new study showing how emoji use c…
00:19:05 |
Mon 31 Jan 2022
Fri. 01/28 - Why the Metaverse Doesn't Have Legs
Catalonia is set to pardon a thousand people who were condemned for witchcraft four hundred years ago. Plus, a mysterious object discovered in our galaxy has astronomers a bit stumped. And why don’t …
00:17:52 |
Fri 28 Jan 2022
Thu. 01/27 - The History of “sus” is… pretty sus
What’s up with the drastically different predictions for this weekend’s Nor’easter, and how is snowfall measured anyways? Plus, the sus-prisingly long history of the term “sus.” And, sometimes pre-or…
00:17:15 |
Thu 27 Jan 2022
Wed. 01/26 - Dun, Dun, Duuuuun!
Is there liquid water under Mars ice cap or isn’t there? Recent studies have claimed both. And what about an underground ocean on Saturn’s death star moon? Here’s all of your space water updates. Plu…
00:18:35 |
Wed 26 Jan 2022
Tue. 01/25 - Extreme Ironing: Can You Take The Heat?
A look into the world of extreme ironing. Plus, how China has been making strides in controlling the weather by shooting rockets at clouds. And, a much more low-key opportunity to help NASA collect d…
00:18:11 |
Tue 25 Jan 2022
Mon. 01/24 - Why Do Americans Eat So Much Peanut Butter?
The James Webb Space Telescope has officially reached its destination. What can we expect next? And why do Americans eat so much more peanut butter than anyone else? A bit of history on this National…
00:17:25 |
Mon 24 Jan 2022
Fri. 01/21 - False Bananas & Sexy Skeletons
How a new technique for 3D printing metal could revolutionize manufacturing. Plus, the great potential of the false banana. And archeology’s “sexual revolution.”
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00:17:45 |
Fri 21 Jan 2022
Thu. 01/20 - A Film Studio IN SPACE
Some reassurance from the experts that being bad at Wordle is not a sign you’re less smart than everyone else. Plus, the International Space Station is getting a film studio and sports arena. No word…
00:19:23 |
Thu 20 Jan 2022
Wed. 01/19 - No Fries, Pricey Lumber, & Fake Soup
From french fries to snow plows, the global shortages continue. But are we starting to see the beginning of a whole new world for workers and the supply chain? Plus, you know what kind of soup you ca…
00:23:22 |
Wed 19 Jan 2022
Tue. 01/18 - tl;dr idk (and that's ok)
Choosing to remain in the dark; on the power of “deliberate ignorance.” Plus, AI that can make academic articles more comprehensible, and one site in particular that took off last week. And a new bro…
00:24:02 |
Tue 18 Jan 2022
Mon. 01/17 - What's In a Name? From Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to MLK
The thought leaders who inspired Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Plus, his childhood name change, what to make of his legacy, and more. Also today, what caused the massive volcanic eruption in Tonga over …
00:17:57 |
Mon 17 Jan 2022
Fri. 01/14 - The Internet's (and French Dressing's) Identity Crisis
What is slow internet and is it a thing we should still be striving towards? What about slow email? Plus, in some very pressing news, the US Food & Drug Administration has officially deregulated Fren…
00:18:44 |
Fri 14 Jan 2022
Thu. 01/13 - Un-distilled Non-Whiskey & the King of No One
The growing market for non-alcoholic beers, and a new “undistilled non-whiskey” that’s arrived just in time for Dry January. Plus, the search for a new king of a tiny island. And, the debate over “gh…
00:19:39 |
Thu 13 Jan 2022
Wed. 01/12 - Go Ahead and Listen To This Episode at 1.5x Speed
The real physics of Wile E. Coyote’s 10 billion volt electromagnet. Plus, cannabis can prevent SARS CoV-2 from spreading. Technically. And does listening to this podcast at double speed decrease your…
00:16:01 |
Wed 12 Jan 2022
Tue. 01/11 - Wordle Wordle Everywhere
A human has received a genetically-altered pig’s heart in a transplant for the first time ever. Plus, China’s lunar lander found water on the moon. And a look into the origins and phenomenon of Wordl…
00:18:55 |
Tue 11 Jan 2022
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