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
Tue. 07/13 - A Cache of Metal Type Found in Korea
Archeologists dig up a massive cache of 15th century metal printing type in South Korea, a baby beaver is born in Exmoor, what if ice cream but also macaroni and cheese, a video-game breaks records a…
00:18:02 |
Tue 13 Jul 2021
Mon. 07/12 - The Heliopause That Refreshes
Houseplants became Instagram models in 2020 driving sales up by billions and overwhelming mail-order and garden-supply stores; we know a lot more about the bulbous shape of the sun’s shield against t…
00:19:19 |
Mon 12 Jul 2021
Thu. 07/08 - Will We Still Own Things In the Future?
New findings in the debate about whether the dinosaurs were actually already in a sharp decline before the asteroid hit the Earth. A rumination on private ownership and how, by 2030, we might not own…
00:18:31 |
Thu 08 Jul 2021
Wed. 07/07 - Algae Beer, Lead-Poisoned Emperors, & mRNA Flu Vaccines
Could lead poisoning have led to the fall of Rome? The Australian craft brewery using algae to offset their carbon emissions. And Moderna has started human trials of their mRNA flu vaccine.
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00:18:38 |
Wed 07 Jul 2021
Tue. 07/06 - Is the 4-Day Workweek Actually Happening This Time?
Why do we have a five-day work week and could changes from the pandemic be enough to finally implement the long held fantasy of the four-day work week? Are we looking at a passwordless login landscap…
00:18:53 |
Tue 06 Jul 2021
Fri. 07/02 - The Restaurant Taco Bell Lifted Their Taco Recipe From
The restaurant that inspired Taco Bell, its larger legacy, and the question of authenticity. Plus, the new species of beetle that was discovered in some fossilized dinosaur dung. And the communities …
00:17:39 |
Fri 02 Jul 2021
Thu. 07/01 - How to Stop A/C's from Warming the Planet
This week has proven we need air conditioners more than ever, but we also need them to be better than ever. Here are some of the innovations being considered. Plus, one of the women from the secret M…
00:18:31 |
Thu 01 Jul 2021
Wed. 06/30 - Why 1980s Nostalgia Films Won't Die
What’s with the on-going trend of horror films and TV shows being set in the 1980s? Is sunscreen worse in the United States compared to Europe? And one of the sports returning to the Olympics next mo…
00:17:16 |
Wed 30 Jun 2021
Tue. 06/29 - The Underground McDonald's DIY Recipe Guide for Recreating 1960s Menu Items
Why exactly were McDonald’s french fries so good back in the day? Why did they change and can the secret original recipe be recreated? Plus, a new sort of post-post-punk subgenre is emerging in the p…
00:20:07 |
Tue 29 Jun 2021
Mon. 06/28 - A New Extinct Human Species? The Giant Skull Everyone's Talking About
As promised on Friday, more information on the so-called Dragon Man––the recently unveiled 140,000-year-old skull that may be a new species of extinct human. The science behind why all your in-person…
00:19:15 |
Mon 28 Jun 2021
Fri. 06/25 - 20,000 Years Ago, A Different Coronavirus Epidemic Hit Humanity
Researchers have found evidence of a coronavirus epidemic from 20,000 years ago. A new blood test that can detect fifty different types of cancer. And what the lowercase “i” in Apple products stands …
00:19:51 |
Fri 25 Jun 2021
Thu. 06/24 - Astronauts' Dirty Laundry
The growing attempts to put flavor back into our produce because, yes, apparently it left. An update on the lumber industry and what it could mean for the economy overall. And the surprisingly strang…
00:17:21 |
Thu 24 Jun 2021
Wed. 06/23 - How to Recover from "Zoom Body" + A Big Ol' Comet's a-Comin'
A very big and very strange comet-ish object has entered our solar system. Some tips to help your body recover from a year of virtual learning, working, and socializing. And the two badass twelve-yea…
00:17:28 |
Wed 23 Jun 2021
Tue. 06/22 - Smart Slime, Supermoons, & Upcycled Food Scraps
How a single-celled yellow slime is changing the way scientists think about intelligence. A new upcycled food label that would let you know when your food has been made with food scraps that would’ve…
00:18:07 |
Tue 22 Jun 2021
Mon. 06/21 - How the Pandemic Reshaped the Home of the Future
What will our homes look like in the future and how much has the pandemic shaped that vision? Plus, why are humans so thirsty? And, Brian Eno has found a home for hundreds of his previously unrelease…
00:17:37 |
Mon 21 Jun 2021
Fri. 06/18 - Are There Dinosaur Teeth on the Moon?
A new species of giant rhino might be the largest land mammal that ever walked the earth. Did you know there are probably dinosaur teeth on the moon? For real. The Girl Scouts have millions of leftov…
00:16:51 |
Fri 18 Jun 2021
Thu. 06/17 - Top 10 Best Homes for Extraterrestrial Life & the 20-5-3 Rule
A ranking of the top ten best places in our solar system to find extraterrestrial life. Plus, you know about the food pyramid, but what about the nature pyramid? Also called the 20-5-3 rule. And, I g…
00:19:50 |
Thu 17 Jun 2021
Wed. 06/16 - How Xerox & Some Dalmatians Saved Disney
How Juneteenth has evolved over the years from its origins in Texas, and its reception today. How the Xerox machine (and several dozen dalmatian puppies) saved Disney Animation Studios from closing u…
00:17:40 |
Wed 16 Jun 2021
Tue. 06/15 - A Lunar Telescope Built From Moon Dust
A new report from fifty of the world’s leading experts on the need to combine solutions for combatting the climate crisis and our planet’s rapidly declining biodiversity. California’s historically lo…
00:17:09 |
Tue 15 Jun 2021
Mon. 06/14 - The Full Tale of the Man Nearly Eaten By a Whale on Friday
The full story of the man who was swallowed by a humpback whale on Friday and lived to tell the tale. Calories. Who’s responsible for their inclusion in the world of nutrition? Some weird highlights …
00:19:59 |
Mon 14 Jun 2021
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