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
Thu. 04/15 - What Do Spiderwebs Sound Like?
The CDC says we should wait two weeks after our final COVID-19 vaccination to be considered fully vaccinated, but why? What do spiderwebs sound like? These scientists turned them into music. Google E…
00:18:16 |
Thu 15 Apr 2021
Wed. 04/14 - A Pterosaur With Opposable Thumbs?
We’ve all been talking about Zoom Fatigue for the past year, but a new study has the facts on the phenomenon. Have you tried booking a rental car and noticed they’re all sold out or only going for ex…
00:17:03 |
Wed 14 Apr 2021
Tue. 04/13 - A Methane-Eating Bacteria Inside of Trees
Researchers have found a methane-eating bacteria living in a common species of Australian tree. The UK is considering a legal “right to disconnect” for remote workers. Archaeologists in Saudi Arabia …
00:16:48 |
Tue 13 Apr 2021
Mon. 04/12 - Is An Art Movement Happening On TikTok?
Genetically-modified mosquitoes are set to be released in Florida, but will locals thwart the project? A new technology that can 3D print bones directly inside of patients’ bodies. Is TikTok our late…
00:19:32 |
Mon 12 Apr 2021
Fri. 04/09 - The Sound of Our Future Depends On Electric Vehicles
The story of the woman whose decades of research helped make the mRNA COVID vaccines possible. Plus, electric cars don’t make much noise, which means we have the opportunity now to design what the fu…
00:19:17 |
Fri 09 Apr 2021
Thu. 04/08 - Who Invented the High Five?
Where did the high five come from? Who came up with it? And why has it persisted for so long? Plus, what if we could turn the entire Earth into a telescope? One astronomer has drawn up the plans. And…
00:18:28 |
Thu 08 Apr 2021
Wed. 04/07 - The 1970s Clubhouse Precursor
When social media happened over the phone. Have physicists found a new force of nature? And the long-lost Lord of the Rings made-for-TV-movie produced by Soviet Russia.
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00:17:27 |
Wed 07 Apr 2021
Tue. 04/06 - A New Bacteria Discovered on the ISS That Could Help Grow Plants on Mars
A new bacteria was discovered on the International Space Station and it could mean interesting things for our future on Mars. The latest shortage in the US has left restaurant owners scrambling to ca…
00:19:36 |
Tue 06 Apr 2021
Mon. 04/05 - Vaccine Side Effects: Myths & Tips
Busting some myths and sharing some doctor-backed advice on COVID vaccine side effects. The history of cigarette cards and how they played an important role in World War II. And how narwhal tusks act…
00:19:02 |
Mon 05 Apr 2021
Fri. 04/02 - When Ships Were Stuck at the Suez Canal for Eight YEARS & a Micronation Was Formed at Sea
It turns out we got lucky with how quickly the Ever Given was freed. The last time the Suez Canal was blocked, it dragged on for eight years and led to the creation of a micro-nation at sea with a se…
00:18:43 |
Fri 02 Apr 2021
Thu. 04/01 - Slamilton: A Basketball Musical
Could humans evolve to be venomous? The man currently walking from Washington D.C. to New York City and tweeting all the way. The Hamilton/Space Jam mashup you never knew you needed. A brief roundup …
00:18:20 |
Thu 01 Apr 2021
Wed. 03/31 - Why All The Galaxy Carpets In 90s Movie Theaters?
Why did every movie theater in the 90s install that galaxy-themed carpet? A mafia fugitive who got caught by authorities after starting a cooking channel on YouTube. And the theory that the remains o…
00:17:34 |
Wed 31 Mar 2021
Tue. 03/30 - Zombie Brain Cells Keep Going After We Die
The medieval version of the millennial avocado craze––if avocados were only eaten when rotten and commonly referred to with a sexual nickname, anyways. Turns out that after we die, certain “zombie ce…
00:17:46 |
Tue 30 Mar 2021
Mon. 03/29 - Why The Lawyer Cat Filter Was a Default on Thousands of Computers
A new fossil analysis that bolsters the theory that primates may have lived alongside dinosaurs––and somehow survived extinction. The high school girl who invented color-changing sutures that show wh…
00:19:30 |
Mon 29 Mar 2021
Fri. 03/26 - We Are All the Big Boat Stuck in the Suez Canal
The gargantuan container ship is still blocking traffic from flowing in the Suez Canal, but it has not stemmed the creativity of people online––from memes to fanfic, here’s your Ever Given round-up. …
00:19:57 |
Fri 26 Mar 2021
Thu. 03/25 - How to Cook & Eat Cicadas
Have you ever wondered who or what comes up with the explanatory blurbs beneath trending terms on Twitter? I’ve got your answer. Your guide to eating and enjoying the Brood X cicadas. And a website t…
00:17:43 |
Thu 25 Mar 2021
Wed. 03/24 - Oops All Shrimp Tails! The Cinnamon Toast Crunch Saga
The saga of the shrimp tails in the Cinnamon Toast Crunch, and what it has to do with Chance the Rapper, women’s basketball, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, and Topanga. Scientists have id…
00:20:00 |
Wed 24 Mar 2021
Tue. 03/23 - How Fast Did Forrest Gump Run?
How fast was Forrest Gump running when he jogged across the country? The running community on Reddit did the math. A study has confirmed that some people do actually age faster than others, quite a b…
00:19:12 |
Tue 23 Mar 2021
Mon. 03/22 - The Bakery AI Being Used For Cancer Research
The AI built to tell pastries apart that’s now being used for cancer research. It turns out a large portion of Mars’ water may be hiding in the planet’s crust. And, if one of your online orders got l…
00:19:30 |
Mon 22 Mar 2021
Fri. 03/19 - The Feuding Cousins Responsible For Our COVID Test Swab Supply
The family feud putting the US’s COVID-19 test swab supply at risk. Could we use our food waste and sewage to fuel jets? And the projected symbol that was spotted in towns all around the world last n…
00:16:50 |
Fri 19 Mar 2021
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