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. 03/18 - Salmon Chaos & The Paris Commune
Today marks the 150th anniversary of the start of the Paris Commune––and it remains as controversial as ever. Scientists have grown a mouse embryo in an artificial womb and have set their sites on hu…
00:17:34 |
Fri 19 Mar 2021
Wed. 03/17 - Why Doesn't Channel 37 Exist?
Why analog TVs never had channel 37. Spoiler: the answer includes aliens. The rise of bitcoin ATMs. And the pretty amusing self-reported symptoms from the AstraZeneca vaccine. And all the latest brea…
00:19:54 |
Wed 17 Mar 2021
Tue. 03/16 - Daylight Saving Time? Not in this house!
How St. Patrick’s Day, as we know it now, is kind of more of an Irish-American holiday than a purely Irish one. More of the Dead Sea Scrolls have been uncovered in Israel for the first time in sixty …
00:18:59 |
Tue 16 Mar 2021
Mon. 03/15 - Brood X and Self-Sabotaging Zoom Calls
Brood X is coming: what you need to know about your soon-to-be neighbors. A new discovery in Spain has led to questions about the true role of women in the Bronze Age. The science behind why, once yo…
00:19:30 |
Mon 15 Mar 2021
Fri. 03/12 - A Sperm Bank on the Moon
The proposal to create a “modern ark” aka scientists want to store sperm and eggs in lava tubes on the moon as a back-up plan in case we accidentally destroy the earth. A new tool that could help us …
00:18:19 |
Fri 12 Mar 2021
Thu. 03/11 - Is This Ancient Biblical Forgery Actually Real?
It was written off as a forgery in 1883, but now it’s being reconsidered as the oldest known Biblical manuscript. Also, how the pandemic has affected the names people are choosing for their babies. A…
00:18:26 |
Thu 11 Mar 2021
Wed. 03/10 - A Year of the Pandemic WITHOUT the Internet
Reflections from a man who quit using the internet right before the pandemic started. A meteorite older than Earth was discovered in the Sahara Desert. And playable music videos? How film and music a…
00:17:46 |
Wed 10 Mar 2021
Tue. 03/09 - Could Aliens' Pollution Help Us Find Them?
Can we find extraterrestrial civilizations by searching the cosmos for their pollutants? Are humans hard-wired to be productive? And what can we learn about leisure from hunter-gatherer societies? Pl…
00:16:56 |
Tue 09 Mar 2021
Mon. 03/08 - Replacing The Simpsons Cast with AI Voice "Actors?"
Could The Simpsons replace their entire cast with AI replicas? A look at the scientific, artistic, and legal possibilities. Researchers have discovered an interesting trait in green tree frogs that t…
00:18:29 |
Mon 08 Mar 2021
Fri. 03/05 - A Physical Warp Drive Is Now Possible, Scientists Say
Will warp drive ever be possible? These scientists say they’ve created the first physical model for how it could work. A lookback at the Star Wars immunization PSAs of the 1970s. And a potential new …
00:17:05 |
Fri 05 Mar 2021
Thu. 03/04 - Will NFTs Change How We Buy Music & Movies?
Will NFTs bring about an economic and creative revolution for artists and change the way we buy our media? Kings of Leon are willing to give it a shot. A small village in Iceland is making a big bid …
00:18:49 |
Thu 04 Mar 2021
Wed. 03/03 - Life Lessons From Cats
Cuttlefish have passed a test designed for small human children. Polaroid has made a pen that draws in edible 3D candy. What we can learn from cats about being happier and more content with life. And…
00:18:53 |
Wed 03 Mar 2021
Tue. 03/02 - Light-Up Tattoos For You and Your Avocado
Scientists have created light-up OLED tattoos that could tell you when to put on sunscreen or when your avocados have gone bad. The Twitter account tracking Geneva Convention violations in video game…
00:17:22 |
Tue 02 Mar 2021
Mon. 03/01 - The Future: Fast Vaccines and Slow Social Media?
How the RNA-based platform used for some of the COVID-19 vaccines is already changing the game for other diseases. Plus, “I got vaccinated” stickers and selfie stations are starting to pop up. And an…
00:18:38 |
Mon 01 Mar 2021
Fri. 02/26 - Is Mr. Potato Head Non-fungible?
Delving into the world of crypto art and non-fungible tokens. A history of Mr. Potato Head, or, I’m sorry, just Potato Head? And a few links to help you chill out this weekend.
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00:18:28 |
Fri 26 Feb 2021
Thu. 02/25 - The Anti-Marie Kondo & Radical Keeping
How to make your clothes last longer and practice the art of “radical keeping” according to “the anti-Marie Kondo.” A segment about #Buttergate in Canada that’s not really about Buttergate afterall. …
00:18:07 |
Thu 25 Feb 2021
Wed. 02/24 - How Childhood Illness Can Shape Future Immune Response
How the flu you had as a kid could shape your immune response to future flu viruses. A bunch of videos have been going viral showing snow not melting when held up against a flame, but it’s not a cons…
00:18:01 |
Wed 24 Feb 2021
Tue. 02/23 - The History (and Erasure) of Black Brewers
Beer culture is perceived as overwhelmingly white, but its history and its present is not. A historical look at the erasure of Black brewers. The impact of pandemic boredom on the economy. And a new …
00:18:58 |
Tue 23 Feb 2021
Mon. 02/22 - Two-Way Dream Communication
Scientists have tapped deeper into the depths of our dreams by achieving two-way communication with lucid dreamers. Why were there so many serial killers between 1970 and 2000? And what stopped them?…
00:17:42 |
Mon 22 Feb 2021
Fri. 02/19 - Green Oranges, Pink Margarine, & Grey Salmon: A Brief History of Dyed Foods in the U.S.
A history of how the US government started deciding what color our food is allowed to be. Could lab-grown wood disrupt the lumber industry? And, The Muppet Show has been released from the Disney Vaul…
00:17:39 |
Fri 19 Feb 2021
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