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
Zero-Crew Warship Launched, Scientist Create a "Woolly Mouse", and TDIH - Senate Votes to Lower the Voting Age
DARPA looks to advance maritime warfare by launching a zero-crew warship and in the process of bringing back the woolly mammoth, scientists first create a woolly mouse - and it is adorable. On This D…
00:22:11 |
Mon 10 Mar 2025
VR Device Allows You to Taste Food Virtually and TDIH - Residents of Bikini Atoll Relocated For Atomic Bomb Testing
The Virtual Reality device that could allow us to taste food and drinks remotely. Plus, on This Day in History, the residents of Bikini Atoll are relocated to make way for US atomic bomb testing.
New…
00:21:06 |
Fri 07 Mar 2025
Blue Ghost Moon Lander Sends Back Data, World's Biggest Iceberg Runs Aground, and TDIH - First Major Virus Scare
“Blue Ghost” lands on the moon and is already sending data back, earth’s biggest iceberg runs aground – what are the implications? And on This Day in History, the first major public malware scare in …
00:21:57 |
Thu 06 Mar 2025
Gold Crown Found Under a Bed, Giant Goldfish Recovered, The World's Smallest Park, and TDIH - Great Depression Holiday to Prevent Bank Collapses
On today’s Weird Wednesday episode, an ancient Greek gold crown is found under a man’s bed, a giant goldfish is recovered in Pennsylvania, and the world has a new official “smallest park”. Plus, on T…
00:25:17 |
Wed 05 Mar 2025
Aging Faster Due to Heat, Australian Fossil Reshaping Dinosaur Hierarchy, and TIDH - The Evolution of the Fax Machine
How extreme heat can actually make you age faster and a fossil discovery is reshaping Australia’s dinosaur hierarchy. Plus, on This Day in History, we look at the evolution of the fax machine.
Ancie…
00:22:05 |
Tue 04 Mar 2025
The Insect Inspired Jumping Robot, Years When Humans Age the Most, and TDIH - John Dillinger Uses a Wooden Gun to Escape Prison
The walking and jumping robot inspired by the springtail insect. We also look at the two key times in your life where you will age the most. On This Day in History, John Dillinger breaks out of priso…
00:20:22 |
Mon 03 Mar 2025
Converting Aircraft Wind into Energy, Fossilized Bee Puzzles Scientists, and TDIH: Nylon Invented
Today’s episode brings us the converting of aircraft wind (from jet engines) into energy, the fossilized bee that is puzzling scientists, and on This Day in History; the invention of Nylon.
US airpor…
00:17:38 |
Fri 28 Feb 2025
How To Get a Good Night's Sleep, Famous Ocean Liner to Become a Reef, and TDIH - The Start of Mardi Gras
How to get a good night’s sleep - anxiety and when you go to sleep can affect your slumber. Plus, a famous ocean liner will soon be a reef and tourist attraction off the coast of Florida. On This Day…
00:23:21 |
Thu 27 Feb 2025
Reanimating Brain Tissue from Cryogenic Preservation, 46,000-Year-Old Worm Revived, Mummy Smells, and TDIH - Galileo Banned from Teaching
Another Weird Wednesday episode. Today we are reanimating life as scientists successfully revive brain tissue, and a 46,000-year-old worm comes back to the world of the living. Plus, we learn what mu…
00:23:21 |
Wed 26 Feb 2025
Removing CO2 From the Atmosphere, Hydrogen Reservoirs in Our Mountains, and TDIH - The First Paper Currency in the U.S.
Stanford chemist develops a method to remove CO2 from the atmosphere and vast hydrogen reservoirs likely reside in our mountains -- a renewable energy source that is difficult to produce syntheticall…
00:21:35 |
Tue 25 Feb 2025
Hydrogen Powered Motorcycle Prototype, Amateur Photographer Captures a Spacewalk, and TDIH - Ruling Allows Federal Courts to Overturn Congress If the Constitution is Violated
One Japanese motor company unveiled a hydrogen powered motorcycle and an amateur photographer captures a spacewalk. This Day in History; the Supreme Court decision that allows a federal court to over…
00:22:08 |
Mon 24 Feb 2025
Foreign Rocks Infiltrate Our Solar System, Turning Cancer Cells into Healthy Cells, and TDIH - The First Electric Burglar Alarm
On today's episode, our solar system is being invaded by particles from another star system and combating cancer by switching tumor cells back into healthy cells. Plus, on This Day in History, the fi…
00:19:52 |
Fri 21 Feb 2025
How Bacteria Could Help Solve Crimes, Boosting Beneficial Gut Bacteria with Coffee, and TDIH - The Underground Chicago Fright Tunnels
Today, bacteria are in the limelight as we discover how bacteria could help solve crimes and how coffee can help boost beneficial gut bacteria. On This Day in History, we go underground for the const…
00:18:54 |
Thu 20 Feb 2025
Feather-Shaped Clouds on Mars, Swallowed by a Whale, Sewer Animals, and TDIH - The Bombing of Darwin
This Weird Wednesday episode covers the colorful feather shaped clouds are spotted on Mars, a kayaker that was swallowed by a whale, and alligators (along with other animals) that are being found in …
00:24:50 |
Wed 19 Feb 2025
Brain Activity When Trying to Think of a Word, Brain Cells That Tell You to Stop Eating, and TDIH - The First Vacuum Cleaner
Today, we focus on the brain. A new study looks at what is happening in your brain when there is a word “on the tip of your tongue” and researchers discover the brain cells that tell you when to stop…
00:19:33 |
Tue 18 Feb 2025
Preparing Your Digital Assests After Death, Bison Released in the Great Plains, and TDIH - The First Submarine to Sink an Enemy Warship
Wills are used to list what happens to our physical goods after we die, but how should you plan ahead for your digital assets after death? We have a list of ways to prepare your digital life after pa…
00:22:42 |
Mon 17 Feb 2025
How a Beaver Dam Saved Money and a River, How Omega 3 Might Slow Aging, and TDIH - YouTube is Founded
Beavers build a much-needed dam that would have cost $1.2 million to make otherwise and how Omega 3 can slow your aging. Plus, on This Day in History, YouTube celebrates its 20th anniversary. We take…
00:18:18 |
Fri 14 Feb 2025
Chances of Asteroid Collision Have Increased, How Turmeric Can Help Support Your Health, and TDIH - The First Magazine in the US is Published
The chances have slightly increased for an asteroid collision with Earth or the Moon in 2032 and what that means for us. Plus, how turmeric may help restore antibiotic effectiveness and assist with f…
00:20:23 |
Thu 13 Feb 2025
Jumping Robots in Space, a Salmon Escape, an Egg Heist, Dumpster Diving for Bitcoin, and TDIH - "The Scream" is Stolen
This Weird Wednesday episode has the jumping robot that could help us discover our solar system, a salmon escape with a high bounty, the egg heist of the century, and dumpster diving for bitcoin. Plu…
00:23:14 |
Wed 12 Feb 2025
Heavy Cannabis Use and Brain Function, Mammoth Bone Structure Reveals Clues About Ice Age Hunters, and TDIH - The First Bicycling Club in the US
A new study finds heavy cannabis use can impair brain function during memory tasks and an ancient mammoth bone structure reveals clues about ice age hunters' lives. Plus, on This Day in History, Amer…
00:19:38 |
Tue 11 Feb 2025
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