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. 10/22 - The Rare Tree Needed for a COVID-19 Vaccine
What does root beer have to do with a potential COVID-19 vaccine? A deep dive on that connection. A peek into the world of people who grow giant vegetables. And the Iowa woman who had her cat success…
00:18:19 |
Thu 22 Oct 2020
Wed. 10/21 - Co-Working On A Ferris Wheel
Today is International Pronoun Day so here are some historical facts about pronouns. Scientists have discovered a previously unknown organ in the human body. And forget about WeWork, a Japanese amuse…
00:16:00 |
Wed 21 Oct 2020
Tue. 10/20 - Tardigrade Sunscreen & Cursed Twinkies
Tardigrade sunscreen. Coming soon? How to enjoy a socially-distanced holiday season. Some promising methods for upcycling plastic into more valuable materials. And the curious case of the extremely m…
00:17:59 |
Tue 20 Oct 2020
Mon. 10/19 - The Moon Is Getting a Nokia Cellular Network
The fourteen-year-old Texan who may have just made an important discovery for potential COVID-19 treatments. An update on the safety and new norms surrounding air travel. Nokia is building a mobile n…
00:17:07 |
Mon 19 Oct 2020
Fri. 10/16 - Will Plastic Bubbles Save Live Music? The Flaming Lips Think So.
More and more humans these days have an extra artery. The 2020 Tony Award nominations and the very strange case of Mr. Aaron Tveit. A calculator that will tell you how much time you’re wasting in you…
00:15:07 |
Fri 16 Oct 2020
Thu. 10/15 – 50/50 Odds We Live In a Simulation, New Study Finds
A new study puts our odds of living in a simulation at about 50-50. So, that’s a thing. There has been a second sighting of a person on a jetpack flying through LAX’s flight path. And tips to curb yo…
00:18:31 |
Thu 15 Oct 2020
Wed. 10/14 - Can Virtual Public Parks Save Democracy?
A thought-provoking proposal from Eli Pariser on how we can fix the broken parts of the internet by creating digital public parks. NASA drops their latest single: the sounds of the Milky Way. And how…
00:15:24 |
Wed 14 Oct 2020
Tue. 10/13 - A Star Spaghettified By a Black Hole (Yes, that's the technical term)
What’s up with all those merpeople and sea monsters on old maps? Why Peru opened up Machu Picchu after seven months for one single man to visit. The supermassive black hole that spaghettified a star.…
00:20:23 |
Tue 13 Oct 2020
Mon. 10/12 - The Indigenous Practice of Controlled Burning to Prevent Wildfires
It’s Indigenous People’s Day today. How and when did this start becoming a thing? How west coast governments are finally turning to tribal leaders for assistance preventing wildfires. A serious colla…
00:18:19 |
Mon 12 Oct 2020
Fri. 10/09 - What OS Do They Use In Space?
What kind of operating system do they use in space? The science behind cocktails, to up your at-home mixology game. The 22-year-old responsible for the most viral beats on Tiktok. And the Connecticut…
00:20:13 |
Fri 09 Oct 2020
Thu. 10/08 – 1000 Years Before Darwin, Islamic Scholars Wrote About Evolution
The Islamic scholars who beat Darwin to the punch by about a thousand years. A cool site for finding new books to read. The world’s largest ouija board. And naked celebrities teaching us about naked …
00:18:37 |
Thu 08 Oct 2020
Wed. 10/07 - Paid to Gate-Crash Funerals
The twenty-four possible super-habitable planets that could be better than Earth. The man you can pay to gatecrash your funeral. The perfect conclusion to the skateboarding cranberry juice trend, and…
00:17:19 |
Wed 07 Oct 2020
Tue. 10/06 - Asbestos: The Secret Weapon Against Climate Change?
How the pandemic is changing our taste in music. The most ironic thing that could happen to a newly-published book titled Word Perfect. How asbestos might actually be a weapon against the climate cri…
00:18:14 |
Tue 06 Oct 2020
Mon. 10/05 - Vending Machine Operators Are Trending
Archaeologists have found evidence of neurons in the brain of a Mount Vesuvius victim that basically turned to glass. The latest entrepreneurial trend of the pandemic taking off, in part thanks to in…
00:16:53 |
Mon 05 Oct 2020
Fri. 10/02 - Witchy Ingredients Aren't What They Seem
It turns out crows have some skills we once thought were unique to humans. Breaking down what exactly ingredients like “eye of newt” and “tongue of dog” actually are. And Neil Cicierega’s latest mash…
00:20:12 |
Fri 02 Oct 2020
Thu. 10/01 - The Earth Does NOT Have a Black Hole Inside It... Right?
Why are people saying there’s a black hole at the center of the Earth? The Irish Supreme Court declares that Subway’s bread is not actually bread. The surprising controllers the US Navy uses for its …
00:20:52 |
Thu 01 Oct 2020
Wed. 09/30 - Edward Hopper Copied Others in Early Paintings
A guide to the lunar spectacles in October. Some tips for improving communication when wearing masks. The surprising discovery that some of Edward Hopper’s early works were copied. And the wearable s…
00:18:20 |
Wed 30 Sep 2020
Tue. 09/29 - The Dark Origins of Nike's "Just Do It" Slogan
A Halloween rocket launch. A brief peek into the history of book burnings in honor of Banned Books Week. The surprising and grim origins of Nike’s “Just Do It” slogan. More water has been found on Ma…
00:17:12 |
Tue 29 Sep 2020
Mon. 09/28 - Time Travel, Biomedical Tattoos, & Satanic Tea
An undergrad has proven that paradox-free time travel is indeed possible. If you thought email newsletters were ubiquitous now, let me introduce you to the world of 1930s mimeograph newsletters. The …
00:19:23 |
Mon 28 Sep 2020
Fri. 09/25 - Making Millions on Face Masks
The face mask economy––how everyone from high fashion designers to mom and pop shops on Etsy met the demand, and where they go from here. The origins of the phrase “jack of all trades.” Arnold Schwar…
00:18:26 |
Fri 25 Sep 2020
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