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
Wed. 07/01 - The Beer Garden Run By Nuns
Physicists give us the lowdown on human teleportation. Some tips for taking actually impressive photos of fireworks this weekend. The nuns moonlighting as bartenders in Milwaukee. What works and what…
00:19:35 |
Wed 01 Jul 2020
Tue. 06/30 - Coming Soon: 3D-Printed Plant-Based Steaks
A massive star has vanished. Or collapsed into a black hole. We’re not really sure. The story behind the new 3D-printed plant-based meats. Tips on how to finish your side project. And why Dairy Queen…
00:18:37 |
Tue 30 Jun 2020
Mon. 06/29 - Virtually Relive Your Daily Commute
A barber who’s invented a new, safe way to give people haircuts. The son who embarked on an eighty-five day solo trip across the Atlantic ocean to get to his dad’s 90th birthday after the coronavirus…
00:15:10 |
Mon 29 Jun 2020
Fri. 06/26 - When Going to a Polling Site is Against Your Religion
The church created to circumvent a loophole in Tennessee's elections. VR is getting smell-o-vision, but smelling things is not actually the point. How to prevent your glasses from fogging up while we…
00:15:57 |
Fri 26 Jun 2020
Thu. 06/25 - NASA Wants YOU To Design a Moon Toilet
Tips for collaborating with coworkers and other ways to maximize working from home. NASA wants your help designing a toilet for their next trip to the moon. How unwanted pests in some store-bought br…
00:15:45 |
Thu 25 Jun 2020
Wed. 06/24 - Mental Health Tips for Reopening Post-Lockdown
A smart sponge that may be the key to cleaning up oil spills. How to mentally prepare as your town reopens. DIY instructions for making your own beehive bed. And the blossoming audience members that …
00:13:42 |
Wed 24 Jun 2020
Tue. 06/23 - Get Ready To Go To Flavortown, Ohio
A pet robot that’s helping cure COVID-19 loneliness. If you thought the fireworks going off every night in your town was bad, let me tell you about a city in France that has set them off every single…
00:16:17 |
Tue 23 Jun 2020
Mon. 06/22 - Send Your Cardboard Avatar To a Football Game
Another Neolithic structure discovered just down the street from Stonehenge. Why some people are more resilient than others. The cardboard cutouts stadiums are using in lieu of real, flesh-based huma…
00:16:30 |
Mon 22 Jun 2020
Fri. 06/19 - Space Cake: The Future of Astronaut Food
Father’s Day-–its origins and how it’s celebrated around the world. How the astronauts onboard the International Space Station are giving a whole new meaning to “space cake.” A fake Nirvana song made…
00:17:01 |
Fri 19 Jun 2020
Thu. 06/18 - The Segway Inventor Plans to Mass Produce Human Organs
Ahead of Juneteenth, a bit of background on its origins and the fight to make it a federal holiday. The inventor of the Segway has a plan to mass produce human organs. The productivity lifehack that …
00:18:02 |
Thu 18 Jun 2020
Wed. 06/17 - How Poop Can Prevent COVID-19 Outbreaks
The Statue of Liberty arrived in the US on this day in 1885––a look at its original intended meaning. How our poop could help flatten the curve. The Boccaccio Project that’s capturing the music of qu…
00:15:00 |
Wed 17 Jun 2020
Tue. 06/16 - The 411 on Dexamethasone: A New COVID-19 Treatment?
A new promising treatment for COVID-19. Good news for LGBTQ+ Americans. Why people are more honest when they’re typing on their smartphones versus on their computers. The one man who created the stuf…
00:19:22 |
Tue 16 Jun 2020
Mon. 06/15 - New Pandemic Solution: Just Print Your Own Money
The Kentucky tattoo shop fighting back against extremism. A small town in Washington that has straight up decided to start printing their own money. The science behind why heroes tend to downplay the…
00:16:56 |
Mon 15 Jun 2020
Fri. 06/12 - CGI Crowds & Virtual Barbers: Our New Normal
With fans not allowed in stadiums, some sports leagues are using computer-generated crowds to fill the stands. If your hair has grown to a completely unmanageable length, this new site can help. Scie…
00:18:07 |
Fri 12 Jun 2020
Thu. 06/11 - How To Safely Hug Someone Again
Weird comfort foods born out of historic times of discomfort. How to hug during a pandemic. Electric vehicle batteries may get a second life. Drones are now delivering library books to kids in Virgin…
00:20:16 |
Thu 11 Jun 2020
Wed. 06/10 - The Woman Who Made Stuffed Olives During Brain Surgery
The WHO’s new official advice on mask-wearing do’s and don’t’s. The 103 year-old retired Belgian doctor hoping to make a difference in the coronavirus effort. Archaeologists have uncovered an entire …
00:18:05 |
Wed 10 Jun 2020
Tue. 06/09 - When Epidemiologists Expect to Resume Everyday Activities
A look at when epidemiologists will personally be resuming various daily activities. The real people behind one of Apple’s most famous sound effects. How dropping f-bombs might actually be a useful s…
00:18:02 |
Tue 09 Jun 2020
Mon. 06/08 - The Hottest New Musician in the Bay Area: The Golden Gate Bridge?
New Zealand has officially reduced their number of coronavirus cases to zero. Apple apparently patented technology for socially-distanced group selfies. How to order first-class stamps with your face…
00:16:32 |
Mon 08 Jun 2020
Fri. 06/05 - It's National Donut Day! ...But Why?
A further look at the emerging controversy surrounding the data analytics company behind that big hydroxychloroquine study. Another study shows that humans apparently really do want to be kind to eac…
00:17:19 |
Fri 05 Jun 2020
Thu. 06/04 - Isaac Newton's Little Known Plague Cure
Confirmed case numbers continue to rise around the world as places that were previously spared are now the sites of major outbreaks. How do libraries disinfect books? Isaac Newton’s little known cure…
00:15:50 |
Thu 04 Jun 2020
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