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
New "Strong as Steel, Light as Styrofoam" Material, the PlayStation Network Issue/Compensation, and TDIH - Man vs Computer Chess Match
The new material that is as strong as steel but light as Styrofoam along with the PlayStation Network issue that occurred over the weekend and their plan for compensation. Plus, on This Day in Histor…
00:20:56 |
Mon 10 Feb 2025
Gecko Inspired Anti-slip Shoes. Europa Clipper Mission Update, and TDIH - Leather Shoes Rations Issued During WWII
Anti-slip shoes that were inspired by geckos and an update on the Europa Clipper mission as new images have been received from its flight to Jupiter. Plus, on This Day in History, restrictions on lea…
00:21:08 |
Fri 07 Feb 2025
Apes Understand When You Are Clueless, The First Moon Data Center, and TDIH - Jack Kirby and the First Integrated Circuit
A new study suggests that apes can recognize when a human doesn’t know something and will try to fill in the gaps, plus, we look at the first possible lunar data center. On This Day in History, we fo…
00:18:23 |
Thu 06 Feb 2025
New Fabric to Keep You Warm, Questions About Ancient Civilizations on Mars, Satellite for Sale on Ebay, and the Scotland Cat Ban. Plus, TDIH - The Lost Atomic Bomb
It's a Weird Wednesday episode; the new fabric that will warm you up without the use of electronics, a resurfaced image has people questioning life on Mars, an old satellite that is for sale, and cat…
00:22:25 |
Wed 05 Feb 2025
Robot Pets Prove Beneficial, Asteroid Samples Lend Insight to Extraterrestrial Life, and TDIH - The Space Mirror Mission
How robot pets could be beneficial, the sample from Bennu adds insight to extraterrestrial life, and on This Day in History, the space mirror that designed to light up the long winter for the arctic.…
00:19:28 |
Tue 04 Feb 2025
Treating Brain Cancer in Kids, Dream Chaser Spaceplane, and TDIH - The Death of Buddy Holly
Groundbreaking immunotherapy for treating brain cancer in kids, the retro yet futuristic spaceplane that could be used to resupply the ISS and, on This Day in History, the day the music died - the pl…
00:21:17 |
Mon 03 Feb 2025
Long Lost Rocky Mountain Forest, Largest Volcanic Eruption in Our Solar System, Man and Dog Reunited After Eight Years, and TDIH - First Automobile to Reach 100 MPH
A melting ice patch in the Rocky Mountains revealed a pristine frozen ancient forest, we head out of this world where the Juno spacecraft detected the largest volcanic eruption in our solar system, a…
00:20:14 |
Fri 31 Jan 2025
Mice with Two Dads, the Asteroid That Wasn't an Asteroid, and TDIH - The First Computer Virus is Created
For the first time a mouse with two male parents reaches adulthood – yes, you heard that correctly and we’ve got details. Plus, an amateur astronomer thought he’d discovered a dangerous asteroid, onl…
00:20:57 |
Thu 30 Jan 2025
Two Rare Corpse Flowers Bloom, Mistakenly Declared Dead, Seawater Pool Plan, Research Monkeys Finally Captured, and TDIH - "The Raven" is First Published
For today's Weird Wednesday episode, two smelly flowers bloom on opposite sides of the planet, the mother who was mistakenly declared dead, Greece’s pool plan to help with droughts, and escaped resea…
00:20:22 |
Wed 29 Jan 2025
The Fastest Winds Ever Recorded, Bizarre Chirping in Space, and TDIH - The Lego Brick Design
A gas-giant 500 light-years from earth has the fastest winds ever recorded – and they make a category 5 hurricane look like a nice spring breeze. Plus, a bizarre chirping in space has scientists puzz…
00:17:50 |
Tue 28 Jan 2025
Making AI Feel Pain, Supermarket Dumpster Diving, and TDIH - National Geographic Forms
Researchers try to make AI feel pain and what we can learn from that. Plus, one solution to food waste that might make you say, eww. Also, on This Day in History, the formation of National Geographic…
00:19:02 |
Mon 27 Jan 2025
Creating Rocket Fuel in Space, Backpacks to Help Kids Read, and TDIH - The First Chocolate Covered Ice Cream Bar
Using photosynthesis to create rocket fuel in space and turning old cement bags into solar-powered backpacks that are helping children with reading. Plus, on This Day in History, the first chocolate …
00:17:10 |
Fri 24 Jan 2025
The Mysteries Found Deep in Earth's Mantle, Rare Shark Fossil Found, and TDIH - First Female Medical Degree and the Birth of the Frisbee
Uncovering the mysteries deep within the Earth’s mantle, a nearly complete ancient shark fossil found in Peru, and on This Day in History, a double feature - the first woman to earn a medical degree …
00:19:38 |
Thu 23 Jan 2025
Tumor Removed Through Eye Socket, Unique Inheritance for a Town, Lazio Team Mascot Canned, Drug Addicted Rats, and TDIH - The Creation of the CIA
Groundbreaking surgery that removed a brain tumor through the eye socket, the inheritance left to a town that the deceased never visited, the Lazio team mascot won’t be allowed at the games anymore d…
00:18:56 |
Wed 22 Jan 2025
Carrots Defending Against Diabetes, The World's Oldest Ice, Jewels Found in Lithuania, and TDIH - The DeLorean
How carrots may be the key to defending against diabetes, what the world’s oldest ice, extracted from two miles beneath the Antarctic surface, can tell us about our planet – and crowns, scepters and …
00:19:19 |
Tue 21 Jan 2025
New Obesity Definition, New Snake and Spider Identified, and TDIH - the "Father of American Rollercoasters"
The revised definition of obesity and a new species of snake and spider there were announced decades after being found. Plus, on This Day in History, the "Father of American Rollercoasters".
BMI Side…
00:19:06 |
Mon 20 Jan 2025
Large Aquifer Discovered, Toilet Paper Made from Used Diapers, and TDIH - Popeye's First Appearance
The huge aquifer discovered in the Oregon Cascades and the toilet paper made from used diapers - you heard that correct. Plus, on This Day in History, Popeye makes his first appearance.
Atop the Oreg…
00:19:22 |
Fri 17 Jan 2025
How to Prepare for the TikTok Ban, Best Celestial Object for a Human Settlement, and TDIH - "The Bottle Conjuror" Hoax
What you should do to prepare for the upcoming TikTok ban and the why the moon may be the best place for a human settlement, at least for now. Plus, on This Day in History, the hoax article advertisi…
00:24:26 |
Thu 16 Jan 2025
The First Wooden Satellite, Mysterious Ring That Fell in Kenya, New Potato Chip Flavors, Long-Lost Christmas Present, and TDIH - Great Molasses Flood in Boston
On this Weird Wednesday episode, the future of satellites could be wood, the mysterious ring that fell in Kenya, the new flavors of potato chips that are here to stay, and the long-lost Christmas pre…
00:19:13 |
Wed 15 Jan 2025
Possible Interstellar Travel Ideas Purposed, the Power of a Good Night's Sleep, and TDIH - the Clarinet is Invented
Plans of emerged on how we can travel to the nearest star system in just 20 to 40 years, and we look at what a good night’s sleep can do for your mind. Plus, on This Day in History, the wind instrume…
00:18:03 |
Tue 14 Jan 2025
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