Cool Stuff Ride Home

By 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,... more

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The podcast currently has 1,101 episodes available.

Cool Stuff Ride Home episodes:

January 15, 2024 Ancient Amazon Cities and No Fun Highway Signs
Ancient Amazon cities have been discovered, the feds play ‘fun police’ with highway signs, and this day is history – the hat that caused a riot!

Ancient Amazon Cities (Gizmodo) (AP News)

No Fun Highway Signs (AP News)

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17min
January 12, 2024 Snow Fly Research, Endangered Clam Revival, and A Good Dog Saves the Day
'Tis the season for snow flies, a large endangered clam makes a comeback in the Adriatic, and a good dog named Kobe saves the day – some feel-good vibes heading to the weekend … that, plus this Week in History - we go back to the golden age of comic books.

Snow Flies (NPR)

Clam Comeback (Reuters)

Good Dog (Good News Network)

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17min
January 11, 2024 Giant Ape Extinction and Could Gray Hair Be Reversible?
Why a Giant Ape Species went extinct over 200 thousand years ago and could gray hair be reversible? Plus, this day in history - a special day for one of the most popular modern day book series.

Giant Ape (AP News)

Gray Hair (Popular Mechanics)

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17min
January 10, 2024 The Tidy Mouse and Weird Wednesday
It’s not Mighty Mouse, it’s Tidy Mouse and Weird Wednesday - we cover some of the odd, interesting stories that we found this week. Plus, this day in history - we send signals to the moon with Project Diana.

Tidy Mouse (UPI)

Talking Bidet (Gizmodo)

Cash Eating Dog (UPI)

80-Year Old Letter (UPI)

Popsicle Structure (UPI)

Baking Record (UPI)

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20min
January 09, 2024 EEAGER Beaver, Elvis AI Concert, and Starbucks Stanley Mayhem
Beavers could potentially help combat natural disasters. The King, Elvis Presley is set to make comeback thanks to AI … and mayhem at Target, thanks to Starbucks … we’ll explain. Plus, this day in history - it is a good date for Apple.

EEAGER Beaver (CBC)

AI Elvis (Reuters)

Starbucks Stanley Cup (Yahoo News)

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20min
January 08, 2024 Toronto's Marathon Man and Google's Privacy Update
Toronto’s Marathon Man treks more than 7,000 MILES in a single year, Google is finally addresses one of the internet’s biggest privacy concerns, plus this week in history - the law against flirting.

Toronto’s Marathon Man (CBC)

Google Disables Cookies (Gizmodo)

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22min
January 05, 2024 Sonic Boom-less Aircraft, Space Plane Experiments, and Largest Australian Venomous Spider
Beware of the record-setting spider in Australia, plus a couple experiments take to the skies for NASA and the military. This Week in History focuses on an anniversary for Reggie’s namesake.

X-59 Supersonic Jet (Gizmodo) (CNET)

X-37B Space Plane (AP News)

Australian Spider (Sky News)

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18min
January 04, 2024 The Met to Return Stolen Art, Island Caretaker Applications, and Classic Video Game Beat
The Metropolitan Museum of Art to repatriate dozens of stolen pieces of art, a remote island is now accepting applications for an eight-month care-taker position – and they want two! Plus, a very old video game that may have been “beat” for the first time. That, and this week in history - a pivotal moment for the revolver.

Repatriated Art (CBS)

Island Caretakers (Sky News)

Classic Game Beat (Sky News)

Colt Guns (American Military News)

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17min
January 03, 2024 Turning Light Into Matter & Weird Wednesday
Physicists work on turning light into matter and Weird Wednesday brings some of the more bizarre stories of the week. All that, plus this day in history - one of the most successful (and valuable) baseball franchises was sold … and for a relatively modest price when you consider the current value.

Light Into Matter (Gizmodo)

Alexa (NDTV) (NY Post)

Wallet Lost (UPI)

Pizza Toppings (UPI)

Popping Balloons (UPI)

Underwear (UPI)

Singing Record (UPI)

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23min
January 02, 2024 2024 Predictions, "Beer Goggles" Research, and A Proper Introduction
What could be in store for 2024 – we ask a famous (dead) French astrologist, the science behind the phenomenon known as “beer goggles,” and on this day in history – I (and you too) can’t drive 55 mph … thanks Richard Nixon. Plus a proper introduction from Reggie and Marques – just what you’ve been craving.

Nostadamus 2024 Predictions (NDTV) (IFLScience) (Daily Mail)

Beer Goggles Research (SkyNews)

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21min

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How many episodes does Cool Stuff Ride Home have?

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