How Cool Is This?

How Cool Is This?

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How Cool Is This? episodes

  • (30) Miguel Ortiz: Times Square Video Game

    Miguel has a big idea for a new kind of video game, based on New York's famous Times Square. "Everything is live... robberies, people using, people doing good... everything live." 

    If you have an idea you want featured on the show, visit https://howcoolisthis.show.

    5 min
  • (29) Josh Cole: AirPods For Loud Places

    Josh wants to use AirPod-like devices to have private conversations in loud public areas. "You can have a conversation and you can hear everybody in your little group."

    To learn how to get your idea featured on How Cool Is This? visit https://howcoolisthis.show

    5 min
  • (28) Susan Isaacs: Clip-A-Cane

    Susan's neighbor frequently drops her cane, and in doing so has inspired a new product. "Get some type of magentic hook or some type of clip that'll clip onto a table where you can take the cane and clip it on." To get your idea featured on the podcast, visit howcoolisthis.show

    5 min
  • (27) Mike Reitz: Cruise Ship Hospitals

    Thinking quickly in light of the quickly encompassing Coronavirus pandemic, Mike Reitz shares a solution for the imperiled cruise industry. "Floating hospital systems for different ports of entry."


    (Editor's Note: This episode was recorded one day prior to Carnival Cruises announcing they would make turn their ships into makeshift hospitals)

    5 min
  • (26) Hannah VanderPoel: DXM on Broadway

    Inspired by two previous How Cool Is This? episodes, DMX on Broadway and BMX on Broadway, Hannah shares a new kind of approach to The Great White Way. "This program would supply Broadway theaters with DXM-based products."

    (Editor's Note: The idea "DXM on Broadway" was submitted in January 2020, far before the Broadway Shutdown of March 2020)

    Share your ideas with How Cool Is This? via our website howcoolisthis.show.

    5 min
  • (25) Victor Siu: Modular Home Development

    Victor is a real estate developer who's taking a new approach to homebuilding. 

    "Every home that you buy is so expensive, and it makes it very difficult for people to afford their own homes."

    If you've thought of a new product, movie concept, a way people should act, or something completely off the wall, submit your idea to How Cool Is This? at howcoolisthis.show. 

    5 min
  • (23) David Niles: Street Light Food Lamps

    David thinks we aren't making the most of energy expenditures. 

    "The streetlights that are used to illuminate the streets at night can be used as a light source for growing things and potentially feeding wildlife."

    Do you have an idea? Any idea? Literally anything? Email your idea to [email protected] to get it on the show.

    5 min

About How Cool Is This?

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How Cool Is This? is a 5-minute podcast about what’s cool. Each short podcast episode explores a new idea. Bingeable and perfect for a short commute from the bedroom to the kitchen, How Cool Is This? is like Shark Tank meets This American Life meets Humans of New York, except anyone can participate. Visit howcoolisthis.show to learn more.