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In just 15 minutes, the coolest stuff that happened in the world today. Science, progress, life-hacks, memes, exciting art and hope. The antidote to depressing headlines. Smart stuff in podcast form. Cool news, as a service.
Recent Episodes
July 14, 2025
Reconstructing the Lighthouse of Alexandria, Mars Isn't Round & How Lemurs Can Help Humans with Inflammation
Scientists Discover Mars Isn’t Round Reconstructing the Lighthouse of Alexandria Lemurs age without inflammation—and it could change human health forever Contact the Show: coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad c...
July 10, 2025
Moa Could Return with Help from Peter Jackson
Protect your online privacy TODAY by visiting ExpressVPN.com/cool and you can get an extra four months FREE. An extinct bird may be coming back thanks to the help of a movie director. Peter Jackson joins Colossal Biosci...
July 9, 2025
The Benefits of Silencing Your Phone and Third Interstellar Object Discovered
Protect your online privacy TODAY by visiting ExpressVPN.com/cool and you can get an extra four months FREE. How silencing your phone can help with work and your personal life, plus, the third interstellar object ever dis...
July 8, 2025
Virtual Forest Bathing Benefits & Very Plastic Problem Causing Premature Death (Not So Cool)
Protect your online privacy TODAY by visiting ExpressVPN.com/cool and you can get an extra four months FREE. Heart disease deaths worldwide linked to chemical widely used in plastics Multisensory VR forest reboots your brain ...
July 7, 2025
Cough Medicine To Ward Off Dementia? & The Multivitamin Myth
Cough medicine turned brain protector? Ambroxol may slow Parkinson’s dementia The great multivitamin myth: Why the pills could be harming your immune system Contact the Show: coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your...
July 4, 2025
Killer Whales Gifting Fish to Humans & The First Commercial Space Station Has Nearly Arrived
Why do killer whales keep handing us fish? Scientists unpack the mystery The first commercial space station is nearly here. And it could change space forever Contact the Show: coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ...
July 1, 2025
The Footprints Rewriting American History & Is Dairy REALLY Causing Your Bad Dreams?
Buried for 23,000 years: These footprints are rewriting American history Is cheese secretly fueling your nightmares? Science weighs in Contact the Show: coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megap...
June 30, 2025
Can Vagus Nerve Stimulation Legitimately Treat Depression? & A Coastline Restoration Project Gone Wrong
Why protecting your vagus nerve is key to optimal mental health China’s massive coastal restoration project could backfire Contact the Show: coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adch...
June 28, 2025
We've Finally IMAGED a Planet Outside Our Solar System, Is Africa Splitting Apart? & Robots That Fly Into and Clear Your Sinuses
The James Webb telescope just found a planet by actually ‘seeing’ it A giant pulse beneath Africa could split the continent — and form an ocean Swarms of tiny robots could go up your nose, melt the mucus and clean your sinuse...
June 26, 2025
Printing Houses on Mars, Hydrogen Fuel Production Increase, and Chinese Satellite Competes with Starlink
Researchers create a system to 3-D print houses using fungi and bacteria on Mars without the help of astronauts, a breakthrough that increases the production of hydrogen fuel from solar electricity, and a Chinese satellite th...
June 25, 2025
Plastics in our Agricultural Sites, The Dangers to Recycling Some Plastics & AI's Biological Threat
Thanks to our sponsor, Venice.AI. Get 20% off a pro plan using our link: venice.ai/coolstuff and code coolstuff . Recycled plastic is a toxic cocktail: Over 80 chemicals found in a single pellet AI Could Help You Build a Viru...
June 24, 2025
A Mosquito-Sized Drone, Orcas' Skin-Care Routine & a TikTok Trend You Should NOT be Attempging
China’s New Mosquito Drone Could Probably Slip Through Windows and Spy Undetected Killer whales filmed using tools for the first time – and scientists are stunned 'Your rectum isn't designed for coffee': A very serious doctor...
June 23, 2025
One-Light Day Away and Ultra Rare Blood Type Discovered
The first man-made craft that will reach one-light day away from Earth and the rare blood type that was discovered, which only one person in the world is recorded to have. In November 2026, NASA's Voyager Spacecraft Will Beco...
June 20, 2025
DARPA's Wireless Energy Project and Parker Space Probe's Final Flyby of the Sun
DARPA breaks the record for sending energy wireless...and makes popcorn doing it and the Parker Space Probe made its third and final close approach to the Sun and what we learned from this mission. DARPA program sets distance...
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About the Host
Jackson Bird
Host, Kottke Ride Home
Jackson Bird is a writer and internet creator dedicated to demystifying the transgender experience. A YouTube NextUp Creator and GLAAD Rising Star Digital Innovator, Jackson shares his and others’ stories on his YouTube channel, jackisnotabird, and in his debut book Sorted: Growing Up, Coming Out, and Finding My Place. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Vulture, The Advocate, and more, and his TED Talk "How to talk (and listen) to transgender people" has been viewed over one and a half million times. Jackson lives in New York City, where he hosts the daily podcast Kottke Ride Home. You can follow him online @jackisnotabird.
