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Cool Stuff Daily

Cool Stuff Daily

Cool Stuff Daily covers the most interesting and coolest stories in the world of 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.

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17:03

Thu. 12/01 - Your Toilet Could Save Your Life

Cool Stuff Daily ·

2022/12/01

Was Mars once hit with an asteroid on the scale of Earth’s own dino-killer? Plus, what if there was a device that listened to your farts and let you know when you should go see a doctor? And the USDA program that’s recognizing indigenous food ways. Sponsors: Shopify, Sign up for a free trial at shopify.com/cool American Musical Supply, Use code COOL at https://ter.li/AmericanMusicalSupply-COOL for $20 off your next purchase of over $100 Links: Mars Had an Ancient Asteroid Impact Like the One That

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18:08

Wed. 11/30 - Designing Spotify Wrapped

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2022/11/30

A dive into the design behind Spotify Wrapped, and some of the new features this years––including the Myers-Briggsification of your personal listening data. Plus, the baguette was just granted UNESCO world heritage status! Sponsors: Shopify, Sign up for a free trial at shopify.com/cool American Musical Supply, Use code COOL at https://ter.li/AmericanMusicalSupply-COOL for $20 off your next purchase of over $100 Links: How Spotify’s Wrapped campaign for 2022 came together (It’s Nice That) Get to

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15:35

Tue. 11/29 - Summer Drought Is Haunting Christmas

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2022/11/29

Drought and inflation are making it a tough year for Christmas trees. Plus, Japan has had to abandon what would’ve been their first-ever lunar landing, but a private Japanese company launching a lander tomorrow might still fulfill that milestone for the nation. And a round-up of the weirdest movies coming out next year, including the true story of Cocaine Bear. Sponsors: Rocket Money, Cancel your unnecessary subscriptions at RocketMoney.com/COOL American Musical Supply, Use code COOL at

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14:46

Mon. 11/28 - The World's Largest Active Volcano Is...

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2022/11/28

The world’s largest active volcano has begun erupting for the first time in four decades. Plus, “monkeypox” has officially been renamed “mpox.” And insurance company State Farm has just released a jazz album. Sponsors: American Musical Supply, Use code COOL at https://ter.li/AmericanMusicalSupply-COOL for $20 off your next purchase of over $100 Rocket Money, Cancel your unnecessary subscriptions at RocketMoney.com/COOL Links: Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano erupts for first time in 38 years

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18:13

Tue. 11/22 - Should 16-Year-Olds Be Allowed To Vote?

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2022/11/22

New Zealand is set to vote on lowering the voting age to 16. Scientists have added four new prefixes to the metric system. And a peek inside the wide world of Monster Energy drink collection and trading communities. Sponsors: Uncommon Goods, Get 15% off your next gift at uncommongoods.com/cool Shopify, Sign up for a free trial at shopify.com/cool Links: Supreme Court rules in favour of lowering voting age to 16 in case by ‘Make it 16′ group (New Zealand Herald) New Zealand lawmakers will vote on

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15:25

Mon. 11/21 - A Ray of Hope For the "Tripledemic?"

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2022/11/21

Could the “tripledemic” be tamped down slightly by the viruses interfering with and preventing each other from spiking in the same place at the same time? Plus, public libraries in the US and Canada have been launching their own streaming platforms featuring local musicians. Sponsors: Shopify, Sign up for a free trial at shopify.com/cool Uncommon Goods, Get 15% off your next gift at uncommongoods.com/cool Links: Competition between respiratory viruses may hold off a ‘tripledemic’ this winter

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17:25

Fri. 11/18 - Giant Turkey Legs, The Quintessential...

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2022/11/18

What’s the deal with those giant turkey legs they serve at renaissance fairs and Disney World? Plus, Coors Light has just launched a color-changing nail polish that lets you know when your beer is cold enough to drink. And Cambridge Dictionary’s perplexing choice of a word of the year that most Brits have never heard of. Sponsors: Uncommon Goods, Get 15% off your next gift at uncommongoods.com/cool Rocket Money, Cancel your unnecessary subscriptions at RocketMoney.com/COOL Links: Meaty-oric Rise:

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16:22

Thu. 11/17 - Lab-Grown Meat Gets FDA Approval

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2022/11/17

The FDA has given approval for the first time to a lab-grown meat. Plus, another company is genetically modifying plants to work as superpowered air purifiers. And 500 new words like bae and subtweet have been added to the official Scrabble dictionary. Sponsors: Rocket Money, Cancel your unnecessary subscriptions at RocketMoney.com/COOL Uncommon Goods, Get 15% off your next gift at uncommongoods.com/cool Links: A Lab-Grown-Meat Startup Gets the FDA’s Stamp of Approval (WIRED) Lab-Grown Meat

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17:46

Wed. 11/16 - Fruitcake Flavored: The Pumpkin Spice of...

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2022/11/16

Can wearing a mask yourself make it harder to recognize the faces of people, even when they’re not wearing a mask? Plus, why Kraft Heinz has upped the goof factor with so many off-the-wall stunts in recent years. And is fruitcake the new go-to holiday season flavor? Sponsors: Rocket Money, Cancel your unnecessary subscriptions at RocketMoney.com/COOL Shopify, Sign up for a free trial at shopify.com/cool Links: Mask-wearing can make it more difficult to recognize masked and unmasked faces of

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19:45

Tue. 11/15 - Chimps––They're Just Like Us!

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2022/11/15

In what feels like the start of a riddle, egg prices are surging, but chicken prices are going down. Plus, it turns out chimps like to share cool stuff as much as some daily podcasters. And Artemis I is supposed to launch late tonight, but if this mysterious “space prophet” continues to be right, the launch might not happen until 2023. Sponsor: Rocket Money, Cancel your unnecessary subscriptions at RocketMoney.com/COOL Links: Why egg prices are surging — but chicken prices are falling: It's an

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17:52

Mon. 11/14 - Polar Night, Midnight Sun, & Fruit Quakes

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2022/11/14

Polar Night and Midnight Sun. What’s it like living in a place that stays absolutely pitch black for two and half months, and what can we learn from the people who live there? Plus, a new emergency alert system in the US to let you know when an earthquake is nearby. And Mountain Dew’s latest holiday-themed flavor, which oddly enough is a combination of the first two segments today. Sponsor: Rocket Money, Cancel your unnecessary subscriptions at RocketMoney.com/COOL Links: People here live in

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15:09

Fri. 11/11 - VR Special Effects Made Live TV Debut...

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2022/11/11

How tech from shows like The Mandalorian is now being used in live election coverage on TV. Plus, an enormous tunnel has been uncovered beneath an Egyptian temple and some think it could lead to Cleopatra’s tomb. And Netflix is starting to experiment with live streaming. Sponsors: Uncommon Goods, Get 15% off at uncommongoods.com/cool I Am Bio, Subscribe at bio.org/podcast Links: How MSNBC used tech from ‘The Mandalorian’ to bring election night to life (Mashable) Thu. 11/04 - How the World Series

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15:01

Thu. 11/10 - Can I Get One Large Algae, Please?

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2022/11/10

Is algae the secret to feeding our growing world? Plus, new evidence for a sixth mass extinction that occurred even earlier than the Big Five. And some prescient thoughts on democracy from fifty years ago, courtesy of the creator of Charlie Brown. Sponsors: I Am Bio, Subscribe at bio.org/podcast Uncommon Goods, Get 15% off at uncommongoods.com/cool Links: Is it time to start eating algae? (National Geographic) Scientists Uncover Evidence of What May Be Earth's First Mass Animal Extinction

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17:45

Wed. 11/09 - Ballpoint Pens Killed the Cursive Star

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2022/11/09

Could the ballpoint pen be just as responsible for the death of cursive handwriting as the computer? Plus, lab-grown blood has been injected into two patients in a world-first clinical trial. And, would you attend a Zoom meeting in a movie theater? AMC is betting on it. Sponsors: Uncommon Goods, Get 15% off at uncommongoods.com/cool I Am Bio, Subscribe at bio.org/podcast Links: How the Ballpoint Pen Killed Cursive (The Atlantic) In world-first trial, lab-grown blood was just injected into two

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18:00

Tue. 11/08 - 3D Printing Human Organs In Space

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2022/11/08

From a 3D bioprinter for human tissues to pumpkin spice cappuccinos, here’s the cargo being delivered on board the S.S. Sally Ride tomorrow to the International Space Station. Plus, this time it’s not just in your head, the New York Times really is making some (small) changes to Wordle. A puzzle expert has some practice tips for winning the daily game. And Netflix has a new interactive trivia game. Sponsors: Uncommon Goods, Get 15% off at uncommongoods.com/cool I Am Bio, Subscribe at

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24:33

Mon. 11/07 - The Uncertain Future of Social Media,...

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2022/11/07

On TikTok, Twitter, and more broadly how social media has changed us, how we might finally be approaching a tipping point in how we use it, and the ways in which our devices play just as large a role as the algorithms. Sponsors: I Am Bio, Subscribe at bio.org/podcast Uncommon Goods, Get 15% off at uncommongoods.com/cool Links: The Machine Stops (New Yorker) TikTok’s Greatest Asset Isn’t Its Algorithm—It’s Your Phone (Wired) Elon Musk is more Funko Pop than man (Garbage Day) The Real Difference

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15:34

Fri. 11/04 - Music to Prevent Nightmares

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2022/11/04

Could a musical cue played while you’re asleep help prevent nightmares? Plus, a round-up of science news from this month in history. And the US government might be getting an official Space Bureau. Sponsor: BetterHelp, Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/COOLSTUFF Links: Can a Musical Reminder Banish Bad Dreams? (Smithsonian Magazine) Nightmares Can Be Silenced With a Single Piano Chord, Scientists Discover (ScienceAlert) 50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: November 2022 (Scientific American) FCC

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15:52

Thu. 11/03 - How the World Series Led To the...

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2022/11/03

A deep dive into two major events that led to the television boom, and a question of what that has meant for the artifice and theatricality of live events. Sponsor: BetterHelp, Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/COOLSTUFF Links: The first televised World Series spurred America's television boom, 75 years ago (The Conversation) Queen Elizabeth II’s First Move: Allowing TV Cameras at Her Coronation (Tedium) Scholarly Analysis of the Kennedy-Nixon Debates (Purdue) Nick Offerman joins

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15:36

Wed. 11/02 - Cornhole Controversy

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2022/11/02

2022 has been the year of cheating. The latest scandal to rock a niche community? BagGate at the American Cornhole League World Championships. Plus, Collins Dictionary has declared “permacrisis” their word of the year. And an exciting update for what you probably all know by now is my most-anticipated movie of the year: Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey. Sponsor: BetterHelp, Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/COOLSTUFF Links: Professional Cornhole Has a Cheating Scandal Called BagGate

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14:45

Tue. 11/01 - Dracula: A Tale of Misinformation?

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2022/11/01

Why does Dracula still resonate with audiences over a century later? The disease narrative is one possible reason, but there’s another less-discussed theory too. Plus, one team of scientists have detected traces of an ancient ocean on Mars. And a turkey-flavored beer for your dog to enjoy this Thanksgiving. Sponsor: BetterHelp, Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/COOLSTUFF Links: 125 Years Old and Still Biting (The Atlantic) Fri. 10/29 - Disease and the Vampire Myth + Hallowmeme

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