Cool Sh*t: The Podcast
by Nate Hinchey
Cool Sh*t: The Podcast is a show about interesting topics from science, history, the arts, and more. In other words, if it fascinates me--I’m going to talk about it. I know that the world can sometimes seem like an awfully depressing place, but trust me when I say, there’s some pretty cool sh*t out there.
Episodes
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Episode 9: Whales
Whales are a lot like people. Except better. From cottage cheese milk and gay orgies to head wax and epic poetry, come check out the weird, wonderful world of whales.
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Episode 8: The Arrest of a President
Can the President of the United States be arrested? Grant, Nixon, Clinton, and Trump have all (so far) managed to avoid that fate, but it remains an open question whether police can waltz into the Oval Office and put handcuffs on the commander-in-chief. Episode 8 explores the history behind...
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Episode 7: The Gardner Heist
Do you want $10 million? Then go find the 13 pieces of art that were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990. True, no one has seen hide nor hair of them in almost 30 years, but I'm sure you can do better than the FBI. Oh, and I'm also sure you definitely won't get killed like a…
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Episode 6: Trees
From communicating via a fungal internet to inspiring Norse mythology, trees are some of the coolest shit in the natural world. Episode 6 explores the history, biology, and mythology of some of the biggest and oldest organisms on planet earth. Plus, Nate reads not one, but TWO poems. -- Contact:...
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Episode 5: The Siege of Boston
We all know how the story of the American Revolution starts--Paul Revere, the lamps in the Old North Church, and the battles of Lexington and Concord. But what happens in the sequel? Boston, like an ex-Navy SEAL who just wants to live peacefully as a cook, comes under siege. For eleven months…
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Episode 4: War Dogs
In addition to snuggling, tearing apart pillows, and chasing squirrels, dogs have served alongside their human masters in almost every war ever fought. From their beginnings as vicious attack dogs in Attila the Hun's army to one dog's role in bringing down Osama bin Laden, Cool Shit's Episode 4...
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Cool Sh*t: The Podcast - The Aurora
About thirty miles north of Fairbanks, deep in the Alaskan wild, there is a research facility called Poker Flat. Here, rockets are assembled by NASA scientists and launched into the Earth’s upper atmosphere. For what purpose? Well, I suspect it’s partly because they just like doing it, but a sign...
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Cool Sh*t: The Podcast - Voyager and the Golden Record
The inaugural episode of Cool Sh*t: The Podcast covers the Voyager missions--two space probes launched in 1977 with the mission of exploring the outer planets of our solar system. The probes also carried copies of the Golden Record, a message encoded with sights and sounds intended to represent...
About this show
Cool Sh*t: The Podcast is a show about interesting topics from science, history, the arts, and more. In other words, if it fascinates me--I’m going to talk about it. I know that the world can sometimes seem like an awfully depressing place, but trust me when I say, there’s some pretty cool sh*t out there.
Hosted by
Nate Hinchey