How Cool Is This?

If you missed the 2023 Coolios Live from Stand Up New York on Monday, 2/27, you missed it. But at least you get this recap.  Thanks to everyone who showed up, presented, and performed:  Skinny Dippers Hannah VannderPoel Alex Tragellis Can Can Lee Uehara Have an idea you think should be on the show? Leave us a voicemail at (848) 863-9917. More @ howcoolisthis.show

The Coolios is an annual awards show celebrating the coolest (and least cool) ideas and stories of the year. This year, they're happening live at Stand Up NY on Monday, February 27 starting at 8:00 pm EST. In addition to awards, the show will include standup comedy, live music & free pizza. Vote for the Listener's Choice Coolest Idea of 2022 here .  Get tickets for the show here .  M...

To wrap up 2022, we packed multiple ideas into one episode. Although they cover many different topics, they all have one thing in common: they were posted in Elon Musk's Twitter replies.  Check out @danozzi's Twitter thread to see more Elon Reply Guy ideas.  Have an idea you think should be on the show? Leave us a voicemail at (848) 863-9917. More @ howcoolisthis.show

Leslie is a high-performance weight loss coach who helps high-achieving women all over the world get a head-turning body while ending food obsession and negativities. She suggests sipping tea between bites of sweets can reduce sugar cravings. Does that really work? And more importantly, is that cool?  "It works extremely well in helping you stop sugar cravings on site. It's because the bitter...

Taly created a new dating app that doesn’t require the perfect profile to find a match. Is having a conversation without seeing someone the best way to find a match? And more importantly, is that cool? “One of the ways that we're different from other apps is that we don't show profiles or photos before people talk to one another. I know that sounds really crazy, but psychology actually shows that...

This Week in Cool was a weekly look into what’s cool, what’s not, and nothing in between. It's been revived in the form of a 50-word newsletter: Cool News . This five-minute episode expands on a few stories from the November 11 edition of Cool News: Dead politician re-elected Indianan evades police via lawnmower, dressed as Pikachu Teenager banned from having eggs  Get Cool News every week fr...

Julian, a reporter, wants to show people more hole-in-the-wall spots in New York City. Are his walks a good source for places no one else knows? And more importantly, is that cool? “As someone who writes about new businesses in New York City, I've had the opportunity to discover a lot of hidden gyms over the past couple months. I want to share those hidden gems with you.” To join Julian on a jaunt...

James returns to the show to talk about his remote culture company GameApart, which is now called heyLIME. Does rebranding your company help with sales? And more importantly, is that cool? “Any time I'd get on a sales call or a demo, we'd find that we were spending the first five, 10 minutes just sort of apologizing for our identity. So we wanted to go and make the vision we were selling to the wo...

Jade wants us all to be a lot less judgmental. But isn’t judging all that we do on this podcast? And more importantly, is that cool? “When you accept that everything is different and the beauty in that, you would actually ascend much higher and people will be a lot happier.” Have an idea you think should be on the show? Leave us a voicemail at (848) 863-9917. More @ howcoolisthis.show

Bob from Static Radio is back with another idea: a watch that doesn’t just tell time, but changes it. But what does it mean when you’re always on time? And more importantly, is that cool? “So let's say you're 10 minutes late, but you don't wanna be 10 minutes late. So you set your watch to be 10 minutes off time. Then whenever you walk in the room – bam! – all the clocks, all the watches, all...

For International Podcast Day, we wanted to do something special: a song.  Have an idea you think should be on the show? Leave us a voicemail at (848) 863-9917. More @ howcoolisthis.show

MIK wrote a song about how frustrating it can be to have salespeople show up to your door unannounced. Can a song properly capture that kind of universal frustration? And more importantly, is that cool? “The dog went nuts The baby woke up I’ll have his guts I said, 'No sales, no surveys, no saviours…Sanks very much.' Check out Mik’s Reaction on Twitter or find the full song wherever you listen to...

As a human being, Bob has to eat, but sometimes he wants to do other things while he is eating. Would ring utensils allow him to multitask more effectively? And more importantly, are they cool? “You can put the fork on one hand, you can put a spoon on the other hand and then go to town on your favorite snacks.” Listen to more of Bob’s ideas at StaticRadio.com . Have an idea you think should be on...

Inspired by sports agents, Ethan started an agency dedicated to help doctors make the money they deserve. Will advocating for higher doctor salaries lead to agents in other professions? And more importantly, is that cool? “My goal is to bring opportunities to doctors and secondarily to maximize the value of those opportunities to doctors.” Learn more about Ethan – the self-described “Jerry McGuire...

While waiting to host Brian as a guest on her podcast, Lisa noticed an egregious error in the How Cool Is This? catalog. Will Lisa’s discovery lead more people to call into the show? And more importantly, is her way of informing us cool? “On all of your podcast episodes, you are missing the last digit of your phone number asking for ideas, so how cool would it be to add a seven to complete those p...

Chris and the team at creative agency C-90 created a mock advertising campaign inspired by the recent reversal of Roe v. Wade. Will C-90’s tongue-in-cheese signs help ‘Choose Life’ proponents reverse their approach? And more importantly, is that cool? “We decided that we were going to do a campaign that looks very similar to the ‘Choose Life’ signs, which are very distinctive, and have a pro-chees...

John didn’t just write a book about time traveling with the power of whirlwinds. He built a replica of the time travel vessel in real life. Will John’s craftiness generate more attention for The Whirl Wind Man? And more importantly, is that cool? “It will be accompanying me on book signing events across the country, with a percentage of the proceeds going to help tornado disaster relief.” Get John...

Koen created a matchmaking service that allows busy people to outsource online dating. Will Hovalo help more people find love? And more importantly, is that cool? “We take over the online dating profiles of entrepreneurs and professionals. We improve their profiles, select the messages based on their preferences, and do all the texting for them.” Learn more about how Hovalo 's solutions and course...

Larisa developed an app that can deliver inspirational quotes to your phone exactly when you need them. But are quotes really inspiring? And more importantly, is that cool? “If you want a religious quote on Sunday at 10:00 AM, you could have it texted to you, emailed to you, notified to you through the app or spoken by voice from the app.” Learn more about the Intelligence Quotes app here and down...

Joe created a daily newsletter called RipViews that shares left-wing and right-wing headlines to the same story side-by-side. Does keeping up with competing slants of reality reduce political polarization? And more importantly, is that cool? “All news should be viewed through a lens of bias, and RipViews calls out that bias each morning for our subscribers.” Learn more about Joe’s approach to aggr...

Jordan thinks that shaking things up is the only way to keep growing. Does trying new things really help you reach your full potential? And more importantly, is that cool? “You want to keep growing and learning more so you can maximize your potential. Get skilled. And even goes for this podcast.” Follow Jordan on Twitter here and listen to his podcast Jordan Mode wherever you get your podcasts. Ha...

Tammy developed an app that discreetly calls for help when you say a specific word. Can an app that’s always listening keep people safe? And more importantly, is that cool? “This app is hard to detect and easy to use. And because you record your own word and program your own alert partners, your assailant will never know that help is on the way.” Download the Your Shield app on iOS here and learn...

Morissa started a publishing company to help the next generation of authors make their voices heard. But do books even resonate with GenZ? And more importantly, is that cool? “The more unique voices that we have talking about these topics, the more it will shape our world and improve the way we communicate.” Learn more about Morissa’s publishing company and find books from GenZ authors at genzpubl...

In line with the increased adoption of Corporate Social Responsibility over the last few decades, Harvey and his team at Addvert are working to advocate for a similar standard of self-imposed accountability in the Internet age “That might be things like respecting your customers’ privacy or ensuring that your advertising spend isn't being used to support mis- and disinformation, or making sure tha...

Inspired by a growth opportunity in her own life, Julia started a podcast to celebrate and explore all of the different ways people build families in the 21st century. “I like to equate it to the body positivity movement, where previously the media told us that one kind of body was beautiful. And it looked a certain way and it acted a certain way. Now we're doing a family positivity movement.” Lea...