Cool Tools

Cool Tools

In each episode of the Cool Tools Show, Kevin Kelly and Mark Frauenfelder talk to a guest about some of his or her favorite uncommon and uncommonly good tools they think others should know about.

Episodes

Title Duration Published Consumed
310: Orson Rossetto 00:33:59 2021-12-24 18:00
309: Lenore Edman 00:25:12 2021-12-17 18:00
308: Meredith Arthur 00:40:48 2021-12-10 18:00
307: Wendy Frauenfelder 00:26:51 2021-12-03 18:00
306: Windell Oskay 00:32:33 2021-11-26 18:00
305: Carol Tilley 00:40:56 2021-11-19 18:00
304: Barbara Dace 00:26:16 2021-11-12 18:00
303: Sean Bonner 00:41:36 2021-11-05 17:00
302: Ruben Bolling 00:39:09 2021-10-29 18:00
301: Bonnie Burton 00:44:28 2021-10-22 18:00
300: Leah Zaidi 00:27:45 2021-10-15 18:00
299: Amber Case 00:50:45 2021-10-08 18:00
298: Austin Kleon 00:43:08 2021-10-01 18:00
297: Jeff Yang 00:33:17 2021-09-24 18:00
296: Mack Reed 00:34:32 2021-09-17 18:00
295: Jim Louderback 00:29:51 2021-09-10 18:00
294: Kelly Sue DeConnick 00:38:49 2021-09-03 18:00
293: Stephanie Jaros 00:56:17 2021-08-27 18:00
292: Gina Clarke 00:31:14 2021-08-20 18:00
291: Cool Tools Team 00:32:48 2021-08-13 18:00
290: Jorge Camacho 00:42:01 2021-08-06 18:00
289: Joe Grand 00:42:01 2021-07-30 18:00
288: Joe Szuecs 00:30:33 2021-07-23 18:00
287: Sherry Huss 00:37:01 2021-07-16 18:00
286: Marc Wade 00:40:07 2021-07-09 18:00
285: Ian Charnas 00:34:01 2021-07-02 18:00
284: Donald Bell 00:41:23 2021-06-25 18:00
283: Alana Aamodt 00:36:18 2021-06-18 18:00
282: Mike Senese 00:41:52 2021-06-11 18:00
281: Seth Raphael 00:27:43 2021-06-04 18:00
280: Rusty Blazenhoff 00:29:44 2021-05-28 18:00
279: Paul Boswell 00:38:43 2021-05-21 18:00
cooltools278 00:29:25 2021-05-14 18:00
277: Randy Regier 00:42:50 2021-05-07 18:00
276: Lawrence Lazare 00:31:06 2021-04-30 18:00
275: Nicole Harkin 00:26:40 2021-04-23 18:00
274: Tyler Winegarner 00:33:34 2021-04-16 18:00
273: Ken Goldberg 00:36:21 2021-04-09 18:00
272: Gioia Palmieri 00:34:02 2021-04-02 18:00
271: David Yoon 00:39:53 2021-03-26 17:00
270: Alberta Chu 00:25:27 2021-03-19 17:00
269: Charles Platt 00:40:07 2021-03-12 18:00
268: Spencer Wright 00:36:07 2021-03-05 18:00
267: Jordan Calhoun 00:51:58 2021-02-26 18:00
266: Travis McElroy 00:31:14 2021-02-19 19:18
265: Seth Godin 00:33:26 2021-02-12 18:00
264: Neil Day 00:40:34 2021-02-05 18:00
263: Lloyd Dangle 00:31:25 2021-01-29 18:00
262: John Park 00:44:08 2021-01-22 18:00
261: Billie Ruben 00:41:21 2021-01-15 18:00
260: Todd Lappin 00:36:39 2021-01-08 18:00
259: Shoshana Berger 00:32:16 2021-01-01 18:00
258: Claudia Dawson 00:32:03 2020-12-25 18:00
257: DL Cade 00:42:41 2020-12-18 18:00
256: Colin Marshall 00:30:14 2020-12-11 18:01
255: Kurt Kohlstedt 00:37:12 2020-12-04 18:00
254: Julie Sokolow 00:33:21 2020-11-27 18:00
253: Duane Swierczynski 00:28:13 2020-11-20 20:15
252: Daniel Schaefer 00:43:46 2020-11-13 18:00
251: Tiffany Shlain 00:36:39 2020-11-06 18:00
250: Sam Maggs 00:38:24 2020-10-30 17:00
249: Ramona Pringle 00:44:05 2020-10-23 18:00
248: Brian Fisher 00:39:02 2020-10-16 18:00
247: Vanessa Mason 00:34:11 2020-10-09 18:07
246: Mark Moffett 00:30:37 2020-10-02 18:00
245: Joshua Schachter 00:36:12 2020-09-25 18:00
244: Claire Lower 00:30:57 2020-09-18 18:00
243: Sonal Chokshi 00:36:50 2020-09-11 19:00
242: Bob Potts 00:29:26 2020-09-04 19:00
241: Nosa Edoimioya 00:30:38 2020-08-28 19:00
240: Itamar Kubovy 00:33:30 2020-08-21 19:00
239: Angela Eaton 00:41:02 2020-08-14 19:00
238: Jennifer Robbins 00:31:06 2020-08-07 19:00
237: Stephen Dubner 00:36:40 2020-07-31 19:03
236: Cooper Bates 00:43:43 2020-07-24 19:00
235: Matt Mullenweg 00:34:13 2020-07-17 19:00
234: Lux Sparks-Pescovitz 00:34:12 2020-07-10 18:00
233: Len Cullum 00:30:44 2020-07-03 18:23
232: Josh Glenn 00:42:56 2020-06-26 18:00
231: McKinley Valentine 00:33:12 2020-06-19 19:00
230: Matt Lumpkin 00:37:49 2020-06-12 18:00
229: Kevin and Mark of Cool Tools 00:31:23 2020-06-05 19:00
228: David Picciuto 00:34:49 2020-05-29 19:01
227: Ariel Waldman 00:33:50 2020-05-22 19:00
226: Maggie Koerth 00:27:12 2020-05-15 19:00
225: Rob Beschizza 00:39:50 2020-05-08 20:24
224: Carla Diana 00:40:29 2020-05-01 19:00
223: Matt Blum 00:25:56 2020-04-24 19:00
222: Jessica Lahey 00:36:23 2020-04-17 22:45
221: Thom Dunn 00:30:19 2020-04-10 18:00
220: Sanho Tree 00:32:51 2020-04-03 18:00
219: Erika Hall 00:38:54 2020-03-27 17:00
218: Cory Doctorow 00:35:57 2020-03-20 19:56
217: Olga Khazan 00:34:14 2020-03-13 19:00
216: Amber Mac 00:25:18 2020-03-06 18:00
215: Quinn Cummings 00:27:07 2020-02-28 18:00
214: Mike Streetz 00:27:41 2020-02-21 21:11
213: Mike Liebhold 00:28:05 2020-02-14 20:48
212: Meeno Peluce 00:35:22 2020-02-07 20:34
211: Douglas Rushkoff 00:36:24 2020-01-31 19:56
210: Jane Metcalfe 00:39:32 2020-01-24 20:43
209: Tywen Kelly 00:29:19 2020-01-17 18:25
208: Theodore Gray 00:38:38 2020-01-10 21:47
207: Janet Varney 00:31:23 2020-01-03 20:37
206: Mark Crilley 00:34:32 2019-12-27 18:00
205: Jane Friedman 00:33:23 2019-12-20 20:40
204: Mark Krawczuk 00:31:45 2019-12-13 22:01
203: Melissa Kirsch 00:35:10 2019-12-06 19:37
202: Dan Slaski 00:26:11 2019-11-29 18:00
201: Alice Bradley 00:25:30 2019-11-22 19:48
200: John Hodgman 00:44:58 2019-11-15 21:00
199: Jesse Genet 00:27:54 2019-11-08 17:30
198: Gareth Branwyn 00:32:49 2019-11-01 20:04
197: Emily Nussbaum 00:33:25 2019-10-25 17:58
196: Seth Godin 00:37:15 2019-10-18 17:30
195: Mark & Kevin of Cool Tools 00:27:04 2019-10-11 21:59
194: David Moldawer 00:38:36 2019-10-04 20:03
193: Carla Sinclair 00:25:03 2019-09-28 16:21
192: Rob Walker 00:33:27 2019-09-13 18:00
191: Susie Bright 00:48:29 2019-09-06 18:00
190: Nik Schulz 00:21:13 2019-08-30 18:00
189: Jordan Bunker 00:22:53 2019-08-23 18:00
188: Lillian Karabaic 00:38:10 2019-08-16 18:00
187: Jeremy Kirshbaum 00:45:17 2019-08-09 17:00
186: Michelle Hlubinka 00:35:54 2019-08-02 19:16
185: Dan Shapiro 00:29:57 2019-07-26 18:00
184: Rob Beschizza 00:36:56 2019-07-19 17:00
183: Oliver Hulland 00:35:24 2019-07-12 17:00
182: Richard Kadrey 00:27:14 2019-07-05 22:19
181: Kirsten Dirksen and Nicolás Boullosa 00:33:50 2019-06-28 20:26
180: Stephen Wolfram 00:36:30 2019-06-21 11:00
179: Dave Rome 00:27:39 2019-06-14 20:54
178: Cameo Wood 00:35:50 2019-06-07 20:13
177: Adam Savage 00:50:11 2019-05-31 20:15
176: Ziya Tong 00:29:06 2019-05-24 19:00
175: Sean Michael Ragan 00:28:00 2019-05-17 19:45
174: Joshuah Bearman 00:28:17 2019-05-10 22:34
173: Guy Kawasaki 00:34:15 2019-05-03 22:51
172: Tina Roth Eisenberg 00:31:36 2019-04-26 11:00
171: Donald Bell 00:30:38 2019-04-19 19:32
170: Terri Schweitzer 00:33:26 2019-04-12 11:00
169: Robert Stephens 00:26:28 2019-04-05 11:00
168: Liz Kruger and Craig Shapiro 00:32:16 2019-03-29 10:00
167: Om Malik 00:27:14 2019-03-22 10:00
166: Mark Stramaglia 00:33:08 2019-03-15 20:49
165: Bonnie Burton 00:36:50 2019-03-08 20:41
164: George Dyson 00:29:28 2019-03-01 19:36
163: Elon Schoenholz 00:34:48 2019-02-22 21:18
162: Tommy Honton 00:32:16 2019-02-15 22:53
161: Madeline Ashby 00:32:53 2019-02-08 20:30
160: Steven Leckart 00:23:19 2019-02-01 22:04
159: John Park 00:29:59 2019-01-26 00:03
158: Dan Pink 00:41:44 2019-01-19 00:52
157: Jen Schachter 00:26:54 2019-01-11 23:40
156: Michael Kupperman 00:24:07 2019-01-04 22:28
155: Aaron Lammer 00:39:50 2018-12-28 21:00
154: M.G. Siegler 00:32:09 2018-12-21 21:15
153: Maggie Tokuda-Hall 00:32:53 2018-12-15 01:11
152: Gever Tulley 00:37:58 2018-12-07 22:02
151: Anne Briggs 00:24:20 2018-11-30 23:24
150: Michael Lorsung 00:37:51 2018-11-23 11:00
149: Trey Ratcliff 00:26:18 2018-11-20 01:23
148: Jeri Ellsworth 00:31:00 2018-11-09 19:33
147: Elan Lee 00:27:35 2018-11-02 19:44
146: April Wilkerson 00:23:36 2018-10-26 19:53
145: Saul Griffith 00:30:32 2018-10-19 23:57
144: Laura Cochrane 00:22:09 2018-10-12 20:33
143: Carl Bass 00:25:28 2018-10-08 20:12
142: Anita Sarkeesian 00:28:04 2018-09-28 19:25
141: Steven Levy 00:26:22 2018-09-21 23:15
140: Bran Ferren 00:20:54 2018-09-14 21:32
139: Adam Fisher 00:28:23 2018-09-07 20:40
138: Steve Lodefink 00:25:55 2018-08-31 22:08
137: Michael Dubno 00:29:45 2018-08-24 11:00
136: Larry A 00:24:03 2018-08-17 22:37
135: Dan Dubno 00:21:31 2018-08-11 00:19
134: Rose Eveleth 00:35:32 2018-08-03 23:05
133: Theodore Gray 00:36:24 2018-07-27 23:08
132: Danielle Baskin 00:39:47 2018-07-21 00:00
131: Alex Glow 00:34:41 2018-07-13 22:51
130: Tom Fassbender 00:21:47 2018-07-06 22:21
129: Jake Von Slatt 00:33:50 2018-06-29 19:29
128: Dan Ruderman 00:23:19 2018-06-23 00:21
127: Becky Stern 00:25:48 2018-06-15 23:06
126: Charles Platt 00:32:45 2018-06-08 11:00
125: Tod Kurt 00:29:22 2018-05-31 23:33
124: Kishore Hari 00:31:47 2018-05-26 00:30
123: Scotty Allen 00:38:34 2018-05-18 22:03
122: Kari Byron 00:22:26 2018-05-11 19:36
121: Talin 00:30:17 2018-05-04 20:49
120: Grant Thompson 00:34:43 2018-04-28 00:21
119: Bob Clagett 00:31:22 2018-04-19 23:08
118: Michael Borys 00:27:29 2018-04-13 21:36
117: Matt Blum 00:31:12 2018-04-06 00:17
116: Koichi 00:35:46 2018-03-27 23:19
115: Zach Supalla 00:34:00 2018-03-16 21:55
114: Scott Smith 00:33:19 2018-03-09 00:06
113: Madeline Ashby 00:25:30 2018-02-28 23:48
112: JD Roth 00:30:04 2018-02-23 22:56
111: Nelson Dellis 00:28:47 2018-02-15 23:57
110: Kevin Rose 00:29:11 2018-02-09 01:12
109: Dean Putney 00:38:56 2018-02-02 19:45
108: Claudia Dawson 00:24:30 2018-01-26 00:49
107: Ruben Bolling 00:34:59 2018-01-19 22:36
106: Jane Frauenfelder 00:35:25 2018-01-12 00:13
105: Gareth Branwyn 00:25:51 2018-01-05 20:13
104: Barbara Dace 00:33:42 2017-12-22 21:57
103: Andreas Antonopoulos 00:33:40 2017-12-22 21:11
102: Carol Tilley 00:29:40 2017-12-15 22:30
101 Norm Chan 00:24:58 2017-12-08 01:45
100: Jen Pahlka 00:23:26 2017-12-01 20:46
99: A.J. Jacobs 00:32:31 2017-11-22 22:07
98: Matt Velderman 00:26:42 2017-11-16 21:40
97: Jim Beloff 00:36:41 2017-11-10 20:36
96: David Lang 00:40:26 2017-11-03 23:16
95: Andrea James 00:30:05 2017-10-27 19:56
94: Simon Quellen Field 00:46:24 2017-10-20 23:04
93: Nicole Harkin 00:23:34 2017-10-13 23:10
92: Rebecca Romney 00:32:27 2017-10-06 20:25
91: Craig Mod 00:45:53 2017-09-27 22:42
90: Wendy Frauenfelder 00:22:12 2017-09-21 22:24
89: Greg Gage 00:28:47 2017-09-14 00:51
88: Ben Baker 00:26:27 2017-09-06 22:59
87: Xeni Jardin 00:29:14 2017-08-29 19:45
86: Louis Rossetto 00:39:28 2017-08-23 23:32
85: Rob Reid 00:34:46 2017-08-16 23:42
84: Adam Rubin 00:26:36 2017-08-09 22:00
83: Rich Roat 00:34:14 2017-08-03 01:13
82: Noah Thorp 00:35:15 2017-07-26 22:56
81: Brad Templeton 00:28:29 2017-07-19 22:07
80: Will Smith 00:35:57 2017-07-12 21:31
79: Collin Cunningham 00:31:05 2017-07-06 00:09
78: Donald Bell 00:30:25 2017-06-29 00:31
77: Tim Ferriss 00:32:57 2017-06-21 01:29
76: Nick Bilton 00:31:19 2017-06-13 00:36
75: Eri Gentry 00:38:44 2017-05-04 21:21
74: Simone Giertz 00:31:14 2017-04-17 22:09
73: Danielle Applestone 00:32:23 2017-03-20 22:16
72: Dale Dougherty 00:35:17 2017-03-02 23:58
71: Robyn Miller 00:34:41 2017-02-07 21:55
70: Eric Moore 00:22:47 2017-01-19 21:40
69: Danny Haeg 00:25:00 2016-12-29 23:45
68: Alan Henry 00:31:36 2016-12-13 19:18
67: Arion Paylo 00:25:07 2016-11-22 21:36
66: David Pescovitz 00:39:29 2016-11-09 23:59
65: Paolo Salvagione 00:25:33 2016-10-27 21:17
64: Ron Hale-Evans 00:27:32 2016-10-13 21:51
63: Luke Khanlian, Long Now Clock Engineer 00:37:20 2016-09-21 01:10
62: Tim O'Reilly 00:29:25 2016-09-10 20:12
61: Jerry Michalski 00:30:12 2016-08-30 21:28
60: Star Simpson 00:28:48 2016-08-03 22:58
59: Hugh Howey 00:29:10 2016-07-28 20:20
58: Tim Ferriss 00:30:28 2016-07-06 23:23
57: Adam Savage 00:34:37 2016-06-25 00:13
56: Brian Brushwood 00:36:19 2016-06-08 21:34
55: Dan Benjamin 00:34:39 2016-05-23 22:45
54: Jane Metcalfe 00:28:04 2016-05-17 21:24
53: Chris Anderson 00:19:02 2016-05-10 23:09
52: Joshua Schachter 00:34:37 2016-04-29 20:48
51: Rose Eveleth 00:22:51 2016-04-26 23:25
50: Rick Lax 00:32:59 2016-04-16 00:53
49: Meara O'Reilly 00:27:07 2016-04-01 23:30
48: Andy Baio 00:33:05 2016-03-25 21:05
47: Matthew Schutte 00:32:02 2016-03-18 21:05
46: Sean Michael Ragan 00:19:45 2016-02-24 23:04
45: Matt Haughey 00:27:15 2016-01-21 02:13
44: Gareth Brawnwyn, former Editorial Director of MAKE 00:30:09 2016-01-06 00:50
43: Mythbusters' Tory Belleci 00:34:45 2015-11-30 21:56
42: Evil Mad Scientist Lenore Edman 00:23:20 2015-11-07 01:21
41: Tara Tiger Brown 00:24:07 2015-10-15 22:33
40: Andrew Leonard, Writer 00:31:15 2015-10-03 19:28
39: Glenn Fleishman, Writer 00:29:16 2015-09-28 00:58
38: Limor Fried, founder of Adafruit Industries 00:29:58 2015-09-22 01:37
37: Jesse Genet 00:28:59 2015-09-12 01:43
36: Ryan Holiday 00:29:27 2015-09-08 00:47
35: Jimmy DiResta 00:27:18 2015-08-17 17:56
34: Ziya Tong 00:24:24 2015-08-10 07:05
33: Windell Oskay 00:24:50 2015-08-02 18:22
32: Zander Rose 00:30:34 2015-07-26 06:01
31: Jared Zichek 00:21:06 2015-06-30 02:07
30: Andrew Mayne: Magician, Author, Inventor 00:32:41 2015-06-30 01:29
29: Ben Krasnow, Maker and YouTube Star 00:27:51 2015-06-30 01:10
28: John Edgar Park, Producer at Disney Research 00:25:26 2015-04-14 02:19
27: Douglas Coupland, author, artist, inventor 00:31:30 2015-04-09 02:30
26: Bob Parks, freelance writer 00:19:35 2015-04-03 01:21
25: Mark Krawczuk, creative instigator 00:21:25 2015-03-18 21:24
24: Simone Davalos, roboticist 00:27:08 2015-03-12 23:05
23: Mike Evans, Secret Dad Society 00:25:50 2015-03-05 02:47
22: Laura Welcher, Director of Operations of the Long Now Foundation 00:32:48 2015-02-18 23:28
21: Erik Knutzen, urban homesteader 00:21:31 2015-02-11 20:33
20: Matt Cutts, Head of Web Spam Team at Google 00:19:24 2015-02-04 01:10
19: Peter Rojas, founder of Gizmodo 00:30:27 2015-01-19 01:41
18: Tom Merritt, tech journalist and podcaster 00:22:07 2014-12-19 21:50
17: Ryan Block, co-founder of Engadget 00:27:29 2014-12-11 22:49
16: Brett Doar, Multidisciplinary Artist 00:25:01 2014-12-05 00:45
015: Co-founder of Quantified Self, Gary Wolf 00:21:38 2014-11-24 01:24
014: Sword and Laser Host, Veronica Belmont 00:21:40 2014-11-12 00:27
013: Bestselling Author and Entrepreneur, Seth Godin 00:25:07 2014-11-01 05:28
012: Lifehacker founder Gina Trapani 00:23:14 2014-10-20 22:50