The Coolios is an annual awards show celebrating the coolest (and least cool) ideas and stories of the year.

The Coolios happened live at Stand Up NY on Monday, February 27.

Nominees and winners from the 2023 Coolios are listed below. You can hear the recap of the show here.

2023 COOLIOS NOMINEES

The Coolest Idea That Already Exists

Taly Matiteyahu, Blink Date (ep 139: Apple Podcasts, Spotify) WINNER

Julian Nazar, Jaunts With Julian (ep 138: Apple Podcasts, Spotify)

Ethan Nkana, Agents for Doctors (ep 133: Apple Podcasts, Spotify)

Joe Rippert, RipViews News Aggregator (ep 127: Apple Podcasts, Spotify)

Chris Ritter, Cheese Life (ep 131: Apple Podcasts, Spotify)

Schrödinger’s Cool: Simultaneously Cool And Uncool

Leslie Chen, Teassert (ep 140: Apple Podcasts, Spotify)

Lisa David Olson, Fix the Phone Number in the Episode Notes (ep 132: Apple Podcasts, Spotify)

Tami Haldeman, Your Shield App (ep 125: Apple Podcasts, Spotify) WINNER

Julia Karol, Stork’d Podcast (ep 122: Apple Podcasts, Spotify)

James Simmons, GameApart HeyLime (ep 115: Apple Podcasts, Spotify)

The Coolest Idea That Doesn’t Exist Yet

Debbie Ciralo, World Peace (ep 120: Apple Podcasts, Spotify)

Bob LeMent, Now is My Time Watch (ep 136: Apple Podcasts, Spotify) WINNER

Jade, Stop Judging (ep 137: Apple Podcasts, Spotify)

Jesse, Gulab Jamun Chocolate Bon Bon (ep 118: Apple Podcasts, Spotify)

Listeners Choice: Coolest Idea of the Year:

Listen to all nominated ideas

in this Spotify playlist.

And See Last year’s winners here.