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No Stupid Questions

Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher•freakonomics.com

Society & Culture

Research psychologist Angela Duckworth (author of "Grit") and tech and sports executive Mike Maughan really like to ask people questions, and they believe there’s no such thing as a stupid one. So they have a podcast where they can ask each other as many “stupid questions” as they want. New episodes each week. "No Stupid Questions" is a production of the Freakonomics Radio Network. To get every show in the Freakonomics Radio Network without ads and a monthly bonus episode of Freakonomics Radio, start a free trial for SiriusXM Podcasts+ on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.

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Episodes

48. Do Good Deeds Invite More Bad Ones?

Also: what is the most significant choice you will ever make?

Apr 18, 2021•39 min•Ep. 48

47. Is Laziness Real?

Also: why do we dislike being alone in public?

Apr 11, 2021•33 min•Ep. 47

46. How Can You Stop Feeling So Irritable?

Also: what’s wrong with being impatient?

Apr 04, 2021•38 min•Ep. 46

45. How Much Better Do You Really Want to Be?

Also: why do we pad our speech with so much filler language?

Mar 28, 2021•38 min•Ep. 45

44. Is Empathy in Fact Immoral?

Also: is it better to “go with the wind” or to “be the wind”?

Mar 21, 2021•36 min•Ep. 44

43. What Do We Really Learn From Failure?

Also: what is teasing supposed to accomplish?

Mar 14, 2021•37 min•Ep. 43

42. How Does When You Are Born Affect Who You Are?

Also: how did Angela do with her no-sugar challenge?

Mar 07, 2021•39 min•Ep. 42

41. Why Are We So Attracted to Fame?

Also: do we subconsciously lie about our major influences?

Feb 28, 2021•36 min•Ep. 41

40. Have We All Lost Our Ability to Compromise?

Also: is it better to be right or “not wrong”?

Feb 21, 2021•36 min•Ep. 40

39. Is Everybody Cheating These Days?

Also, what's better: to learn new skills or go deep on what you're good at?

Feb 14, 2021•37 min•Ep. 39

38. What Does It Mean to Be a “Good” Man?

Also: how can you stop ruminating?

Feb 07, 2021•34 min•Ep. 38

37. How Do You Know if People Don’t Like You?

Also: do self-help books really help?

Jan 31, 2021•40 min•Ep. 37

36. Which Matters More, a First or Last Impression?

Also: does wisdom really come with age?

Jan 24, 2021•37 min•Ep. 36

35. Does Psychotherapy Actually Work?

Also: how many “selves” is it OK to have?

Jan 17, 2021•33 min•Ep. 35

34. Are Humans Smarter or Stupider Than We Used to Be?

Also: how can you become a more curious person?

Jan 10, 2021•36 min•Ep. 34

33. Is Optimism a Luxury Good?

Also: why is public speaking so terrifying?

Jan 03, 2021•39 min•Ep. 33

How Much of Your Life Do You Actually Control? (Ep. 15 Rebroadcast)

Also: why do we procrastinate?

Dec 27, 2020•37 min

32. Which Gets You Further: Talent or Effort?

Also: where is the line between acronyms, initialisms, and gibberish?

Dec 20, 2020•34 min•Ep. 32

31. How Much Do Your Friends Affect Your Future?

Also: which professions have the happiest people?

Dec 13, 2020•37 min•Ep. 31

30. Why Do We Seek Comfort in the Familiar?

Also: is a little knowledge truly a dangerous thing?

Dec 06, 2020•35 min•Ep. 30

29. How Do You Know When It’s Time to Quit?

Also: why is it so hard to predict success?

Nov 29, 2020•32 min•Ep. 29

28. Why Do We Hoard?

Also: do you spend more time thinking about the past, the present, or the future?

Nov 22, 2020•29 min•Ep. 28

27. How Should You Ask for Forgiveness?

Also: why is behavior change so darn hard?

Nov 15, 2020•38 min•Ep. 27

26. Do Checklists Make People Stupid?

Also: what’s so great about New York City anyway?

Nov 08, 2020•34 min•Ep. 26

25. Is Hedonism Better Than Self-Control?

Also: is it wrong to feel inured to the pandemic?

Nov 01, 2020•31 min•Ep. 25

24. Why Do We Forget So Much of What We’ve Read?

Also: do we overestimate or underestimate our significance in other people’s lives?

Oct 25, 2020•34 min•Ep. 24

23. Is It Wrong to Crave Praise?

Also: should everyone have their own trauma score?

Oct 18, 2020•39 min•Ep. 23

22. Why Do We Buy Things We’ll Never Use?

Also: how is social media like a knife?

Oct 11, 2020•31 min•Ep. 22

21. How Can You Identify Hidden Talent? With Eric Schmidt.

Also: is there a downside to billionaire philanthropy?

Oct 04, 2020•35 min•Ep. 21

20. Should We Separate the Art From the Artist?

Also: what is the meaning of life?

Sep 27, 2020•33 min•Ep. 20

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