Smart Enough to Know Better

Dan Beeston & Greg Wah•www.smartenough.org

Smart Enough to Know Better is a podcast of science, comedy and ignorance. Twice a month two professional performers chat about science stuff that excites them in a fun and accessible manner.

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Episodes

183.5 - Wah Wonders Why - What the Philosophy?! - Attack of the Killer Robots!

Greg and Dan chat to Laura Nolan about the ethics of automated weapons.

Feb 10, 2022•1 hr 7 min

183 - 183.0 - Smart Enough to Race Rats

The Tonga Volcano, Spicy Food, Facial Hair, Contraception, Rats Driving, Mirrors, Geometric Mean.

Jan 23, 2022•1 hr

182 - Smart Enough to Leap Frogs

Millipede legs, Butter, Common cold vs Covid, The best mugging victim and Cobra venom.

Dec 30, 2021•1 hr 27 min

181.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Qui Custodiet Medicus

Greg talks to Tom Salinsky about Doctor Who and Big Finish.

Dec 16, 2021•50 min

181 - Smart Enough to Steam Power

Bird Names, Teeth Brushing, Clean Rooms, Rocket Spinning, One Food, Finger Clicking.

Nov 26, 2021•1 hr 28 min

180.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Snapshot 4 - 18 months later

A catchup with people from around the globe regarding Covid19

Nov 11, 2021•2 hr 27 min

180 - Smart Enough to Glass Bones

The at sign, Hey Siri, Wine glasses, New bits in the body

Oct 23, 2021•1 hr 5 min

179.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Wah Punch Man

Greg explores his favourite pop-culture and talks to Kawaii-Fi about anime.

Oct 16, 2021•53 min

179 - Smart Enough to Drug Capsules

Greg and Dan interview Vienna Tran all about Space Medicine

Sep 21, 2021•1 hr 22 min

178.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Storytime Discovery

A few new listener stories about the humour, horror and Ursinology(?) of Discovery.

Sep 11, 2021•49 min

178 - Smart Enough to Meddle Metal Medals

Greg's Covid vaccine, Olympic Medals, Man eating plants, Metabolism slowdown, Pyramid power, Dan's rant.

Aug 16, 2021•1 hr 16 min

177.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Storytime

A selection of short stories and sketches from Greg, Dan and the SE2KB listenership.

Jul 31, 2021•37 min

177 - Smart Enough to Ape Men

Nutrition, Headaches, Big Bodies and Monster Proofing.

Jul 18, 2021•1 hr 9 min

176.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Metapoducken

Greg and Dan were guests on Metapod.

Jul 10, 2021•53 min

176 - Smart Enough to Bear Grills

Tiny bears, anal breathing and Superman's ice breath.

Jun 30, 2021•1 hr 2 min

175.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Who Owns Space

Greg and Dan talk to a Space Lawyer about Space Law!

Jun 08, 2021•44 min

175 - Smart Enough to Hoof Hearts

X-rays, Chinese rockets, Subtitles, Why men live shorter than women, Bug Zappers and Unicorns.

May 21, 2021•1 hr 5 min

174.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Snapshots Africa

Greg talks to Tara about how South Africa has been coping with the Year of Covid19

May 02, 2021•34 min

174 - Smart Enough to Heidi Hi

Heidi Allen chats about prehistoric slime and the giant stone towers it created

Apr 19, 2021•1 hr 15 min

173.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Snapshots 3 - One Year Later

Greg catches up with with people around the globe.

Apr 14, 2021•1 hr 49 min

173 - Smart Enough to Time Tunnels

Grass, Cryptocurrency, Dan's in trouble, Planet tunnel, Patient squid

Mar 28, 2021•1 hr 16 min

172.5 - Episode Wah Wonders Why - Here Comes The Sun

Doctor Joel Gilmore returns to talk renewables and how boned are we? Dan is occasionally helpful.

Mar 13, 2021•43 min

172 - Smart Enough to Count Dracula

Mars Spaceships, Brush Turkeys, Vampire Hospital, Youth Music, Fahrenheit Conversion

Feb 27, 2021•1 hr 22 min

171.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Women in Science - Space Heritage

Greg connects with Dr Alice Gorman to discuss space heritage.

Feb 07, 2021•54 min

171 - Smart Enough to Grey Poupon

Greg faints, Dan snakes, Breast feeding, Dung beetles and fantasy metal.

Jan 20, 2021•1 hr 46 min

170 - Smart Enough to Hoe Hose

Cooling a fish tank, Santa's Ho Ho Ho, Stochastic Resonance, Wombles

Dec 26, 2020•1 hr 27 min

169.5 - Wah Wonders Why - What the Philosophy?! - Did you have a choice?

Dan and Kevin join Greg to debate free will. A debate that has raged for thousands of years. I guess they solve it in the hour.

Dec 12, 2020•47 min

169 - Smart Enough to Milk Jokes

Milk Spoilage, Panicky crowds and Dune Spice

Nov 22, 2020•1 hr 17 min

168.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Snapshots 2

After 6 months, Greg gets back in contact with people from around the world to see how they are faring in this pandemic world.

Nov 14, 2020•3 hr 4 min

168 - Smart Enough to Face Facts

Dan and Greg chat to Dr. Romina Palermo about prosopagnosia (face blindness).

Oct 20, 2020•1 hr 16 min

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