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

152.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Devil in the detail

When the scientific method goes awry. Greg ropes Dan into this one.

Jul 07, 2019•27 min

152 - Smart Enough to Star Fields

Indigenous Astronomy with Dr. Duane Hamacher

Jul 07, 2019•1 hr 12 min

151.5 - Wah Wonders Why - It takes ≥ two to tango

Polyamory with Scott and Amy

Jul 07, 2019•35 min

151 - Smart Enough to Baby Brains

Overly smart bombs, Beluga planes, Baby brains, Chips, Pokemon brains, Zombie foetus.

Jul 07, 2019•1 hr 11 min

150 - Smart Enough to Dub Steps

Dub step, Pancakes, Nova, Enviro-science. With Joel Gilmore

Jul 07, 2019•36 min

149.5 - Wah Wonders Why - What the Philosophy - Eugenics

Kevin Lowe returns to discuss eugenics and genetic engineering.

Jul 07, 2019•55 min

149 - Smart Enough to Pan Cakes

An interview with Dr Wes Fraser about some very special astral bodies.

Jul 07, 2019•58 min

148.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Astroquest

Three short interviews with the creators of Astrofest. Kirsten Gottschalk, Dr Luke Davies and Lisa Evans.

Jul 07, 2019•40 min

148 - Smart Enough to Bug Motels

Mars None, Flying Fish and Boobies, Sleeping with dogs, Killing Cockroaches, DNA hacking, Cryptozoo Healing.

Jul 07, 2019•1 hr 11 min

147 - Smart Enough to Bare Bear Bair

Bears, Cats, Dogs, Bluebottles, Indian/asian Mynas, Chicago and its river.

Jul 07, 2019•1 hr 13 min

146.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Jefferson Starfish

Doctor Who fan made radio show by Nat Bochenski

Jul 07, 2019•39 min

146 - Smart Enough to Man Flues

Supernumery nipples. Men getting sick. Fingerprinting urine. New Zealand. The Tassie Devil.

Jul 07, 2019•59 min

145.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Whether the Weather will Wither the Wether

Climate change. Just how doomed are we? With Dr Sarah Perkins

Jul 07, 2019•32 min

145 - Smart Enough to King Parrots

Blue Sky, Birds, Speed of Death, Pain Killers, Empty Universe, Cup of Tea.

Jul 07, 2019•1 hr 10 min

144.5 - Wah Wonders Why - What the Philosophy!?

Greg talks to ethicist Kevin Lowe about the backfire effect, fear as the basis of society and whether philosophy is a real thing anyway.

Jul 07, 2019•1 hr 5 min

144 - Smart Enough to Catch the Breeze

Measuring the wind, Animals that get skin cancer, Sneaky Rex. Iceland 999. Quakes Sketch: Bear Claws

Jul 07, 2019•1 hr 3 min

143.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Science!

Greg Wah talks about the scientific process Short Story - Cuckoo Music - Ossuary 6 - Air. Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

Jul 07, 2019•19 min