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

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

167.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Give me STEAM

Greg has Dr Sam Illingworth on to discuss science and the arts. Specifically, poetry.

Oct 11, 2020•27 min

167 - Smart Enough to Climb Scales

Mermaids, Outrunning Dinosaurs, Dissolving bodies

Sep 19, 2020•1 hr 8 min

166.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Death becomes her

Greg talks to a mortuary assistant about what happens to your body after you pop your clogs.

Sep 06, 2020•1 hr 12 min

166 - Smart Enough to Dust Mites

Science Week, Space Force, Henrietta Lacks, Thanos' snap, Greedy Gulls.

Aug 15, 2020•1 hr 9 min

165.5 - Wah Wonders Why - The Tax Man Cometh

A breakdown of Greg's tax

Aug 03, 2020•56 min

165 - Smart Enough to Touch Tones

Dan and Greg chat to Yuma Antoine Decaux about navigating the universe with sound.

Jul 18, 2020•1 hr 6 min

164.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Lost Women of Science - Space4Women

Dr SpaceJunk - A/Prof Alice Gorman returns to share her bounty of knowledge

Jul 05, 2020•36 min

164 - Old Enough to Know Better

Carrington Vanston interview Greg and Dan about the podcast and how it came to be.

Jun 30, 2020•2 hr 15 min

163 - Smart Enough to Drill Bits

Sex underwater, Apples, Drilling, De-orbiting satellites.

May 18, 2020•1 hr 25 min

162.5 - Wah Wonders Why - What the Philosophy? - The price on your head

Kevin, the podcast's Philosopher-in-residence, returns to discuss with Greg how much a human life should be valued.

May 10, 2020•57 min

162 - Smart Enough to Wear Wolves

Toothpaste and OJ, Werewolves on the moon, Peak unhappiness, Terminal velocity of arrows.

Apr 18, 2020•1 hr 28 min

161.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Snapshots

Greg takes a global snapshot talking to people around the globe about their pandemic experience. From the U.S, Grenada, New Zealand, Phillipines, Australia, Germany, France, and the U.K people from...

Mar 28, 2020•2 hr 15 min