No Stupid Questions
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No Stupid Questions

by Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

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.
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101 episodes
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1
65. What’s the Best Advice You’ve Ever Received?
39:42 Mar 15, 2026
2
64. Are Women Required to Be Nicer Than Men?
37:41 Mar 8, 2026
3
63. How Contagious Is Behavior? With Laurie Santos of “The Happiness Lab.” (Replay)
36:23 Mar 1, 2026
4
62. How Can You Escape a Drama Triangle?
39:44 Feb 22, 2026
5
61. Should We Just Ignore Our Weaknesses?
33:35 Feb 15, 2026
6
60. Why Do We Complain?
31:45 Feb 8, 2026
7
59. Do Dreams Actually Mean Anything?
38:35 Feb 1, 2026
8
58. What’s So Gratifying About Gossip?
37:04 Jan 25, 2026
9
57. Which Incentives Are Best at Boosting Vaccination, and Why?
36:24 Jan 18, 2026
10
56. Why Is Academic Writing So Bad?
39:13 Jan 11, 2026
11
55. What Changes Will Stick When the Pandemic Is Gone?
37:33 Jan 4, 2026
12
54. Do You Really Need a Muse to Be Creative?
36:52 Dec 28, 2025
13
53. What’s the Secret to Making a Great Prediction?
34:42 Dec 21, 2025
14
52. How Much Should We Be Able to Customize Our World?
38:52 Dec 14, 2025
15
51. What Separates Humans From Other Animals?
37:15 Dec 7, 2025
16
50. Are You as Observant as You Think?
34:30 Nov 30, 2025
17
49. How Does Facing Death Change Your Life?
39:01 Nov 23, 2025
18
48. Do Good Deeds Invite More Bad Ones?
33:58 Nov 16, 2025
19
47. Is Laziness Real?
32:35 Nov 9, 2025
20
46. How Can You Stop Feeling So Irritable?
38:06 Nov 2, 2025
21
45. How Much Better Do You Really Want to Be?
37:37 Oct 26, 2025
22
44. Is Empathy in Fact Immoral?
36:06 Oct 19, 2025
23
43. What Do We Really Learn From Failure?
36:45 Oct 12, 2025
24
42. How Does When You Are Born Affect Who You Are?
38:35 Oct 5, 2025
25
41. Why Are We So Attracted to Fame?
35:41 Sep 28, 2025
26
40. Have We All Lost Our Ability to Compromise?
36:15 Sep 21, 2025
27
39. Is Everybody Cheating These Days?
37:15 Sep 14, 2025
28
38. What Does It Mean to Be a “Good” Man?
34:27 Sep 7, 2025
29
37. How Do You Know if People Don’t Like You?
39:38 Aug 31, 2025
30
36. Which Matters More, a First or Last Impression?
36:41 Aug 24, 2025
31
35. Does Psychotherapy Actually Work?
32:42 Aug 17, 2025
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34. Are Humans Smarter or Stupider Than We Used to Be?
35:45 Aug 10, 2025
33
33. Is Optimism a Luxury Good?
38:43 Aug 3, 2025
34
32. Which Gets You Further: Talent or Effort?
33:42 Jul 27, 2025
35
31. How Much Do Your Friends Affect Your Future?
36:40 Jul 20, 2025
36
30. Why Do We Seek Comfort in the Familiar?
35:25 Jul 13, 2025
37
29. How Do You Know When It’s Time to Quit?
31:43 Jul 6, 2025
38
28. Why Do We Hoard?
29:14 Jun 29, 2025
39
27. How Should You Ask for Forgiveness?
37:45 Jun 22, 2025
40
26. Do Checklists Make People Stupid?
34:19 Jun 15, 2025
41
25. Is Hedonism Better Than Self-Control?
30:45 Jun 8, 2025
42
24. Why Do We Forget So Much of What We’ve Read?
34:01 Jun 1, 2025
43
23. Is It Wrong to Crave Praise?
38:41 May 25, 2025
44
22. Why Do We Buy Things We’ll Never Use?
31:35 May 18, 2025
45
21. How Can You Identify Hidden Talent? With Eric Schmidt.
35:14 May 11, 2025
46
Presenting “Smart Girl Dumb Questions”
47:32 May 7, 2025
47
20. Should We Separate the Art From the Artist?
32:44 May 4, 2025
48
19. Is There Such a Thing as Good Estrangement?
34:31 Apr 27, 2025
49
18. How Do You Raise a “Likable” Kid?
29:39 Apr 20, 2025
50
17. How Can We Get More Virtue and Less ‘Virtue Signaling’?
32:31 Apr 13, 2025
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