No Stupid Questions

No Stupid Questions

46 episodes

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. Join the Freakonomics Radio Plus membership program for weekly member-only episodes of Freakonomics Radio. You’ll also get every show in our network without ads. To sign up, visit our show page on Apple Podcasts or go to freakonomics.com/plus.

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179. Can You Really Manifest Success Through Positive Visualization?

Published: Jan. 21, 2024, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 29 seconds

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178. Do Kids Need More Independence?

Published: Jan. 14, 2024, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 46 seconds

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177. What Does Success Look Like?

Published: Jan. 7, 2024, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 30 seconds

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176. Why Is It So Hard to Make Decisions?

Published: Dec. 24, 2023, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 17 seconds

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175. Why Is Astrology So Popular?

Published: Dec. 17, 2023, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 32 seconds

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174. Whats the Point of I.Q. Testing?

Published: Dec. 10, 2023, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 42 seconds

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173. How Important Is Your Choice of Words?

Published: Dec. 3, 2023, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 28 seconds

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149. Is It Harder to Make Friends as an Adult? (Replay)

Published: Nov. 26, 2023, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 56 seconds

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172. Is Marriage Worth It?

Published: Nov. 19, 2023, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 38 seconds

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171. Where Is the Line Between Exaggeration and Lying?

Published: Nov. 12, 2023, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 34 seconds

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170. Are We Getting Lonelier?

Published: Nov. 5, 2023, 4:05 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 15 seconds

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169. Can We Disagree Better?

Published: Oct. 29, 2023, 4:05 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 53 seconds

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168. Would You Be Happier if You Were More Creative?

Published: Oct. 22, 2023, 5 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 6 seconds

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167. Is GPS Changing Your Brain?

Published: Oct. 15, 2023, 4:05 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 37 seconds

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166. Are You Suffering From Burnout?

Published: Oct. 8, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 27 seconds

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165. Do "Generations" Mean Anything?

Published: Oct. 1, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 29 seconds

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164. Do You Have Impostor Syndrome?

Published: Sept. 24, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 43 seconds

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163. Does Your DNA Determine Your Weight?

Published: Sept. 17, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 38 seconds

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162. How Can You Be Kinder to Yourself?

Published: Sept. 10, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 40 seconds

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161. How Effective Are Ultimatums?

Published: Sept. 3, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 9 seconds

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160. How Do You Like Me Now?

Published: Aug. 27, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 45 seconds

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159. How Much Personal Space Do You Need?

Published: Aug. 20, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 53 seconds

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158. Bigger Fish, or Bigger Pond?

Published: Aug. 13, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 15 seconds

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157. How Can You Get Closer to the People You Care About?

Published: Aug. 6, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 11 seconds

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156. How Do You Connect With Someone You Just Met?

Published: July 30, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 9 seconds

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155. How Do You Deal With Big Life Changes?

Published: July 23, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 11 seconds

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154. Why Is There So Much Social Pressure Around Alcohol?

Published: July 16, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 14 seconds

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153. Should You Spend More Time in Nature?

Published: July 9, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 57 seconds

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152. Whats the Worst Kind of Regret?

Published: July 2, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 56 seconds

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151. Is It Okay to Be Average?

Published: June 25, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 49 seconds

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150. Why Do People Get Scammed?

Published: June 18, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 30 seconds

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149. Is It Harder to Make Friends as an Adult?

Published: June 11, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 6 seconds

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Do You Savor or Gobble? (Ep. 91 Replay)

Published: June 4, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 18 seconds

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148. What Is Fun, Exactly?

Published: May 28, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 18 seconds

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147. Is Nudging Enough?

Published: May 21, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 33 seconds

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146. How Do You Avoid Freezing Under Pressure?

Published: May 14, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 13 seconds

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145. Do You Have a Scarcity Mindset or an Abundance Mindset?

Published: May 7, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 19 seconds

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144. What Should Be the Eighth Deadly Sin?

Published: April 30, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 8 seconds

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143. How Sinful Are "No Stupid Questions" Listeners?

Published: April 23, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 39 seconds

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142. Is Pride the Worst Sin?

Published: April 16, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 28 seconds

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141. Is Greed Good?

Published: April 9, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 52 seconds

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140. Is Envy Healthy?

Published: April 2, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 28 seconds

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139. Why Do We Get Angry?

Published: March 26, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 53 seconds

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138. Why is Everyone Having Less Sex?

Published: March 19, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 53 seconds

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137. Are We All Addicted to Ultra-Processed Foods?

Published: March 12, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 59 seconds

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136. Is Sloth a Sin or a Virtue?

Published: March 5, 2023, 10 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 48 seconds

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135. What Should You Do on Your Birthday?

Published: Feb. 26, 2023, 10 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 33 seconds

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134. Will You Live to Be 100?

Published: Feb. 19, 2023, 10 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 39 seconds

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Why Is It So Hard to Talk About Money? (Ep. 81 Replay)

Published: Feb. 12, 2023, 10 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 54 seconds

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133. Can You Really Work on an Airplane?

Published: Feb. 5, 2023, 10 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 36 seconds

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132. Is It Wrong to Enjoy Yourself While the World Is Burning?

Published: Jan. 29, 2023, 10 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 52 seconds

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131. Why Do We Cry?

Published: Jan. 22, 2023, 10 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 39 seconds

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130. Why Is It So Hard to Resist Temptation?

Published: Jan. 15, 2023, 10 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 34 seconds

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129. Why Do We Cheat, and Why Shouldnt We?

Published: Jan. 8, 2023, 10 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 42 seconds

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Whats So Great About Retirement? (Ep. 87 Replay)

Published: Jan. 1, 2023, 10 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 10 seconds

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128. How Can You Give Better Gifts?

Published: Dec. 25, 2022, 10 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 38 seconds

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127. How Can You Be a Better Communicator?

Published: Dec. 18, 2022, 10 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 12 seconds

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126. Why Do People Love Horror Movies?

Published: Dec. 11, 2022, 10 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 36 seconds

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125. Should We Replace Umpires With Robots?

Published: Dec. 4, 2022, 10 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 53 seconds

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124. How Do You Stop Grinding Your Teeth?

Published: Nov. 27, 2022, 10 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 20 seconds

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123. Whats Wrong With Coveting?

Published: Nov. 20, 2022, 10 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 48 seconds

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When Is It OK to Tell a Lie? (Replay from Ep. 66)

Published: Nov. 13, 2022, 10 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 13 seconds

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122. Is Family Overrated?

Published: Nov. 6, 2022, 10 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 6 seconds

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121. How Good Are Your Snap Judgments?

Published: Oct. 30, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 38 seconds

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120. Why Are Rich Countries So Unhappy?

Published: Oct. 23, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 25 seconds

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119. J***s C****t, Angela, Why Are You Such a F***ing Potty-Mouth?

Published: Oct. 16, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 35 seconds

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118. How Do You Keep Winter From Getting You Down?

Published: Oct. 9, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 2 seconds

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117. Whats Wrong With Holding a Grudge?

Published: Oct. 2, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 27 seconds

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116. Do People Pay Attention to Signs?

Published: Sept. 25, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 28 seconds

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115. Are You Having a Midlife Crisis?

Published: Sept. 18, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 6 seconds

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114. Can You Learn to Love Hard Work?

Published: Sept. 11, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 32 seconds

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113. How Can You Improve Your Mental Endurance?

Published: Sept. 4, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 44 seconds

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112. Is It Okay to Hate Highbrow Culture?

Published: Aug. 28, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 32 seconds

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111. Would You Be Happier if You Lived Someplace Else?

Published: Aug. 21, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 31 seconds

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110. Why Is Angela Stepping Down as C.E.O. of the Nonprofit She Founded?

Published: Aug. 14, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 32 seconds

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Whats the Best Advice Youve Ever Received? (Replay from Ep. 65)

Published: Aug. 7, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 5 seconds

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109. What Is the Purpose of Embarrassment?

Published: July 31, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 41 seconds

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108. Should You Try to Be Less Angry?

Published: July 24, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 27 seconds

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107. Is It Worth It for Charities to Harass Their Donors?

Published: July 17, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 10 seconds

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106. Did Your Early Childhood Determine the Course of Your Life?

Published: July 10, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 52 seconds

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How Does Facing Death Change Your Life? (Replay from Ep. 49)

Published: July 3, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 54 seconds

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105. Should You Give Kids an Allowance or Make Them Get Jobs?

Published: June 26, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 47 seconds

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104. How Simple Is Too Simple?

Published: June 19, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 58 seconds

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103. Should Toilets Be Free?

Published: June 12, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 49 seconds

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102. Whats So Bad About Nepotism?

Published: June 5, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 37 seconds

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101. Are You Really "Addicted" to Diet Coke?

Published: May 29, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 36 seconds

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100. Is It Weird for Adults to Have Imaginary Friends?

Published: May 22, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 29 seconds

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99. Do You Mind if I Borrow Your Personality?

Published: May 15, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 3 seconds

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98. Is Having Children Worth It?

Published: May 8, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 57 seconds

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97. Are Women Really Less Happy Than Men?

Published: May 1, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 42 seconds

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96. Why Is Chick-fil-A Such a Big Deal?

Published: April 24, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 4 seconds

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95. Whats So Bad About Denial?

Published: April 17, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 42 seconds

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94. What to Do When Everything Looks Like a Catastrophe?

Published: April 10, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 58 seconds

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93. Does the Early Bird Really Catch the Worm? Or Could the Night Owl Get There First?

Published: April 3, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 20 seconds

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92. Is Poor Nutrition a Supply Problem or a Demand Problem?

Published: March 27, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 38 seconds

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91. Do You Savor or Gobble?

Published: March 20, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 53 seconds

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90. If America Is a Train Wreck, Why Am I Doing Fine?

Published: March 13, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 56 seconds

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89. How Valuable Is Enthusiasm?

Published: March 6, 2022, 10 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 48 seconds

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88. Is Self-Improvement Too Selfish?

Published: Feb. 27, 2022, 10 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 25 seconds

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87. Whats So Great About Retirement?

Published: Feb. 20, 2022, 10 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 10 seconds

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86. Should We All Be Taking More Long Shots?

Published: Feb. 13, 2022, 10 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 2 seconds

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85. Is Emotional Intelligence Really So Important?

Published: Feb. 6, 2022, 10 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 27 seconds

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84. Why Do We Find So Much Meaning in Meaningless Coincidences?

Published: Jan. 30, 2022, 10 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 36 seconds

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83. Can You Change Your Mind Without Losing Face?

Published: Jan. 23, 2022, 10 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 59 seconds

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82. Which Is More Powerful: Reward or Punishment?

Published: Jan. 16, 2022, 10 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 25 seconds

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81. Why Is It So Hard to Talk About Money?

Published: Jan. 9, 2022, 10 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 28 seconds

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80. Is a Success Hangover Real?

Published: Jan. 2, 2022, 10 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 34 seconds

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79. Why Do We Root for Underdogs?

Published: Dec. 26, 2021, 10 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 47 seconds

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78. Why Do We Put Things Off Until the Very Last Minute?

Published: Dec. 19, 2021, 10 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 28 seconds

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77. How Can You Avoid Boredom?

Published: Dec. 12, 2021, 10 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 11 seconds

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76. Why Cant Baby Boomers and Millennials Just Get Along?

Published: Dec. 5, 2021, 10 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 33 seconds

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Why Do We Seek Comfort in the Familiar? (NSQ Ep. 30 Replay)

Published: Nov. 28, 2021, 10 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 59 seconds

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75. How Do You Deal With Intrusive Thoughts?

Published: Nov. 21, 2021, 10 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 10 seconds

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74. Does Reverse Psychology Really Work?

Published: Nov. 14, 2021, 10 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 25 seconds

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73. Is It Okay to Engage in Social Loafing?

Published: Nov. 7, 2021, 10 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 50 seconds

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72. If Everyone Hates Meetings, Why Do We Have So Many of Them?

Published: Oct. 31, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 21 seconds

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71. Why Is Pig Milk the One Milk We Dont Drink?

Published: Oct. 24, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 34 seconds

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How Much Do Your Friends Affect Your Future? (NSQ Ep. 31 Replay)

Published: Oct. 17, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 19 seconds

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70. In a Job Interview, How Much Does Timing Matter?

Published: Oct. 10, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 58 seconds

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69. How Can You Convince Someone Theyre Wrong?

Published: Oct. 3, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 49 seconds

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68. Why Do We Want What We Cant Have?

Published: Sept. 26, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 1 second

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67. How Can You Escape Binary Thinking?

Published: Sept. 19, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 55 seconds

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66. When Is It OK to Tell a Lie?

Published: Sept. 12, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 56 seconds

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Why Do We Forget So Much of What Weve Read? (Ep. 24 Rebroadcast)

Published: Sept. 5, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 42 seconds

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65. Whats the Best Advice Youve Ever Received?

Published: Aug. 29, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 9 seconds

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Why Do We Buy Things We Never Use? (Rebroadcast From Ep.22)

Published: Aug. 22, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 37 seconds

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64. Are Women Required to Be Nicer Than Men?

Published: Aug. 15, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 57 seconds

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63. How Contagious Is Behavior? With Laurie Santos of The Happiness Lab.

Published: Aug. 8, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 12 seconds

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62. How Can You Escape a Drama Triangle?

Published: Aug. 1, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 55 seconds

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61. Should We Just Ignore Our Weaknesses?

Published: July 25, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 50 seconds

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60. Why Do We Complain?

Published: July 18, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes

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59. Do Dreams Actually Mean Anything?

Published: July 11, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 50 seconds

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How Can You Stop Comparing Yourself With Other People? (Ep. 13 Rebroadcast)

Published: July 4, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 38 seconds

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58. Whats So Gratifying About Gossip?

Published: June 27, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 23 seconds

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57. Which Incentives Are Best at Boosting Vaccination, and Why?

Published: June 20, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 40 seconds

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56. Why Is Academic Writing So Bad?

Published: June 13, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 17 seconds

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55. What Changes Will Stick When the Pandemic Is Gone?

Published: June 6, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 37 seconds

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54. Do You Really Need a Muse to Be Creative?

Published: May 30, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 55 seconds

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53. Whats the Secret to Making a Great Prediction?

Published: May 23, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 45 seconds

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52. How Much Should We Be Able to Customize Our World?

Published: May 16, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 56 seconds

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51. What Separates Humans From Other Animals?

Published: May 9, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 22 seconds

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50. Are You as Observant as You Think?

Published: May 2, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 35 seconds

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49. How Does Facing Death Change Your Life?

Published: April 25, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 5 seconds

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48. Do Good Deeds Invite More Bad Ones?

Published: April 18, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 45 seconds

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47. Is Laziness Real?

Published: April 11, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 40 seconds

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46. How Can You Stop Feeling So Irritable?

Published: April 4, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 12 seconds

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

Published: March 28, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 43 seconds

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44. Is Empathy in Fact Immoral?

Published: March 21, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 11 seconds

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43. What Do We Really Learn From Failure?

Published: March 14, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 51 seconds

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

Published: March 7, 2021, 10 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 32 seconds

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41. Why Are We So Attracted to Fame?

Published: Feb. 28, 2021, 10 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 38 seconds

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40. Have We All Lost Our Ability to Compromise?

Published: Feb. 21, 2021, 10 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 8 seconds

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39. Is Everybody Cheating These Days?

Published: Feb. 14, 2021, 10 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 11 seconds

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

Published: Feb. 7, 2021, 10 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 20 seconds

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37. How Do You Know if People Dont Like You?

Published: Jan. 31, 2021, 10 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 32 seconds

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

Published: Jan. 24, 2021, 10 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 38 seconds

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35. Does Psychotherapy Actually Work?

Published: Jan. 17, 2021, 10 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 37 seconds

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

Published: Jan. 10, 2021, 10 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 39 seconds

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33. Is Optimism a Luxury Good?

Published: Jan. 3, 2021, 10 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 41 seconds

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

Published: Dec. 27, 2020, 10 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 9 seconds

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32. Which Gets You Further: Talent or Effort?

Published: Dec. 20, 2020, 10 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 36 seconds

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31. How Much Do Your Friends Affect Your Future?

Published: Dec. 13, 2020, 10 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 38 seconds

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30. Why Do We Seek Comfort in the Familiar?

Published: Dec. 6, 2020, 10 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 12 seconds

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29. How Do You Know When Its Time to Quit?

Published: Nov. 29, 2020, 10 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 39 seconds

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28. Why Do We Hoard?

Published: Nov. 22, 2020, 10 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 14 seconds

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27. How Should You Ask for Forgiveness?

Published: Nov. 15, 2020, 10 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 44 seconds

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26. Do Checklists Make People Stupid?

Published: Nov. 8, 2020, 10 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 17 seconds

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25. Is Hedonism Better Than Self-Control?

Published: Nov. 1, 2020, 10 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 43 seconds

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

Published: Oct. 25, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 53 seconds

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23. Is It Wrong to Crave Praise?

Published: Oct. 18, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 33 seconds

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22. Why Do We Buy Things Well Never Use?

Published: Oct. 11, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 28 seconds

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

Published: Oct. 4, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 3 seconds

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20. Should We Separate the Art From the Artist?

Published: Sept. 27, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 37 seconds

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19. Is There Such a Thing as Good Estrangement?

Published: Sept. 20, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 19 seconds

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18. How Do You Raise a Likable Kid?

Published: Sept. 13, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 30 seconds

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17. How Can We Get More Virtue and Less Virtue Signaling?

Published: Sept. 6, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 23 seconds

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16. Whats the Downside to Being Goal-Oriented?

Published: Aug. 30, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 36 seconds

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15. How Much of Your Life Do You Actually Control?

Published: Aug. 23, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 26 seconds

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14. Are You a Maximizer or a Satisficer?

Published: Aug. 16, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes

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13. How Can You Stop Comparing Yourself With Other People?

Published: Aug. 9, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 50 seconds

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12. Does As If Thinking Really Work?

Published: Aug. 3, 2020, midnight
Duration: 32 minutes 47 seconds

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11. Are Ambitious People Inherently Selfish?

Published: July 27, 2020, midnight
Duration: 35 minutes 53 seconds

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10. Why Are Stories Stickier Than Statistics?

Published: July 20, 2020, midnight
Duration: 30 minutes 20 seconds

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9. Why Is It So Hard to Be Alone With Our Thoughts?

Published: July 13, 2020, midnight
Duration: 33 minutes 28 seconds

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8. Wouldnt It Be Better to Hear Your Eulogy Before Youre Dead?

Published: July 6, 2020, midnight
Duration: 36 minutes 2 seconds

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7. How Do You Handle Criticism?

Published: June 29, 2020, midnight
Duration: 30 minutes 15 seconds

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6. Is Incompetence a Form of Dishonesty?

Published: June 22, 2020, midnight
Duration: 39 minutes 9 seconds

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5. What Do Tom Sawyer and the Founder of Duolingo Have in Common?

Published: June 15, 2020, midnight
Duration: 29 minutes 21 seconds

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4. Does All Creativity Come From Pain?

Published: June 8, 2020, midnight
Duration: 31 minutes 37 seconds

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3. What Does It Mean to Be a Hard Worker?

Published: June 1, 2020, midnight
Duration: 26 minutes 31 seconds

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2. What is the Optimal Way to Be Angry?

Published: May 25, 2020, midnight
Duration: 34 minutes 43 seconds

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1. Did Covid-19 Kill the Handshake?

Published: May 18, 2020, midnight
Duration: 37 minutes 31 seconds

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Introducing "No Stupid Questions"

Published: April 24, 2020, 4 p.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 15 seconds

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