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15. How Much of Your Life Do You Actually Control?From 🇺🇸 No Stupid Questions, published at 2020-08-23 09:00
Also: why do we procrastinate?
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14. Are You a Maximizer or a Satisficer?From 🇺🇸 No Stupid Questions, published at 2020-08-16 09:00
Also: what is the best question you’ve ever been asked in a job interview?
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13. How Can You Stop Comparing Yourself With Other People?From 🇺🇸 No Stupid Questions, published at 2020-08-09 09:00
Also: how can we stop confusing correlation with causation?
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12. Does “As If” Thinking Really Work?From 🇺🇸 No Stupid Questions, published at 2020-08-03 00:00
Also: how effective is the placebo effect?
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11. Are Ambitious People Inherently Selfish?From 🇺🇸 No Stupid Questions, published at 2020-07-27 00:00
Also: why do we habituate to life’s greatest pleasures?
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10. Why Are Stories Stickier Than Statistics?From 🇺🇸 No Stupid Questions, published at 2020-07-20 00:00
Also: are the most memorable stories less likely to be true?
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9. Why Is It So Hard to Be Alone With Our Thoughts?From 🇺🇸 No Stupid Questions, published at 2020-07-13 00:00
Also: how do you avoid screwing up your kids?
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8. Wouldn’t It Be Better to Hear Your Eulogy Before You’re Dead?From 🇺🇸 No Stupid Questions, published at 2020-07-06 00:00
Also: how does a comedian cope with tragedy? With Eugene Mirman.
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7. How Do You Handle Criticism?From 🇺🇸 No Stupid Questions, published at 2020-06-29 00:00
Also: is it better to send a congratulatory note to someone who deserves it or a condolence note to someone who needs it?
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6. Is Incompetence a Form of Dishonesty?From 🇺🇸 No Stupid Questions, published at 2020-06-22 00:00
Also: should we all have personal mission statements?
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5. What Do Tom Sawyer and the Founder of Duolingo Have in Common?From 🇺🇸 No Stupid Questions, published at 2020-06-15 00:00
Also: is there such a thing as too much science? With special guest Luis von Ahn.
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4. Does All Creativity Come From Pain?From 🇺🇸 No Stupid Questions, published at 2020-06-08 00:00
Also: is life precious because it’s finite?
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3. What Does It Mean to Be a “Hard Worker”?From 🇺🇸 No Stupid Questions, published at 2020-06-01 00:00
Also: how does age affect happiness?
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2. What is the Optimal Way to Be Angry?From 🇺🇸 No Stupid Questions, published at 2020-05-25 00:00
Also: why do we treat pets better than people?
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1. Did Covid-19 Kill the Handshake?From 🇺🇸 No Stupid Questions, published at 2020-05-18 00:00
Also: why can't humans handle uncertainty already?
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Introducing "No Stupid Questions"From 🇺🇸 No Stupid Questions, published at 2020-04-24 16:00
Stephen Dubner, the host of Freakonomics Radio, and Angela Duckworth, the psychologist and author of Grit, explore the weird and wonderful ways in which humans behave. In each episode, they take turns asking each other questions, with conversations ranging from friendship and parenting to immortality and whether dogs are better than people. No Stupid Questions premieres May 18th.
