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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.
To get every show in the Freakonomics Radio Network without ads and a monthly bonus episode of Freakonomics Radio, start a free trial for SiriusXM Podcasts+ on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.
Episodes
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80. Is a “Success Hangover” Real?
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Sun, 21 Jun 2026
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79. Why Do We Root for Underdogs?
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Sun, 14 Jun 2026
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78. Why Do We Put Things Off Until the Very Last Minute?
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Sun, 7 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000
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77. How Can You Avoid Boredom?
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Sun, 31 May 2026
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76. Why Can’t Baby Boomers and Millennials Just Get Along?
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Sun, 24 May 2026
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75. How Do You Deal With Intrusive Thoughts?
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Sun, 17 May 2026
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74. Does Reverse Psychology Really Work?
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Sun, 10 May 2026
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73. Is It Okay to Engage in “Social Loafing”?
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Sun, 3 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000
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72. If Everyone Hates Meetings, Why Do We Have So Many of Them?
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Sun, 26 Apr 2026
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71. Why Is Pig Milk the One Milk We Don’t Drink?
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Sun, 19 Apr 2026
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70. In a Job Interview, How Much Does Timing Matter?
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Sun, 12 Apr 2026
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69. How Can You Convince Someone They’re Wrong?
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Sun, 5 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000
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68. Why Do We Want What We Can’t Have?
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Sun, 29 Mar 2026
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67. How Can You Escape Binary Thinking?
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Sun, 22 Mar 2026
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65. What’s the Best Advice You’ve Ever Received?
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Sun, 15 Mar 2026
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64. Are Women Required to Be Nicer Than Men?
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Sun, 8 Mar 2026 01:00:00 +0000
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63. How Contagious Is Behavior? With Laurie Santos of “The Happiness Lab.” (Replay)
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Sun, 1 Mar 2026 01:00:00 +0000
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62. How Can You Escape a Drama Triangle?
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Sun, 22 Feb 2026
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61. Should We Just Ignore Our Weaknesses?
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Sun, 15 Feb 2026
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60. Why Do We Complain?
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Sun, 8 Feb 2026 01:00:00 +0000
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59. Do Dreams Actually Mean Anything?
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Sun, 1 Feb 2026 01:00:00 +0000
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58. What’s So Gratifying About Gossip?
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Sun, 25 Jan 2026
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57. Which Incentives Are Best at Boosting Vaccination, and Why?
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Sun, 18 Jan 2026
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56. Why Is Academic Writing So Bad?
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Sun, 11 Jan 2026
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55. What Changes Will Stick When the Pandemic Is Gone?
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Sun, 4 Jan 2026 01:00:00 +0000
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54. Do You Really Need a Muse to Be Creative?
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Sun, 28 Dec 2025
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53. What’s the Secret to Making a Great Prediction?
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Sun, 21 Dec 2025
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52. How Much Should We Be Able to Customize Our World?
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Sun, 14 Dec 2025
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51. What Separates Humans From Other Animals?
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Sun, 7 Dec 2025 01:00:00 +0000
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50. Are You as Observant as You Think?
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Sun, 30 Nov 2025
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49. How Does Facing Death Change Your Life?
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Sun, 23 Nov 2025
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48. Do Good Deeds Invite More Bad Ones?
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Sun, 16 Nov 2025
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47. Is Laziness Real?
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Sun, 9 Nov 2025 01:00:00 +0000
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46. How Can You Stop Feeling So Irritable?
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Sun, 2 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000
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45. How Much Better Do You Really Want to Be?
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Sun, 26 Oct 2025
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44. Is Empathy in Fact Immoral?
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Sun, 19 Oct 2025
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43. What Do We Really Learn From Failure?
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Sun, 12 Oct 2025
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42. How Does When You Are Born Affect Who You Are?
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Sun, 5 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000
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41. Why Are We So Attracted to Fame?
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Sun, 28 Sep 2025
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40. Have We All Lost Our Ability to Compromise?
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Sun, 21 Sep 2025
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39. Is Everybody Cheating These Days?
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Sun, 14 Sep 2025
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38. What Does It Mean to Be a “Good” Man?
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Sun, 7 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000
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37. How Do You Know if People Don’t Like You?
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Sun, 31 Aug 2025
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36. Which Matters More, a First or Last Impression?
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Sun, 24 Aug 2025
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35. Does Psychotherapy Actually Work?
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Sun, 17 Aug 2025
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34. Are Humans Smarter or Stupider Than We Used to Be?