No Stupid Questions
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No Stupid Questions
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...
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52. How Much Should We Be Able to Customize Our World?
Also: does multitasking actually increase productivity? This episode originally aired on May 16th, 2021.
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51. What Separates Humans From Other Animals?
Also: why do people pace while talking on the phone? This episode originally aired May 9th, 2021.
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50. Are You as Observant as You Think?
Also: Angela accidentally discovers the secret to a good night’s sleep. This episode originally aired on May 2, 2021.
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49. How Does Facing Death Change Your Life?
Also: why are we so bad at assessing risk? This episode originally aired on April 25, 2021.
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48. Do Good Deeds Invite More Bad Ones?
Also: what is the most significant choice you will ever make? This episode originally aired on April 18, 2021.
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47. Is Laziness Real?
Also: why do we dislike being alone in public? This episode originally aired on April 11, 2021.
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46. How Can You Stop Feeling So Irritable?
Also: what’s wrong with being impatient? This episode originally aired on April 2, 2021.
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45. How Much Better Do You Really Want to Be?
Also: why do we pad our speech with so much filler language? This episode originally aired on March 28, 2021
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44. Is Empathy in Fact Immoral?
Also: is it better to “go with the wind” or to “be the wind”? This episode originally aired on March 21, 2021.
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43. What Do We Really Learn From Failure?
Also: what is teasing supposed to accomplish? This episode originally aired on March 14, 2021.
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42. How Does When You Are Born Affect Who You Are?
Also: how did Angela do with her no-sugar challenge? This episode originally aired on March 7, 2021.
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41. Why Are We So Attracted to Fame?
Also: do we subconsciously lie about our major influences? This episode originally aired on February 28, 2021.
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40. Have We All Lost Our Ability to Compromise?
Also: is it better to be right or “not wrong”? This episode originally aired on February 21, 2021.
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39. Is Everybody Cheating These Days?
Also, what's better: to learn new skills or go deep on what you're good at? This episode originally aired on February 14, 2021.
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38. What Does It Mean to Be a “Good” Man?
Also: how can you stop ruminating? This episode originally aired on February 7, 2021.
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37. How Do You Know if People Don’t Like You?
Also: do self-help books really help? This episode originally aired on January 31, 2021.
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36. Which Matters More, a First or Last Impression?
Also: does wisdom really come with age? This episode originally aired on January 14, 2021.
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35. Does Psychotherapy Actually Work?
Also: how many “selves” is it OK to have? This episode originally aired on January 17, 2021.
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34. Are Humans Smarter or Stupider Than We Used to Be?
Also: how can you become a more curious person? This episode originally aired on January 10, 2021.
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33. Is Optimism a Luxury Good?
Also: why is public speaking so terrifying? This episode originally aired on January 3, 2021.
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32. Which Gets You Further: Talent or Effort?
Also: where is the line between acronyms, initialisms, and gibberish? This episode originally aired on December 20, 2020.
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31. How Much Do Your Friends Affect Your Future?
Also: which professions have the happiest people? This episode originally aired on December 13, 2020.
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30. Why Do We Seek Comfort in the Familiar?
Also: is a little knowledge truly a dangerous thing? This episode originally aired on December 6, 2020.
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29. How Do You Know When It’s Time to Quit?
Also: why is it so hard to predict success? This episode originally aired on November 29, 2020.
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28. Why Do We Hoard?
Also: do you spend more time thinking about the past, the present, or the future? This episode originally aired on November 22, 2020.
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27. How Should You Ask for Forgiveness?
Also: why is behavior change so darn hard? This episode originally aired on November 15, 2020.
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26. Do Checklists Make People Stupid?
Also: what’s so great about New York City anyway? This episode originally aired on November 8, 2020.
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25. Is Hedonism Better Than Self-Control?
Also: is it wrong to feel inured to the pandemic? This episode originally aired on November 1, 2020.
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24. Why Do We Forget So Much of What We’ve Read?
Also: do we overestimate or underestimate our significance in other people’s lives? This episode originally aired on October 25, 2020.
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23. Is It Wrong to Crave Praise?
Also: should everyone have their own trauma score? This episode originally aired on October 18, 2020.
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22. Why Do We Buy Things We’ll Never Use?
Also: how is social media like a knife? This episode originally aired on October 11, 2020.
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21. How Can You Identify Hidden Talent? With Eric Schmidt.
Also: is there a downside to billionaire philanthropy? This episode originally aired on October 4, 2020.
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20. Should We Separate the Art From the Artist?
Also: what is the meaning of life? This episode originally aired on September 27, 2020.
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19. Is There Such a Thing as Good Estrangement?
Also: how do you know if you have a “bad personality”? This episode originally aired on September 20, 2020.
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18. How Do You Raise a “Likable” Kid?
Also: what’s so great about friendship? This episode originally aired on September 13, 2020.
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17. How Can We Get More Virtue and Less ‘Virtue Signaling’?
Also: is it better to be a thinker, a doer, or a charmer? This episode originally aired on September 6, 2020.
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16. What’s the Downside to Being Goal-Oriented?
Also: how does a cook become a chef? With Gabrielle Hamilton. This episode originally aired on August 30, 2020.
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15. How Much of Your Life Do You Actually Control?
Also: why do we procrastinate? This episode originally aired on August 23, 2020.
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14. Are You a Maximizer or a Satisficer?
Also: what is the best question you’ve ever been asked in a job interview? This episode originally aired on August 16, 2020.
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