262 Episodes

  1. 16. What’s the Downside to Being Goal-Oriented?

    Published: 4/6/2025

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

    Published: 3/30/2025

  3. 14. Are You a Maximizer or a Satisficer?

    Published: 3/23/2025

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

    Published: 3/16/2025

  5. 12. Does “As If” Thinking Really Work?

    Published: 3/9/2025

  6. 11. Are Ambitious People Inherently Selfish?

    Published: 3/2/2025

  7. 10. Why Are Stories Stickier Than Statistics?

    Published: 2/23/2025

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

    Published: 2/16/2025

  9. 8. Wouldn’t It Be Better to Hear Your Eulogy Before You’re Dead?

    Published: 2/9/2025

  10. 7. How Do You Handle Criticism?

    Published: 2/2/2025

  11. 6. Is Incompetence a Form of Dishonesty?

    Published: 1/26/2025

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

    Published: 1/19/2025

  13. 4. Does All Creativity Come From Pain?

    Published: 1/12/2025

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

    Published: 1/5/2025

  15. 2. What is the Optimal Way to Be Angry?

    Published: 12/29/2024

  16. 1. Did Covid-19 Kill the Handshake?

    Published: 12/22/2024

  17. 223. What About All the Questions We Haven’t Answered?

    Published: 12/15/2024

  18. 222. What Makes an Idea Interesting?

    Published: 12/8/2024

  19. Is It Weird for Adults to Have Imaginary Friends? (Replay)

    Published: 12/1/2024

  20. 221. Why Are We So Pessimistic?

    Published: 11/24/2024

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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.