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podcast2020–present

No Stupid Questions

Disciplines:
psychology, behavioural science, self-knowledge

Summary

Conversational podcast in which Duckworth and Dubner interrogate psychological assumptions, behavioural quirks, and questions listeners actually have. Distinguishes itself through intellectual honesty about what research does and does not support.

Core Contribution

Created space for rigorous but accessible interrogation of psychological claims; modelled epistemic humility in a genre prone to overconfident popularisation; extended both hosts' reach to new audiences.

Key Spikes & Highlights

  • grit and perseverance
  • epistemic humility
  • behavioural science myths
  • self-knowledge
  • psychology research translation

Historical Influences

Freakonomics Angela Duckworth's Grit research Daniel Kahneman Carol Dweck

Intellectual Lineage

No conceptual lineage found.

Allied Works

Grit Freakonomics Radio People I AdmireFreakonomics book series

Contemporaries & Peers

Hidden Brain You Are Not So Smart The Psychology Podcast Huberman Lab

Minds Influenced

Science communication podcast waveHidden Brain Behavioral Grooves

Intellectual Posterity

Part of a broader correction toward nuanced science communication; demonstrated that admitting uncertainty builds rather than erodes audience trust.

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