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No Dumb Questions

by Destin Sandlin and Matt Whitman

A science guy from the deep south (Destin) and a humanities guy from the wild west (Matt Whitman) discuss deep questions with varying levels of maturity.

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  1. 235 - What Does It Feel Like to Get Stabbed in the Chest?

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  2. 234 - When Stretching Goes Too Far

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  3. 233 - The Great Emu War Reconsidered

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  4. 232 - Who was Sidhu Moose Wala and Why Was He Assassinated?

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  5. 231 - Famous Traitors

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  6. 230 - What are T and O Maps?

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  7. 229 - How Would You Get There Without a Map?

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  8. 228 - Is Robotic Mowing the Future?

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  9. 227 - Shameless Friend Promotion

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  10. 226 - The Collapse of Social Media?

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  11. 225 - Movie Review: Project Hail Mary

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  12. 224 - Project Hail Mary Book Review

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  13. 223 - How Does Respect Work?

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  14. 222 - How do Electric Motors Work?

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  15. 221 - Real Friends Go to Waffle House Together

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  16. 220 - Who Held This History?

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  17. 219 - A Very No Dumb Questions Christmas Special

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  18. 218 - What is a Shibboleth?

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  19. 217 - When Was Peak Comedy?

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  20. 216 - How to Music

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  21. 215 - Blueprint to Break Basketball's Scoring Record

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  22. 214 - Who Saved the Most Lives?

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  23. 213 - Behold: Pompeii!

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  24. 212 - Should Alabama Ban the Infinite Scroll?

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  25. 211 - Matt's Childhood Hero Signed His _______

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  26. 210 - What Is Nuclear Radiation?

  27. 209 - First Day Teaching College

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  28. 208 - Sneaking Photos of Other People

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  29. 207 - What is a Von Neumann Probe?

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  30. 206 - How Many Ways Can You Make a Thing Fly?

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  31. 205- So Do I Have the Job or What?!

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  32. 204 - The Worst Episode

    NOTICE: Please listen to this first before sharing it with kids. We deal with some serious stuff in this episode. Thanks. Please consider supporting on Patreon: - patreon.com/nodumbquestions NDQ EMAIL LIST - https://www.nodumbquestions.fm/email-list STUFF IN THIS EPISODE: The Office - Lion King...

  33. 203 - Is It Time for Bible 2.0?

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  34. 202 - What's Your Favorite Painting?

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  35. 201 - We Like It When People Check Us Out

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  36. 200 - Swiper, No Swiping

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  37. 199 - "Learn to CODE," they said. NOW WHAT?!

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  38. 198 - The Crash at Crush

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  39. 197 - How to Get Friends

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  40. 196 - The Holy Grail of Episodes

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  41. 195 - Why Do Kids Like Toys?

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  42. 194 - Waffle Stomping Doctor Pickles

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  43. 193 - Can You Pass the Citizenship Test?

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  44. 192 - Predicting Chaos

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  45. 191 - What Do You Wear To a Duck Party?

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  46. 190 - Math Tricks with Dr. Iga

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  47. 189 - The Fancy Episode

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  48. 188 - The Man Who Destroyed 27 Spacecraft

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  49. 187 - Songs of Ascent

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  50. 186 - Pictures of the Dead

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A science guy from the deep south (Destin) and a humanities guy from the wild west (Matt Whitman) discuss deep questions with varying levels of maturity.

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