Know Dumb Questions

About Know Dumb Questions

Dr. Steve Perry's unique and powerful voice is respected and has been featured on MSNBC, Fox, CNN, Al Jazeera, TV One, BET, and NBC as well as on the Oprah Winfrey network in multiple shows. Join us on Know Dumb Questions where we dive into real questions from real people that others are afraid to ask.

Publisher

Dr.Steve Perry

Category

education · education · kids & family

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

8 May 2021

Latest episode

11 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

61 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   11 Sept 2026

   KNOW DUMB QUESTIONS FT DR.CHARLES COLE

   Send us Fan Mail A charter school opening turns into a bigger question fast: who actually benefits from the way American public education works right now? We’re joined by Dr Charles Cole, a former social worker and founder of the Agentic Institute, for an unfiltered conversation about what happens when adults protect contracts, funding streams, and reputations while kids leave school unable to read on grade level. We connect personal history to policy, from being nearly misclassified in scho...

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   20 Jun 2026

   KNOW DUMB QUESTIONS FT Dr. Elizabeth Horton Sheff

   Send us Fan Mail A single statistic can expose a whole system. When Dr. Elizabeth Horton Sheff learned that roughly 74% of Hartford eighth graders couldn’t read, she stopped seeing school failure as an individual problem and started seeing it as a constitutional crisis. That moment helped spark Sheff v. O’Neill, the landmark Connecticut education case that forced the state to confront racial isolation created by district lines, town boundaries, and unequal access to opportunity. We tal...

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   3 Nov 2025

   KNOW DUMB QUESTIONS FT LEONA TATE

   Send us a text We sit with civil rights pioneer Leona Tate, who integrated a New Orleans elementary school at six years old and watched the entire building empty by afternoon. We explore how that experience informs today’s fights over school choice, safety, equity, and historical truth.

Who has been a guest on Know Dumb Questions

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Chris Broussard
• Jerron Hurtt
• Randall

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 49 / 100

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Quality

66

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

82

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