No Stupid Questions
Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher
4.7from 7,552 ratings
- 249
- Episodes
- 58
- Transcribed
- 7,552
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
- 7M
- YouTube views
About 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 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.
- Publisher
- Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher
- Category
- society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 24 Apr 2020
- Latest episode
- 28 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
58 of 249 episodes have a transcript.
28 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
All the Lonely People | Corner Piece
9 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
How Gary Gulman Turned Depression Into Comedy Gold | Better in Person
7 May 2025TRANSCRIPT
Presenting “Smart Girl Dumb Questions”
Inside a recent episode
All the Lonely People | Corner Piece
Published 28 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] You can be interacting with a hundred people every single day and still be completely lonely if you feel like you were never understood. In a way, you can be understood by yourself and be totally happy being in solitude. Yeah. Sometimes when you're by yourself, you can feel light and warm and happy. […]
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- Fay Bound-Alberti
- Gary Gulman
- J Kenji López-Alt
- Angela
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 6,965,330
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 3,511 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 4,041 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 86 / 100
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- Quality
- 96
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 100
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