315 - 69. How Can You Convince Someone They’re Wrong?
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.
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315 - 69. How Can You Convince Someone They’re Wrong?
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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.
Episódios
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69. How Can You Convince Someone They’re Wrong?
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Sun, 5 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000
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68. Why Do We Want What We Can’t Have?
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dom., 29 mar. 2026
313-
67. How Can You Escape Binary Thinking?
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dom., 22 mar. 2026
312-
65. What’s the Best Advice You’ve Ever Received?
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dom., 15 mar. 2026
311-
64. Are Women Required to Be Nicer Than Men?
Ouvido
Sun, 8 Mar 2026 01:00:00 +0000
310-
63. How Contagious Is Behavior? With Laurie Santos of “The Happiness Lab.” (Replay)
Ouvido
Sun, 1 Mar 2026 01:00:00 +0000
309-
62. How Can You Escape a Drama Triangle?
Ouvido
dom., 22 fev. 2026
308-
61. Should We Just Ignore Our Weaknesses?
Ouvido
dom., 15 fev. 2026
307-
60. Why Do We Complain?
Ouvido
Sun, 8 Feb 2026 01:00:00 +0000
306-
59. Do Dreams Actually Mean Anything?
Ouvido
Sun, 1 Feb 2026 01:00:00 +0000
305-
58. What’s So Gratifying About Gossip?
Ouvido
dom., 25 jan. 2026
304-
57. Which Incentives Are Best at Boosting Vaccination, and Why?
Ouvido
dom., 18 jan. 2026
303-
56. Why Is Academic Writing So Bad?
Ouvido
dom., 11 jan. 2026
302-
55. What Changes Will Stick When the Pandemic Is Gone?
Ouvido
Sun, 4 Jan 2026 01:00:00 +0000
301-
54. Do You Really Need a Muse to Be Creative?
Ouvido
dom., 28 dez. 2025
300-
53. What’s the Secret to Making a Great Prediction?
Ouvido
dom., 21 dez. 2025
299-
52. How Much Should We Be Able to Customize Our World?
Ouvido
dom., 14 dez. 2025
298-
51. What Separates Humans From Other Animals?
Ouvido
Sun, 7 Dec 2025 01:00:00 +0000
297-
50. Are You as Observant as You Think?
Ouvido
dom., 30 nov. 2025
296-
49. How Does Facing Death Change Your Life?
Ouvido
dom., 23 nov. 2025
295-
48. Do Good Deeds Invite More Bad Ones?
Ouvido
dom., 16 nov. 2025
294-
47. Is Laziness Real?
Ouvido
Sun, 9 Nov 2025 01:00:00 +0000
293-
46. How Can You Stop Feeling So Irritable?
Ouvido
Sun, 2 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000
292-
45. How Much Better Do You Really Want to Be?
Ouvido
dom., 26 out. 2025
291-
44. Is Empathy in Fact Immoral?
Ouvido
dom., 19 out. 2025
290-
43. What Do We Really Learn From Failure?
Ouvido
dom., 12 out. 2025
289-
42. How Does When You Are Born Affect Who You Are?
Ouvido
Sun, 5 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000
288-
41. Why Are We So Attracted to Fame?
Ouvido
dom., 28 set. 2025
287-
40. Have We All Lost Our Ability to Compromise?
Ouvido
dom., 21 set. 2025
286-
39. Is Everybody Cheating These Days?
Ouvido
dom., 14 set. 2025
285-
38. What Does It Mean to Be a “Good” Man?
Ouvido
Sun, 7 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000
284-
37. How Do You Know if People Don’t Like You?
Ouvido
dom., 31 ago. 2025
283-
36. Which Matters More, a First or Last Impression?
Ouvido
dom., 24 ago. 2025
282-
35. Does Psychotherapy Actually Work?
Ouvido
dom., 17 ago. 2025
281-
34. Are Humans Smarter or Stupider Than We Used to Be?
Ouvido
dom., 10 ago. 2025
280-
33. Is Optimism a Luxury Good?
Ouvido
Sun, 3 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000
279-
32. Which Gets You Further: Talent or Effort?
Ouvido
dom., 27 jul. 2025
278-
31. How Much Do Your Friends Affect Your Future?
Ouvido
dom., 20 jul. 2025
277-
30. Why Do We Seek Comfort in the Familiar?
Ouvido
dom., 13 jul. 2025
276-
29. How Do You Know When It’s Time to Quit?
Ouvido
Sun, 6 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000
275-
28. Why Do We Hoard?
Ouvido
dom., 29 jun. 2025
274-
27. How Should You Ask for Forgiveness?
Ouvido
dom., 22 jun. 2025
273-
26. Do Checklists Make People Stupid?
Ouvido
dom., 15 jun. 2025
272-
25. Is Hedonism Better Than Self-Control?
Ouvido
Sun, 8 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000
271-
24. Why Do We Forget So Much of What We’ve Read?
Ouvido
Sun, 1 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000
270-
23. Is It Wrong to Crave Praise?
Ouvido
dom., 25 maio 2025
269-
22. Why Do We Buy Things We’ll Never Use?
Ouvido
dom., 18 maio 2025
268-
21. How Can You Identify Hidden Talent? With Eric Schmidt.