
No Dumb Questions
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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Apr 30, 2019 • 55min
057 - Real Friends Give Each Other Mixtapes
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Apr 12, 2019 • 1h 33min
056 - What Going Bald Feels Like
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Mar 17, 2019 • 1h 29min
055 - Internet Manipulation and Countermeasures
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Feb 27, 2019 • 1h 29min
054 - The Combat of the Thirty
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Feb 15, 2019 • 1h 43min
053 - What would happen every time you restarted Earth?
Exploring hypothetical scenarios of Earth restarting, from playing board games like Risk and Settlers of Catan to the impact on historical figures like Jesus. Delving into rebuilding Earth with mud bricks, the significance of handshakes, and the roots of human conflict. Speculating on the recurrence of bridges and canals after multiple resets, and unraveling the strategic importance of global pinch points like straits and canals.

Jan 31, 2019 • 1h 17min
052 - Wayfaring Strangers Stagger Into an Internet Bar and Ask Questions
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Jan 15, 2019 • 1h 7min
051 - Supersonic Fly Fishing
SPONSORED BY: HELLOFRESH For $80 off your first month of HelloFresh, visit hellofresh.com/ndq80 and enter ndq80 at checkout. Discuss this episode here STUFF IN THIS EPISODE: How does a whip break the sound barrier? Castlevania Whip Karbatschen Whipcrackers Aperschnalzen Xerxes Whips the Hellespont Engineering Victory: How Technology Won the Civil War Tie Hacks Brotherhood of the Broadaxe - Wyoming Tie Hackers Sherman’s Neckties The Embattled Confederacy: The Image of War, 1861-1865 Vol. 3 Escaped Slave Gordon Showing His Scarred Back John 2:13-15 Fettered Herman Haupt Bridge of Cornstalks and Beanpoles Elk River Bridge Hoover Dam Bridge The Whip-Like Physics of Fly Fishing Identifying the 4 Parts of the Fly Line Momentum Momentum Conservation Coefficient of Restitution Whipcracking Research Paper? Havana by Camila Cabello Smooth Operator by Sade On the Water by Steve Martin Rocket by Andrew Peterson Handlebars by Flobots Fire by Barns Courtney Ooh La La by Goldfrapp Winged Hussars by Sabaton How Do You Like Me Now by The Heavy Immigrant Song by Led Zeppelin The Dark Side by Muse What a Feeling by Irene Cara Figure It Out by Royal Blood Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Queen Pinball Wizard by The Who The Passenger by Siouxie and The Banshees Flirtin’ With Disaster by Molly Hatchet Pride and Joy by Stevie Ray Vaughan Lost In Your Eyes by Debbie Gibson The Coon Huntin’ Monkey by Jerry Clower Fortunate Son by Credence Clearwater Revival Particle Man by They Might Be Giants La Grange by ZZ Top CONNECT WITH NO DUMB QUESTIONS: Support No Dumb Questions on Patreon if that sounds good to you NDQ Subreddit Our podcast YouTube channel Our website is nodumbquestions.fm No Dumb Questions Twitter Matt's Twitter Destin's Twitter SUBSCRIBE LINKS: Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Android OUR YOUTUBE CHANNELS ARE ALSO FUN: Matt's YouTube Channel (The Ten Minute Bible Hour) Destin's YouTube Channel (Smarter Every Day)

Dec 21, 2018 • 1h 39min
050 - Package Thief vs. Glitter Bomb Trap (With Mark Rober)
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Dec 10, 2018 • 1h 12min
049 - PeeV=NRT
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Nov 29, 2018 • 1h 15min
048 - The Power of Shared Optimism
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