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Nov 14, 2018 • 1h 11min

047 - Marine Corps Boot Camp

SPONSORED BY: Audible. For a limited time you can get three months of  Audible for $6.95/month. It includes one credit toward anything in their unmatched library plus two of any Audible originals. Go to https://www.audible.com/ndq or text ndq to 500 500. Discuss this episode here STUFF FROM THIS EPISODE Semper Fidelis How Did ‘Fido’ Become the Default Name for a Dog? Marine Corps Basic Training - Gas Mask & Gas Chamber Exercise Parris Island Patrick Roy and Jeremy Roenick Trash Talking My Life as a Rinnagade Homeschooling Outside the Box - My Life as a Rinnagade Podcast Knife Hands         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)
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Oct 23, 2018 • 56min

046 - The Car Wreck

SPONSORED BY: HELLOFRESH For $60 off your first three boxes of HelloFresh ($20 off each box), visit hellofresh.com/ndq60 and enter ndq60 at checkout. STUFF FROM THIS EPISODE Smarter Every Day - How to Escape from a Car Window Harlan Coben’s “The Five” Trailer Smarter Every Day - Why You Should Put YOUR MASK On First ThinkerCon Operation Paperclip Soldatenstube, Redstone, AL Biergarten - U.S. Space & Rocket Center Festival of the Spoken Nerd YouTube - Alabama rapper attempts freestyle on live tv - freezes Tom Scott - YouTube Jamie Seymour - James Cook University Smarter Every Day - Milking the WORLD’S MOST VENEMOUS FISH! YouTube - Random Acts of Intelligence Tracer Ammunition Barnaby Dixon - YouTube Cathedral Caverns State Park Hurricane Creek Turkey Foot Falls CONNECT WITH NO DUMB QUESTIONS: Support No Dumb Questions on Patreon if that sounds good to you Discuss this episode here 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)
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Oct 15, 2018 • 1h 12min

045 - Be a Better Friend

The podcast explores the dynamics of adult friendships, including intentionally choosing friends who have a positive influence and help in personal growth. The hosts reminisce about their first conversation and discuss the dynamics of adult friendships. They also explore the impact of online connections on burnout and the emptiness that can result from an overwhelming number of connections. Finally, they discuss the importance of building and maintaining friendships in adulthood and taking risks to build closer connections.
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Oct 1, 2018 • 1h 35min

044 - How to Think

SPONSORED BY AUDIBLE To start your free 30-day trial and receive a free audiobook visit audible.com/ndq or text ndq to 500 500!   How to Think: A Survival Guide For a World at Odds by Alan Jacobs   CONNECT WITH NO DUMB QUESTIONS: Support No Dumb Questions on Patreon if that sounds good to you Discuss this episode here 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)
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Sep 17, 2018 • 1h 16min

043 - Her Name Was Corndog and She Had Thirteen Nipples

SPONSORED BY: HELLOFRESH For $60 off your first three boxes of HelloFresh ($20 off each box), visit hellofresh.com/ndq60 and enter ndq60 at checkout. WE MADE A SPOTIFY PLAYLIST FEATURING ALL THE MUSIC FROM THIS EPISODE Get the playlist here STUFF FROM THIS EPISODE Opossum Possum What is the difference between an opossum and a possum? Led Zeppelin - “Kashmir” Thor Ragnarok - “Immigrant Song” Boston - “Foreplay / Long Time” Lord of the Rings Soundtrack - "Riders of Rohan" by Howard Shore Can a fish see above the water? Total Internal Reflection Fish World View - see the sky as a fish sees it! Snell’s Window Idiom “to make (someone)” AuthenTech - Ben Schmanke Voyage of the Dawn Treader Reepicheep Andy Grammer - "85" Andrew Peterson - "Rocket" Natalie Taylor - "Control" Muse - "The Dark Side" Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers - “On the Water” Billy Joel - “Downeaster Alexa” Delta Rae - “Run” Peter Paul and Mary - “Puff the Magic Dragon” Puff the Magic Dragon Audrey Assad - “How Can I Keep From Singing” Lisa Loeb - “Stay (I Missed You)” Belinda Carlisle - “Circle In The Sand” Mikey Lord on Twitter As Sirens Fall As Sirens Fall (Facebook) As Sirens Fall (Twitter) As Sirens Fall (YouTube) As Sirens Fall - “Lily” Plinth     CONNECT WITH NO DUMB QUESTIONS: Support No Dumb Questions on Patreon if that sounds good to you Discuss this episode here 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)
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Aug 30, 2018 • 1h 2min

042 - Listener Questions Lightning Round

Topics discussed include dodging questions in press conferences, meeting antipodes in a symmetric apartment complex, positive experiences with HelloFresh, guiding family without imposing beliefs, wives talking on the podcast, media consumption and bidet recommendations, the intersection of science and faith, personal stories and priorities, being alone and reading for mental well-being, and a Q&A session on engineer's hats, favorite animals, and the penny debate.
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Aug 22, 2018 • 1h 19min

041 - Probing Space, and Rocket CEOs

SPONSORED BY: EERO. Never think about WiFi again! For free overnight shipping to the U.S. or Canada, go to eero.com and at checkout select overnight shipping and enter ndq to make it free! STUFF IN THIS EPISODE: Elon Musk Elon Musk Apologizes for ‘Pedo’ Comment Tory Bruno SpaceX In-Situ Resource Utilization Insitu utilization and the mars looks like earth picture SpaceX plans for Mars SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch Tory Bruno Tweet on SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch “Slingshot” = Gravity Assist Parker Solar Probe Eugene Parker’s 1958 Solar Wind Paper Cassini Spacecraft George Brett Jeremy Wade of River Monsters Todd Helton Stats John Krasinski Parker Solar Probe - Faraday Cup Final Testing How Big Is Earth? What is Solar Weather? Space Telescopes Maneuver Like CATS - Smarter Every Day #59 (rotation wheels) The Poynter Institute Mark Coddington, Assistant Professor, Washington & Lee University Wyoming Gubernatorial Primary Debate 2018 Matt’s Chinchilla Tweet Name Matt’s Chinchilla   CONNECT WITH NO DUMB QUESTIONS: Support No Dumb Questions on Patreon if that sounds good to you Discuss this episode here 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)
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Aug 12, 2018 • 1h 28min

040 - Amazing Moments in Weird Places

SPONSORED BY: AWAY TRAVEL - awaytravel.com/ndq20 PROMO CODE: NDQ20 for $20 off a suitcase RIMPAC Nation States Russia Today Al Jazeera Mike Krzyzewski Glacier National Park Going-to-the-Sun Road Trail Ridge Road - Rocky Mountain National Park Beartooth Highway Derivatives Jack Conte, CEO & Cofounder of Patreon PomplamooseMusic Pedals Music Video - Jack Conte “Don’t Stop Lovin Me” - Pomplamoose “Look at this graph” parody CONNECT WITH NO DUMB QUESTIONS: Support No Dumb Questions on Patreon if that sounds good to you Discuss this episode here 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)  
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Jul 29, 2018 • 1h 23min

039 - Congrats... On a Life With Chapters

Speakers discuss leaving a job to prioritize family, hopes for their children, navigating life pressures, and the concept of living a life with chapters. They delve into the sunk cost fallacy and pushing back against it. They appreciate sponsors and talk about Hello Fresh meals. They reflect on the need for change, challenges on the internet, singleness of heart, and prioritizing God, family, and work. They explore the concept of life with chapters and accepting unexpected changes.
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Jul 18, 2018 • 1h 12min

038 - The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

SPONSORED BY: Audible. To take advantage of the Amazon Prime offer go to https://www.audible.com/ndq or text ndq to 500 500. This offer ends July 31st, 2018. Discuss this episode here STUFF FROM THIS EPISODE Vulcan Sculpture in Birmingham, Alabama Vulcan’s Traffic “Light for Life” Bessemer Process Sid Meier's Civilization Replica of the Parthenon in Memphis, TN Hagia Sophia in Constantinople Statue of Zeus Mausoleum Philo of Byzantium Herodotus Callimachus of Cyrene Antipater Pyramids of Giza The Hanging Gardens of Babylon Archimedes’ Screw Robert Koldewey Bird of Paradise Biltmore Hammered Dulcimer Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga Cuneiform Huntsville Botanical Gardens Loblolly Pine Decline and Leptographium Overview - Auburn University Frederick Law Olmsted 300 The Movie Bridge to Nowhere Neo-Babylonian Empire Mesopotamia Sumer Sargon of Akkad Hammurabi Code of Hammurabi Adad Nirari II Shalmaneser V Tiglath-Pileser III Sennacherib Dr. Stephanie Dalley, “Lost Gardens of Babylon” Nineveh Jonah Kuyunjik Relief Harappan Civilization Medes Persians Biblical Story of Men Being Thrown in the Fire Chatsworth House Democritus Caesar Augustus King Kamehameha         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)

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