
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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Jul 1, 2018 • 1h 26min
037 - Media, Magic and Managua
SPONSORED BY: EERO - NEVER THINK ABOUT WIFI AGAIN For free overnight shipping to the U.S. or Canada, visit eero.com and at checkout select overnight shipping then enter ndq to make it free! HOW TO GET INVOLVED IN THE NICARAGUA RELIEF THINGThe Motorcycle Rice Run STUFF FROM THIS EPISODE Vidcon 2018 Jack Conte - Pomplamoose Nicaraguan Political Unrest Binary Marble Adding Machine Two Vortex Rings Colliding in Slow Motion Matt’s Prosperity Christianity Impression - begins at 5:30 Hooke’s Law University of Melbourne - Scientific paper titled, “Instability and reconnection in the head-on collision of two vortex rings” Reynolds Number Mark Rober’s Twitter Page Sally Ride Education Award “How to Think” 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)

Jun 19, 2018 • 58min
036 - The B.S. Asymmetry Principle
SPONSORED BY: AWAY TRAVEL For $20 off a suitcase, visit awaytravel.com/ndq20 and use promo code ndq20 during checkout! STUFF FROM THIS EPISODE Matt Whitman - Google Images Matt Whitman’s Big Mouth Keeps Getting Him Into Trouble Halifax councillor Matt Whitman barred from committees for 3 months Matt Whitman stands by white supremacists’ message Halifax councillor under fire for retweeting pro-white group Matt Whitman’s Idiocy and Free Speech Matt Whitman’s Deafening Silence Matt’s Wikipedia Page Chris Pratt’s Instagram Define Vacillate Chris Pratt responds to A Quiet Place Alberto Brandolini - The B.S. Asimmetry Cargo The Movie Trailer TMBH - 5 Insane Bible Conspiracy Theories Daughters of Reddit who have a great relationship with their fathers… 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)

Jun 7, 2018 • 1h 5min
035 - Parenting, Solo, and Anti-Semitism
SPONSORED BY: HELLOFRESH For $30 off your first week of HelloFresh, visit hellofresh.com/ndq and enter ndq at checkout. STUFF FROM THIS EPISODE What is the Apocrypha and Should It Be In the Bible Destin’s Wikipedia Page Matt’s IMDb Page Charlie the Unicorn Charlie Bit My Finger Charlie Bit My Finger on Osama bin Laden’s Computer Solo Movie Trailer Avengers: Infinity War Movie Trailer The Drug Stopper Sabaton Likes Matt’s Tweet Alert Sound Effects from http://www.freesfx.co.uk 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)

May 21, 2018 • 2h 13min
034 - Siege Warfare
SPONSORED BY: HELLOFRESH For $30 off your first week of HelloFresh, visit hellofresh.com/ndq and enter ndq at checkout. Special thanks to: PATRONS WHO HAVE ARRIVED. Click here to see a full list of Patrons (as of the last time we updated said list) CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE EPISODE DISCUSSION IN THE SUBREDDIT. Shoutout to: MT Knives (Use code NDQ) STUFF FROM THIS EPISODE Define “Siege” Matt’s Audio Book Warfare Articles Matt Read Jaws of Defeat Podcast on iTunes Fort Monroe Akko Masada Siege of Jerusalem Fort Ticonderoga World War I Trench Warfare Eagle’s Nest - Berchtesgaden Heidelberg Castle Malta Battle of Mobile Bay Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs, Siege of Vicksburg Civil War Anaconda Plan Grant’s Canal Alexander the Great and the Siege of Tyre Monty Python and the Holy Grail Battle of Jericho List of Siege Engines Battle for Minas Tirith - The Battle Begins Battle of Pelennor Fields Ethan Allen Ballista Atlatl Trebuchet Sapping Saltpeter Agincourt Moat William the Conqueror and The Battle of Hastings Motte and Bailey Parrott Rifle Smarter Every Day Whitworth Rifle (Not created yet) Bessemer Process Paris Gun Dora Railway Gun Siege of Antioch Define Dysentery Define Cholera Valhalla Valkyrie Odin Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman Rhône River Rhine River Charlemagne Siege of Paris Sabaton-Winged Hussars Siege of Vienna Battle of Stalingrad Thirty Years’ War Siege of Baghdad Battering Ram An Example of a Sabaton Concert 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)

May 13, 2018 • 1h 40min
033 - Visiting Israel
SPONSORED BY: Audible. Visit http://audible.com/ndq to get a free 30 day trial with Audible to get any book you want. US listeners: Text “NDQ” to 500-500 for a free trial link. Discuss this episode here STUFF FROM THIS EPISODE Heat Capacity How to pronounce “whilst” Hezekiah’s Tunnel Akko How to pronounce “templars” Shooter McGavin The 260-year-old church ladder How to pronounce “sepulchre” Church of the Holy Sepulchre Hadrian Picture of a Sarcophagus Lid Relics of the Apostle St. Thomas Archaeologists discover the tomb of St. Philip Church of the Nativity The Western Wall (a.k.a. The Wailing Wall) Charlemagne Rome Pompeii The Tent Restaurant Hookah Masada Sea of Galilee Ein Gedi Dead Sea 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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Apr 28, 2018 • 2h 19min
032 - Bullying and Ender's Game
Guests Gary Johnson, Vizzini, Jens Stoltenberg, and Jan Egeland discuss topics such as bullying, 'Ender's Game', social pecking orders, Away luggage, parental styles, character revelation, the potential of children, individual decision-making, Sherman's actions in the Civil War, training tactics, Locke and Demosthenes, character names, and themes in 'Ender's Game'.

Apr 14, 2018 • 1h 28min
031 - Ready Player One Movie Review
SPONSORED BY: HELLOFRESH (Visit hellofresh.com/ndq and enter "ndq" for $30 off your first order) STUFF FROM THIS EPISODE Ready Player One Movie Positional Tracking A Real Life Haptic Glove - Smarter Every Day Ben Mendelsohn - Sorrento Ralph Ineson (Rick in RPO) in The VVitch movie Olivia Cooke - Samantha TJ Miller - IR0k The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Official Trailer #1 Suicide Squad - Enchantress Gundam Simon Pegg - Og Ender’s Game 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)

Mar 31, 2018 • 1h 35min
030 - Visiting the Rocket Range
SPONSORED BY: AUDIBLE (Click here to get a free 30 day trial with Audible to get any book you want)US listeners: Text “NDQ” to 500-500 for a free trial link Discuss this episode here STUFF FROM THIS EPISODE Airy Stress Function in Polar Coordinates Bridge Collapse in Miami Alabama Governor Signs Bill to Use Nitrogen Hypoxia for Executions Why You Should Put Your Mask on First Google News Initiative Destin at the UAB Hockey Game Captain Disillusion’s Video Teaching About Green Screen History of the Salute Smarter Every Day - How Fish Eat Smarter Every Day - Facebook Freebooting US Congress Passes CLOUD Act Hidden in Budget Spending Bill The Office Paul, Apostle of Christ The Movie The Soda Parlor Ready Player One The Movie Ender’s Game 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)

Mar 21, 2018 • 1h 36min
029 - Welcome to the Gun Show
Discuss this episode here STUFF FROM THIS EPISODE Columbine School Shooting Wishbone on PBS U.S.S. Cairo An Up-close Look at the AR-15 Marjory Stoneman Douglas H.S. Shooter’s Foster Family Speaks Patriot Act Author Prepares Bill to Put Bulk Collection ‘Out of Business’ Marco Rubio Booed at Town Hall r/Firearms Ender’s Game Eugene Stoner (Stoner Chronicles) Number of Mass Shootings in Gun Free Zones Knife v. Gun - 21 Foot Rule Davy Crockett Device 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)

Mar 9, 2018 • 46min
028 - Volunteer Hangman
SPONSORED BY: HELLO FRESH (Visit hellofresh.com/ndq and enter "ndq" for $30 off your first order) STUFF FROM THIS EPISODE Hamm Botched Execution Rasputin Murder Willie Francis Execution George P. Hanna Ender’s Game 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)