
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.
Latest episodes

Oct 9, 2017 • 32min
017 - Destin's Domino Discovery
SPONSORED BY: HELLO FRESH (hellofresh.com promo code "ndq30" for $30 off your first order) STUFF FROM THIS EPISODE Destin’s Dominoes Video The Incredible Science Machine Sprice Machines YouTube Channel European Domino Record 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)

Oct 1, 2017 • 1h 56min
016 - Exploring the Forgotten Fair
SPONSORED BY: AUDIBLE (Click here to get a free 30 day trial with Audible to get any book you want) The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson on Audible Click here to discuss this episode on the subreddit EMILY GRASLIE'S INTERNETTING The Brain Scoop Explorastory (keep hitting refresh until later this fall) INTERESTING STUFF FROM THIS EPISODE White City map The Rookery The Montauk (sadly what we saw in Chicago wasn't the original building designed by Burnham and Root - that one's long gone) Garden of the Phoenix (The Wooded Island) Navy Pier Museum of Science and Industry Holmes' Murder Castle Site Barack Obama's Victory Celebration in Grant Park CONNECT WITH NO DUMB QUESTIONS: Support No Dumb Questions on Patreon if that sounds good to you Discuss this episode here 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)

Sep 18, 2017 • 1h 36min
015 - What the Heck Is Sleep Paralysis?
SPONSORED BY: HELLO FRESH (Click here to go to HelloFresh.com and enter ndq30 for $30 off your first order) / AUDIBLE (Click here to go to audible.com/nodumbquestions for a free audio book – use it to get The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson or any other book you might like) Click here to discuss this episode on the subreddit Click here to See this episode on YouTube: ABOUT SLEEP PARALYSIS: A fun, user-friendly article A more serious article A fancy serious research journal article for fancies A book with helpful pointers for dealing with sleep paralysis ADORABLE KITTENS MEOWING FOR THE FIRST TIME TO GET YOUR MIND OFF OF SLEEP PARALYSIS CONNECT WITH NO DUMB QUESTIONS: Support No Dumb Questions on Patreon if that sounds good to you Discuss this episode here 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)

Aug 24, 2017 • 1h 49min
014 - Befriending Hitler (Live Eclipse Event Recording)
SPONSORED BY: https://www.patreon.com/nodumbquestions OUR ECLIPSE VIDEOS: Smarter Every Day Eclipse Video Smarter Every Day 2 Eclipse Video (Behind the Scenes) TMBH Eclipse Video (Matt's) CONNECT WITH NO DUMB QUESTIONS: Support No Dumb Questions on Patreon if that sounds good to you Discuss this episode here 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)

Aug 16, 2017 • 60min
013 - Becoming a Bitcoin Bitionaire
SPONSORED BY: Away Travel Luggage (Click here to check it out). 23 And Me (Click here to get your own test kit) (Not an official Sponsor) Dr. Telepun's Solar Eclipse Timer Download Android Download Link Apple Download Link Support No Dumb Questions on Patreon if you wanna Discuss this episode here Stuff We Talked About In This Episode: Bitcoin What English Sounds like to non English speakers The island culture that uses large stones as money The Motley Fool Ithaca Hour Destin's Eclipse Videos: How to Watch The Eclipse Spectral Hearing Episode NDQ-003 where Matt guesses Darryl's name Entering a Shrine in Zelda ALL THE WAYS TO FOLLOW/CONNECT WITH MATT AND DESTIN AND NDQ 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)

Jul 31, 2017 • 1h 38min
012 - Darth Vader with Mickey Mouse Ears
Sponsored By: Audible: Click here to start your free trial and download "The Devil In the White City" by Eric Larson. 23andMe: Click here or go to 23andMe.com/NoDumbQuestions for ancestry testing and more. We'll discuss the book in an upcoming episode! DISCUSS THIS EPISODE HERE Stuff We Talked About In This Episode: INTRO Ready Player One Trailer Where is the tenderloin? Case New Holland Industrial Cake (1990s band) Michelin Stupid Star Wars Dancing Crap Brandtastrophe - YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO LOOK AWAY - IT'S LIKE WATCHING A TRAINWRECK ON TOP OF A TIRE FIRE ALL PILED IN A GIANT DUMPSTER FLOATING THROUGH AN EVEN MORE GIANT SEWER ON A RAFT MADE OF DISAPPOINTMENT AND SELF-LOATHING Star Wars Mickey Mouse Ears Snapchat Instagram Mike Rugnetta - Reasonably Sound Oprah Jerry Seinfeld Michael Jordan LeBron James Gordon Ramsay Donald Trump Hillary Clinton Michael Jordan Rolex Coca-Cola Pepsi Chevy Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band Poland Alabama John McCain Concession Speech Apple (Justin Long commercials) Nike Craig Engels Google Walmart Levi's CNN Philip DeFranco Graffiti in Pompeii Chi Rho Branding Cattle Fellowship of the Ring Cast Tattoo Follow links: The YouTube version of this podcast Our website is nodumbquestions.fm No Dumb Questions Twitter Matt's Twitter Destin's Twitter Subscribe links: Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Android Feedback options: No Dumb Questions Subreddit (on reddit.com) Share thoughts on our Patreon Our YouTube channels are also fun: Matt's YouTube Channel (The Ten Minute Bible Hour) Destin's YouTube Channel (Smarter Every Day)

Jul 9, 2017 • 1h 12min
011 - What Makes You Cry?
SPONSORED BY: 23 And Me (Click here to get your own test kit) and Thumbtack (Click here to see how it works) SUPPORT NO DUMB QUESTIONS ON PATREON HERE DISCUSS THIS EPISODE HERE Stuff We Talked About In This Episode: DISAPPOINTING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT URINATION Yellowpee Blue Acid Indicator (Methylene Blue) MOVIES THAT MAKE WEAK PEOPLE CRY Hidden Figures Trailer Pete’s Dragon Trailer Silence Trailer Wonder Woman Trailer Saving Private Ryan SCIENCE AND OPINION ON CRYING AND FARTING ON AIRPLANES Article 1 Article 2 Article 3 Flatulence on Airplanes Study FAVORITE ATHLETES Craig Engels (Ole Miss) Cal Ripkin, Jr. Mike Piazza George Brett VIDEO GAMES OUR KIDS MIGHT PLAY SOMEDAY Nintendo Switch Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for Nintendo Switch Nintendo Power Pad Minecraft Zelda Skyrim Portal ECLIPSE STUFF ISS and Spain’s Solar Eclipse Wolfram Alpha TERRIFYING RABBIT TRAIL STORY ABOUT A CAR CRASH AND CHIGGERS Chiggers UPCOMING BOOK DISCUSSION (PODCAST HOMEWORK) Devil in the White City on Audible ALL THE WAYS TO FOLLOW/CONNECT WITH MATT AND DESTIN AND NDQ 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 18, 2017 • 1h 46min
010 - Dinosaurs, Wolves, and Emily Graslie
Sponsored By: Audible: Click here to start your free trial and download "The Devil In the White City" by Eric Larson. We'll discuss the book in an upcoming episode! DISCUSS THIS EPISODE HERE Stuff We Talked About In This Episode: Emily’s YouTube Channel Faith, SD Sue the T-Rex The Field Museum The First Ferris Wheel 1893 World’s Fair Types of Columns Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West Show Japanese Garden in Jackson Park The Devil in the White City Map of Chicago Neighborhoods (and bars) Storybook Island Rapid City Flood Dinosaur Park Chicken walking like a Dinosaur Is Not a Dinosaur Which Dinosaur is Best? Emily's Wolf Video The Lions That Ate the Rail Workers In Africa World Taxidermy Championship Hyena Diorama video The Relic Golden Girls Theme Song Matt’s YouTube Series About the Book of Acts Emily’s Brain Scoop - Where My Ladies At Emily’s Award We Discussed The Colonial House in Rapid City Gene’s Sausage Shop in Chicago Watertower Fountain Divides Aside (A podcast Emily is a part of) Follow links: The YouTube version of this podcast episode involves ants eating sugar Our website is nodumbquestions.fm No Dumb Questions Twitter Matt's Twitter Destin's Twitter Subscribe links: Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Android Feedback options: No Dumb Questions Subreddit (on reddit.com) Share thoughts on our Patreon Our YouTube channels are also fun: Matt's YouTube Channel (The Ten Minute Bible Hour) Destin's YouTube Channel (Smarter Every Day)

May 30, 2017 • 2h 36min
009 - READY PLAYER ONE
Destin and Matt discuss Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. Sponsored By: Audible: Click here to start your free trial and download Ready Player One Hello Fresh: Use Promo Code "NDQ30" to get $30 off. DISCUSS THIS EPISODE HERE Follow links: The YouTube version of this podcast episode involves Atari Our website is nodumbquestions.fm No Dumb Questions Twitter Matt's Twitter Destin's Twitter Subscribe links: Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Android Feedback options: No Dumb Questions Subreddit (on reddit.com) Share thoughts on our Patreon Our YouTube channels are also fun: Matt's YouTube Channel (The Ten Minute Bible Hour) Destin's YouTube Channel (Smarter Every Day)

May 12, 2017 • 1h 23min
008 - The North Korea Problem and Matt's Issues with Meat
Sponsored By: Hello Fresh: Use Promo Code "NDQ30" to get $30 off. DISCUSS THIS EPISODE HERE Intro Matt's daughter is doing better. The North Korea Problem North Korea 101 Hamas congrats N. Korea Matt's Dagobah Aquarium Ultra sonic mist North Korean Defectors Try BBQ Hello Fresh Hello Fresh: Use Promo Code "NDQ30" to get $30 off. Destin's wife Tara Guest: Henry from MinutePhysics MinutePhysics Video Henry asks about where Destin blew up the Prince Rupert's Drop How much does meat actually cost? Where is the line in the sand? Operation Paul Bunyan Destin references about missile guidance US patent for missile guidance method via magnetometer Matt's video on Bible verses about meat from Strangled animals Divides Aside Podcast from Emily Graslie and David Dault Thanks to the 28.3 tons of people who support on Patreon Click here to checkout our Patreon Page Wrap Up Stuff Destin's daughter shooting Rifle --No Dumb Questions Eclipse Event-- Someone broke the Awesome barrier on Patreon, and the fifty cent pieces --Matt's Italy Meetup-- Ready Player One Please leave a positive review on iTunes Follow links: 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 Feedback options: No Dumb Questions Subreddit (on reddit.com) Share thoughts on our Patreon Our YouTube channels are also fun: Matt's YouTube Channel (The Ten Minute Bible Hour) Destin's YouTube Channel (Smarter Every Day)