Podcast Episodes

Is It Self-Care … or Capitalism? with Brooke DeVard

Season 1 Episode 9

Is beauty in the eyes of the beholder, or in the eye of the Kardashian industrial complex? What is Instagram face? How do we all agree what’s in or out? And why oh why are thin brows back in?! Nayeem…

Published on 4 months ago

How Do Cranes Get Up There? An Astrophysicist & Construction Worker Walk Into a Bar

Season 1 Episode 8

Nayeema puts on a hard hat and visits a building site where she finds Brandon Hernandez, a construction worker who’s able to fill in some blanks for astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. It’s another e…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Is Cooking Art or Science? with Kenji Lopez

Season 1 Episode 7

Why are food memories so hard to recreate? Are eggs actually underpriced? Is brunch a scam? And does owning a rice-cooker make Nayeema a bad Asian?

Nayeema asks the dumbest food and dining questions s…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Why Do People Chew with Their Mouths Open? with Mark Cuban & Dr. Charles Spence

Season 1 Episode 6

Last time I saw Mark Cuban this mad is when the Mavs were down in the fourth quarter. Now, it’s about his “ultimate pet peeve”: open mouth chewing. In this first drop of the "CSI: Dumb Questions" min…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

When Is A Woman’s Prime? with Tamsen Fadal

Season 1 Episode 5

Don’t worry, this episode is for women AND men. How do we age well? Avert mid-life crisis? Why does love feel harder as we get older? Is marriage better the second time around? And can you explain to…

Published on 5 months ago

What Do 11 Year Olds Do All Day? with Sophie and Dilan

Season 1 Episode 4

Are kids more chronically online than adults? Why do they feel more connected on FaceTime than IRL? And since when was recess cancelled? Also - do they drink coffee? And fall in love? What is Roblox?…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Are We Living In A Simulation? with Neil deGrasse Tyson

Season 1 Episode 3

And what happened before the Big Bang? Would wormholes save us from ever going to the airport again? Do aliens exist? And, oh yes, are horoscopes real? 

Nayeema asks the dumbest questions she could th…

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Is the Future Too Bleak to Have Babies? with Cleo Abram

Season 1 Episode 2

Is the world terrible, or does the news just make it feel that way? And what does the future look like? Will robots take my job? Will AI replace me? Will artificial wombs carry my kids? 

Nayeema talks…

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

Can Billionaires Save Us? with Mark Cuban

Season 1 Episode 1

Can we join the billionaire group chat? Can Mark Cuban fix healthcare? Can the NBA fix America? And post Luigi, do rich people need more henchmen?

This week Nayeema asks the dumbest questions she coul…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

Coming Soon: SGDQ

A new show to answer the dumb questions we’re all thinking, but don’t want to ask out loud. It’s a curiosity party, and you know you’re curious.

Oh, and the party starts in February. Hit follow and s…

Published on 8 months ago