Hey there, it's Stephen Dubner.

You remember me?

Back when No Stupid Questions started in the pandemic spring of 2020, I co-hosted the show with

Angela Duckworth.

We made nearly 150 episodes together, and then I moved out and our mutual friend Mike Maughn moved in. And the two of them made another 70 plus episodes. But now the show is ending production. Five years is a long time in podcast land. So we're proud of the work we've done and grateful for the amazing community of listeners, of which you are one.

We've heard from many listeners who were sad to hear that the show had ended.

So we've decided to do something about it.

We're going to replay the series from the beginning right here in the NSQ feed.

So today, you'll hear the very first episode that Angela and I made.

Back then, every episode had two questions, not one. Some other things changed over the years,

but I'm not going to just tell you. There will be a quiz at the end, so I suggest you to listen

carefully. I mean, not really. There probably won't be a quiz, but I'd still suggest you listen carefully.

And next week, you will hear episode two, et cetera, et cetera.

Let us know what you think of these early shows

or anything else you want to get off your mind.

Our email is nsqat freakonomics.com.

As always, thanks for listening. Hey, Angela, how's your life? No, that sounded insincere. Wait, wait, wait. Hey, Angela, how's your life? That's too big, Stephen. I can't, I can't answer that in less than a paragraph. I'm Angela Duckworth. And I'm Stephen Dubner. I'm a psychologist at Penn, and I run an educational nonprofit called Character Lab. You also wrote the book Grit. Yes. And I am a writer, and I host a podcast called Freakonomics Radio. And you wrote the book Freakonomicsics among quite a few others. I did. And you and I became

friends. We did. And we discovered that both of us really like to ask each other questions. And there's

only one rule. The rule is there are no stupid questions. Today on no stupid questions, will COVID-19 kill

the handshake? What about a karate chop to their hand to knock it down?

I think we should each carry a symbol, and then when we meet each other, we can go cling.

Also, humans have been dealing with uncertainty forever, and yet, why do you think we are

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