606 - No STUPID questions with Stephen Dubner and Angela Duckworth

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Business, Education

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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My good friend Stephen Dubner, co-author of Freakonomics and host of the "Freakonomics Radio" podcast, has a new podcast called "No Stupid Questions" co-hosted by Angela Duckworth, author of Grit: The Power of Passion. So I "sat" down with both of them, and discuss some of the "non-stupid" questions that they have asked on their podcast! For example, what's common between Tom Sawyer and the founder of Duo Lingo, does all creativity comes from pain, and what does it mean to be a hard worker? Listen to the episode and find out! Check out their new podcast, "No Stupid Questions" on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts. Also on their website: https://freakonomics.com/nsq/ Social media: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter. I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast. Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify Follow me on Social Media: YouTube Twitter Facebook Linkedin ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.
0:06.8	This is the James Altiger Show.
0:12.8	Today on the James Altiger Show.
0:16.0	I think I'm excited about this upcoming podcast.
0:19.1	I actually got extremely excited about it once we got into it.
0:22.8	But it was nervous beforehand.
0:25.3	So a few years ago, Stephen Dupmer, the author of Freakin' Onyx and I, we did a podcast
0:29.0	for about a year, year and a half called Question of the Day, where we would just make
0:32.8	up questions during the podcast and ask each other.
0:36.0	And the podcast for about 20 minutes and episode.
0:38.0	It was a fun podcast, but we eventually stopped it.
0:41.3	Now Stephen and one of my favorite nonfiction writers, Angela Duckworth, who's the author
0:46.4	of Great, I highly recommend the book, they started a podcast, No Stupid Questions.
0:51.7	And so I kind of felt like they were referring to me that I had asked stupid questions, but
0:56.2	they were going to do a podcast that where no stupid questions were allowed.
0:59.8	But as I listened to the podcast myself, I listened to every single episode.
1:04.2	It was an amazing podcast.
1:05.7	They asked questions like, did COVID-19 kill the handshake?
1:09.6	Or why do people start being less happy after the age of 16?
1:14.2	Does all creativity come from pain?
1:16.2	Or what do Tom Sawyer and the founder of Duolingo have in common?
1:19.9	So many question after question, really smart questions and then they prepared in advance
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