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No Stupid Questions · 2025-05-07 · 48 min · 11,104 words

Presenting “Smart Girl Dumb Questions”

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Hey there, Stephen Dubner. I hope you have been enjoying our weekly replay of the No Stupid Questions archive based on your emails and reviews. Some of you think it's even better the second time around. And if this is your first time, that's good too. Today we've got a bonus episode.

I want you to hear a new podcast that I think you'll like. It's called Smart Girl. Dumb questions, and it's hosted by Naima Raza. The episode you're about to hear is a conversation between Naima and one of my favorite people, the scientifically inclined food writer J. Kenzie Lopez Alt, who's the author of The Food Lab.

We've actually had Kenji on Free Economics Radio a couple times over the years. After you listened to this episode with Naima, you might want to check out Free Economics Radio episode 226 called Food Plus Science equals Victory. And now here is smart girl, dumb questions. Is brunch a scam?

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