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No Stupid Questions · 2026-03-08 · 38 min · 6,513 words

64. Are Women Required to Be Nicer Than Men?

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I would like to violently agree with you. Yay. But before I violently agree, I would like to violently disagree. Oh no. I'm Angela Duckworth.

I'm Steven Dubner. And you're listening to listening to No Stupid Questions. Today on the show, how important is it to be nice? Oh my gosh, I'm so excited you won the swim meet. Okay, tell me everything.

Also Is reading books somehow morally superior to consuming other forms of media? Someone was bragging that they were on track to read over 30 books this year. I joked that I was on track to watch 300 hours of YouTube. So Angela, we get a lot of interesting emails from our listeners for which I'm grateful.

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