Hey there, it's Steven Dubner.
You may or may not know this, but I've been cheating on you.
Every week, along with making freakonomics radio, I make another show called no stupid questions with my friend Angela Duckworth.
She is a research psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania.
She's also the author of the book Grit, and as you'll hear today, she's just a lot of fun to talk to.
Every week we try to answer one question about psychology or society or human nature.
Really anything that catches our interest.
We started no stupid questions a couple years ago just as an excuse for me to hang out with Angie once a week.
Since then, it has become one of the most popular shows in the Freakonomics radio network.
So if you are not listening yet, maybe you should be.
What youre about to hear is a brand new episode of no stupid questions, and I hope it will inspire you to follow or subscribe subscribe to the show in your podcast app.
One big difference between this show and freakonomics radio is that no stupid questions is really just a conversation.
Which is why, as youll hear, we have a fact checking section at the end to catch our mistakes.
With Freakonomics radio, we do fact checking all along the way during the whole production and interview and editing process.
That doesnt mean we never make a mistake in freakonomics radio, but we do catch most of them before you hear the show.
Anyway, in this episode of no stupid questions, we'll be talking about how our surroundings can make us smarter and maybe happier, too.
As always, thanks for listening.
And again, I do hope you'll also start listening to no stupid questions every week.
I also feel better now that I've told you about my infidelity.
It's a good way to start the new year with a clean conscience.