Destin Sandlin and Matt Whitman

No Dumb Questions

Education EN ↓ 234 episodes

A science guy from the deep south (Destin) and a humanities guy from the wild west (Matt Whitman) discuss deep questions with varying levels of maturity.

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Destin Sandlin and Matt Whitman

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230 - What are T and O Maps? 01.07.2026 1:20:46

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229 - How Would You Get There Without a Map? 25.06.2026 1:02:03

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228 - Is Robotic Mowing the Future? 29.05.2026 1:01:01

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227 - Shameless Friend Promotion 12.05.2026 53:32

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226 - The Collapse of Social Media? 01.05.2026 54:27

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225 - Movie Review: Project Hail Mary 07.04.2026 1:14:06

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224 - Project Hail Mary Book Review 25.03.2026 1:11:28

223 - How Does Respect Work? 01.03.2026 45:36

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222 - How do Electric Motors Work? 20.02.2026 1:46:57

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221 - Real Friends Go to Waffle House Together 31.01.2026 46:27

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220 - Who Held This History? 14.01.2026 1:09:32

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219 - A Very No Dumb Questions Christmas Special 22.12.2025 31:18

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218 - What is a Shibboleth? 16.12.2025 49:15

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217 - When Was Peak Comedy? 01.12.2025 58:48

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216 - How to Music 25.11.2025 1:20:38

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215 - Blueprint to Break Basketball's Scoring Record 01.11.2025 53:29

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214 - Who Saved the Most Lives? 28.10.2025 1:01:11

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213 - Behold: Pompeii! 01.10.2025 1:18:29

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212 - Should Alabama Ban the Infinite Scroll? 24.09.2025 1:19:24

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211 - Matt's Childhood Hero Signed His _______ 30.08.2025 1:08:10

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210 - What Is Nuclear Radiation? 20.08.2025 1:28:03

209 - First Day Teaching College 01.08.2025 1:21:40

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208 - Sneaking Photos of Other People 23.07.2025 1:09:28

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207 - What is a Von Neumann Probe? 01.07.2025 1:45:02

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206 - How Many Ways Can You Make a Thing Fly? 22.06.2025 1:38:04

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