Dan Beeston & Greg Wah

Smart Enough to Know Better

Science EN ↓ 320 episodes

Smart Enough to Know Better is a podcast of science, comedy and ignorance. Twice a month two professional performers chat about science stuff that excites them in a fun and accessible manner.

Author

Dan Beeston & Greg Wah

Category

Science

Podcast website

www.smartenough.org

Latest episode

Jan 5, 2026

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Episodes

194 - Smart Enough to Ship Shapes 22.12.2022

2022 Wrapup, Bruising, Bumble Bee play, Sunny Boy shape, Penis art.

193 - Smart Enough to Number Wang 30.11.2022

Number of humans, phone research, number of ants, Speeding, number of T-Rex's and some walks of shame regarding Spatulas

192.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Space Chemist 16.11.2022

Greg chats to Dr Jared Fernando

192 - Smart Enough to Man Flues 28.10.2022

Five Monkeys and Queen, Ice blasting, Throat mics, orgasm sickness, Corona.

191 - Smart Enough to Parrot Parrots 25.09.2022

Eating Animals, Painful Plants, Double Glazed Windows, The Taste of Bacon, Parrots Talking

190.5 - Movie Punk Theatre - Sequels and Prequels 06.09.2022

It's a half episode where Dan talks to Carrington Vanston about movie sequels and not science.

190 - Smart Enough to Drug Stores 21.08.2022

Dr Peter Duggan joins us to talk about making medication from psychedelics.

189.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Book Club Multiverse 10.08.2022

Greg brings back Dr Natasha and also ropes Dan in to talk books about the multiverse.

189 - Smart Enough to Love Hearts 27.07.2022

JWST, Deomodex, Asbestos, Scared Mice, Sighing

188 - One Ate & Ate 26.06.2022

We interview Dr Jo Rees about our gut biota.

187.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Plants in Space 12.06.2022

Greg and Dan talk to Professor Harvey Millar about space plants

187 - Smart Enough to Second Dates 31.05.2022

Eggplants, Laser weeding, Mufflers, Dating and Ear drums.

186.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Book Club Online 07.05.2022

All fanfic is rubbish, right? Dr Natasha brings a couple of free internet books worthwhile reading to the book club.

186 - Smart Enough to Cool Cats 29.04.2022

How many people there should be, Bioluminescent Algae, Cat offspring, Blood in space, Petrol Bowsers.

185.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Book Club Aliens 17.04.2022

In the first book club on the podcast, Greg talks to Dr Natasha not about space (shock) but great sci-fi novels concerning alien intelligence and how biology shapes morality.

185 - 185.0 - Smart Enough To Radio Stars 20.03.2022

Greg chats to Dr Natasha Hurley Walker about a mysterious astronomical entity.

184.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Cosmic Savannah 12.03.2022

Greg talks to Dr Jacinta Delhaize about the Cosmic Savannah podcast

184 - Smart Enough to Post Scarcity 19.02.2022

We interview Manu Saadia about the economics of Star Trek.

183.5 - Wah Wonders Why - What the Philosophy?! - Attack of the Killer Robots! 10.02.2022

Greg and Dan chat to Laura Nolan about the ethics of automated weapons.

183 - 183.0 - Smart Enough to Race Rats 23.01.2022

The Tonga Volcano, Spicy Food, Facial Hair, Contraception, Rats Driving, Mirrors, Geometric Mean.

182 - Smart Enough to Leap Frogs 30.12.2021

Millipede legs, Butter, Common cold vs Covid, The best mugging victim and Cobra venom.

181.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Qui Custodiet Medicus 16.12.2021

Greg talks to Tom Salinsky about Doctor Who and Big Finish.

181 - Smart Enough to Steam Power 26.11.2021

Bird Names, Teeth Brushing, Clean Rooms, Rocket Spinning, One Food, Finger Clicking.

180.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Snapshot 4 - 18 months later 11.11.2021

A catchup with people from around the globe regarding Covid19

180 - Smart Enough to Glass Bones 23.10.2021

The at sign, Hey Siri, Wine glasses, New bits in the body

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