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

179.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Wah Punch Man 16.10.2021

Greg explores his favourite pop-culture and talks to Kawaii-Fi about anime.

179 - Smart Enough to Drug Capsules 21.09.2021

Greg and Dan interview Vienna Tran all about Space Medicine

178.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Storytime Discovery 11.09.2021

A few new listener stories about the humour, horror and Ursinology(?) of Discovery.

178 - Smart Enough to Meddle Metal Medals 16.08.2021

Greg's Covid vaccine, Olympic Medals, Man eating plants, Metabolism slowdown, Pyramid power, Dan's rant.

177.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Storytime 31.07.2021

A selection of short stories and sketches from Greg, Dan and the SE2KB listenership.

177 - Smart Enough to Ape Men 18.07.2021

Nutrition, Headaches, Big Bodies and Monster Proofing.

176.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Metapoducken 10.07.2021

Greg and Dan were guests on Metapod.

176 - Smart Enough to Bear Grills 30.06.2021

Tiny bears, anal breathing and Superman's ice breath.

175.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Who Owns Space 08.06.2021

Greg and Dan talk to a Space Lawyer about Space Law!

175 - Smart Enough to Hoof Hearts 21.05.2021

X-rays, Chinese rockets, Subtitles, Why men live shorter than women, Bug Zappers and Unicorns.

174.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Snapshots Africa 02.05.2021

Greg talks to Tara about how South Africa has been coping with the Year of Covid19

174 - Smart Enough to Heidi Hi 19.04.2021

Heidi Allen chats about prehistoric slime and the giant stone towers it created

173.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Snapshots 3 - One Year Later 14.04.2021

Greg catches up with with people around the globe.

173 - Smart Enough to Time Tunnels 28.03.2021

Grass, Cryptocurrency, Dan's in trouble, Planet tunnel, Patient squid

172.5 - Episode Wah Wonders Why - Here Comes The Sun 13.03.2021

Doctor Joel Gilmore returns to talk renewables and how boned are we? Dan is occasionally helpful.

172 - Smart Enough to Count Dracula 27.02.2021

Mars Spaceships, Brush Turkeys, Vampire Hospital, Youth Music, Fahrenheit Conversion

171.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Women in Science - Space Heritage 07.02.2021

Greg connects with Dr Alice Gorman to discuss space heritage.

171 - Smart Enough to Grey Poupon 20.01.2021

Greg faints, Dan snakes, Breast feeding, Dung beetles and fantasy metal.

170 - Smart Enough to Hoe Hose 26.12.2020

Cooling a fish tank, Santa's Ho Ho Ho, Stochastic Resonance, Wombles

169.5 - Wah Wonders Why - What the Philosophy?! - Did you have a choice? 12.12.2020

Dan and Kevin join Greg to debate free will. A debate that has raged for thousands of years. I guess they solve it in the hour.

169 - Smart Enough to Milk Jokes 22.11.2020

Milk Spoilage, Panicky crowds and Dune Spice

168.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Snapshots 2 14.11.2020

After 6 months, Greg gets back in contact with people from around the world to see how they are faring in this pandemic world.

168 - Smart Enough to Face Facts 20.10.2020

Dan and Greg chat to Dr. Romina Palermo about prosopagnosia (face blindness).

167.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Give me STEAM 11.10.2020

Greg has Dr Sam Illingworth on to discuss science and the arts. Specifically, poetry.

167 - Smart Enough to Climb Scales 19.09.2020

Mermaids, Outrunning Dinosaurs, Dissolving bodies

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