The No Stupid Questions Podcast and How They Have Handled the Seven Deadly Sins So Far
Or Not
Those of you who follow Stephen Dubner and Angela Duckworth’s podcast No Stupid Questions hopefully enjoy it as much as I do. Dubner is well known for his work on Freakonomics, among other things. Duckworth is famous for her excellent book Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance.
Together, they cover a wide range of topics on No Stupid Questions, and utilize both rich data and intuition to analyze questions often submitted by listeners. They are fantastic at both straight ahead answers to the questions, and any nuances that accompany the topic.
They currently are in the middle of a series on the 7 Deadly Sins — Pride, Greed, Lust, Envy, Gluttony, Wrath, and Sloth. This is a wonderful idea for a series within a long-running podcast. So far Dubner and Duckworth have covered Sloth, Gluttony, Lust, and Wrath.
Or not covered them. Or maybe “adjacent-covered” them.
How can this be for such an accomplished duo? Here’s how.
On Sloth, they discussed impulsiveness.
But sloth is not impulsiveness. Sloth is the disinclination to action or labor, according to Merriam-Webster. Impulsiveness, on the other hand, is moving…
