Smart Enough to Know Better

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.

227 - Smart Enough to Stretch Legs

Braces, Measuring the Elongated Man, Forgetting stuff, Drinking cold water and Lead makeup

09-25
01:07:12

226 - Smart Enough to be Dead Wright

We interview Dr Alison Wright about anatomy science and the prospect of donating our body to science.

08-30
59:52

225 - Smart Enough to Plot Holes

Corpses, Opaque Water, Lazy Brains, Knives, Getting old.

08-10
01:03:50

224 - Smart Enough to Fire Crackers

Raising a house, EMDR Therapy for PTSD, Pimp my time Gold Coast. Experimenting on Pyro

07-13
01:20:06

223 - Smart Enough to Bear the Cold

De-orbiting satellites, Car keys, renaming Antarctica, Bad AI doctors, Bull sharks.

06-05
01:17:21

222 - Smart Enough to Get Inta' Webs

Dan's new book and why it feels nice to read. Origins of eleven and twelve. Experimenting on Spiderman. Dark photons and the double slit experiment.

05-07
01:23:33

221 - Smart Enough to Wail Songs

Greg went to Norway, Covid news, What astronomers think of metal, Language mapping.

03-31
01:22:48

220 - Smart Enough to Peter Out

Peter Quinn returns to tell us about Dark Energy

02-15
01:19:36

219 - Smart Enough to Pool Cleaners

An interviewwith Jon Darbro from the Mosquito Control Association of Australia

02-04
01:09:58

218 - Smart Enough to Memory Holes

Solar Probe, Beach Waves, UFOs, Extrinsic memory, Sand Worms, and crossed eyes.

01-15
01:30:17

217 - Smart Enough to Eyre Grievances

Assassin Bugs, Visual Centre, Catchment Areas, AI doctors and more dragons

12-13
01:25:24

216 - Smart Enough to Iron Men

Pigeon heads, The father of democracy, Dietary Iron, Voting preferences and eating Jewish food..

11-03
01:00:58

215 - Smart Enough to Fire Bugs

New Moon, Warm blood, Phoenix and Decaf Coffee.

09-29
59:42

214 - Smart Enough to Space Time

Space and time, Cooking pasta, Cheese making and Questions for Greg.

09-07
59:31

213 - Smart Enough to Foam Home

Styrofoam, Ice, Feel good songs, and Silicone rubber.

07-31
01:17:23

212 - Smart Enough to Babble On

Empathy vs Sympathy, Car Heaters, Onions, Tower of Babel, Avatar the last Air Bender, Definitive Kelvin(s)

07-02
01:40:18

211 - Smart Enough to Have Read Heads

Carbon Dioxide while you sleep, Dyson Spheres, Redheads don't feel pain, Parasocial relationships, Blood clotting with electricity.

05-31
01:01:07

210 - Smart Enough to Goose Eggs

Injection site, Hugs, Building on the moon, Golden Eggs

05-02
59:47

209 - Smart Enough to Ground Control

Easter Dates, The Nasal Cycle, Fainting, Anthotypes, Space Cadavers and Long Covid's name.

03-30
01:15:12

208 - Smart Enough to Duck Bills

Terraforming Mars, Robot Vacuum, Coal ash, Leap years and leap seconds, Cryptozoo: Scrooge McDuck

02-27
01:15:43

Elizabeth Barclay

Hi all, I'm working as a volunteer on a covid data project in Canada. The difference between Long Covid and Long Cougar is that SARS-CoV19 may persist in your body long after the acute stage of the infection. for instance, bone marrow: https://academic.oup.com/jid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/infdis/jiad603/7606721

04-16 Reply

Jack Dooney

These guys are great. very enthusiastic about science, but are very quick to say they aren't experts. if they get anything wrong they tell you to get in touch and walk of shame them on the show.

02-25 Reply

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