Shows
Smart Enough to Know Better222 - Smart Enough to Get Inta' WebsDan'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.
2025-05-071h 23Smart Enough to Know Better221 - Smart Enough to Wail SongsGreg went to Norway, Covid news, What astronomers think of metal, Language mapping.
2025-04-011h 22Smart Enough to Know Better214 - Smart Enough to Space TimeSpace and time, Cooking pasta, Cheese making and Questions for Greg.
2024-09-0759 minSmart Enough to Know Better205.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Book Club - Children of Existential CrisisGreg recommends a book to Dr Natasha sparking an existential crisis.
2023-12-211h 182023-07-2201 min2023-07-1906 minSmart Enough to Know Better200.5 - Tortoise HeadNew Logo and other Greg does a Pimp my Time in Egypt
2023-07-1029 minSmart Enough to Know Better196.5 - Wah Wonders Why - In a dark, dark woodGreg and Dan talk to Professor Peter Quinn about dark matter. From MACHOS, to WIMPS, to WISPS and even MOND (Modified Newtonian Dynamics).
2023-03-041h 012022-11-1631 minSmart Enough to Know Better190.5 - Movie Punk Theatre - Sequels and PrequelsIt's a half episode where Dan talks to Carrington Vanston about movie sequels and not science.
2022-09-0637 minSmart Enough to Know Better189.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Book Club MultiverseGreg brings back Dr Natasha and also ropes Dan in to talk books about the multiverse.
2022-08-1059 minSmart Enough to Know Better187.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Plants in SpaceGreg and Dan talk to Professor Harvey Millar about space plants
2022-06-1242 minSmart Enough to Know Better185.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Book Club AliensIn 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.
2022-04-1749 minSmart Enough to Know Better185 - 185.0 - Smart Enough To Radio StarsGreg chats to Dr Natasha Hurley Walker about a mysterious astronomical entity.
2022-03-201h 12Smart Enough to Know Better184.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Cosmic SavannahGreg talks to Dr Jacinta Delhaize about the Cosmic Savannah podcast
2022-03-1221 minSmart Enough to Know Better183.5 - Wah Wonders Why - What the Philosophy?! - Attack of the Killer Robots!Greg and Dan chat to Laura Nolan about the ethics of automated weapons.
2022-02-101h 06Smart Enough to Know Better181.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Qui Custodiet MedicusGreg talks to Tom Salinsky about Doctor Who and Big Finish.
2021-12-1650 minSmart Enough to Know Better179.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Wah Punch ManGreg explores his favourite pop-culture and talks to Kawaii-Fi about anime.
2021-10-1652 minSmart Enough to Know Better179 - Smart Enough to Drug CapsulesGreg and Dan interview Vienna Tran all about Space Medicine
2021-09-211h 22Smart Enough to Know Better178 - Smart Enough to Meddle Metal MedalsGreg's Covid vaccine, Olympic Medals, Man eating plants, Metabolism slowdown, Pyramid power, Dan's rant.
2021-08-161h 15Smart Enough to Know Better177.5 - Wah Wonders Why - StorytimeA selection of short stories and sketches from Greg, Dan and the SE2KB listenership.
2021-08-0137 minSmart Enough to Know Better177 - Smart Enough to Ape MenNutrition, Headaches, Big Bodies and Monster Proofing.
2021-07-181h 08Smart Enough to Know Better176.5 - Wah Wonders Why - MetapoduckenGreg and Dan were guests on Metapod.
2021-07-1152 min
MetaPodDan Beeston and Greg Wah of Smart Enough To Know Better“Smart Enough To Know Better is a podcast of science, comedy and ignorance.”It’s a unique skill to be able to apply humour to science – and get it to work.Greg Wah and Dan Beeston have been doing this for over 10 years with Smart Enough To Know Better, creating an extremely listenable podcast that tackles big subjects with an accessible style.There is a lot of banter, plenty of tangents that they often head down and a very loyal and engaged audience.What makes Smart Enough To Know Better s...
2021-07-0754 minSmart Enough to Know Better176 - Smart Enough to Bear GrillsTiny bears, anal breathing and Superman's ice breath.
2021-06-301h 02Smart Enough to Know Better175.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Who Owns SpaceGreg and Dan talk to a Space Lawyer about Space Law!
2021-06-0944 minSmart Enough to Know Better175 - Smart Enough to Hoof HeartsX-rays, Chinese rockets, Subtitles, Why men live shorter than women, Bug Zappers and Unicorns.
2021-05-211h 04Smart Enough to Know Better174.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Snapshots AfricaGreg talks to Tara about how South Africa has been coping with the Year of Covid19
2021-05-0234 minSmart Enough to Know Better174 - Smart Enough to Heidi HiHeidi Allen chats about prehistoric slime and the giant stone towers it created
2021-04-191h 15Smart Enough to Know Better173.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Snapshots 3 - One Year LaterGreg catches up with with people around the globe.
2021-04-141h 48Smart Enough to Know Better173 - Smart Enough to Time TunnelsGrass, Cryptocurrency, Dan's in trouble, Planet tunnel, Patient squid
2021-03-281h 15Smart Enough to Know Better172.5 - Episode Wah Wonders Why - Here Comes The SunDoctor Joel Gilmore returns to talk renewables and how boned are we? Dan is occasionally helpful.
2021-03-1343 minSmart Enough to Know Better172 - Smart Enough to Count DraculaMars Spaceships, Brush Turkeys, Vampire Hospital, Youth Music, Fahrenheit Conversion
2021-02-271h 22Smart Enough to Know Better171.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Women in Science - Space HeritageGreg connects with Dr Alice Gorman to discuss space heritage.
2021-02-0753 minSmart Enough to Know Better171 - Smart Enough to Grey PouponGreg faints, Dan snakes, Breast feeding, Dung beetles and fantasy metal.
2021-01-201h 45Smart Enough to Know Better170 - Smart Enough to Hoe HoseCooling a fish tank, Santa's Ho Ho Ho, Stochastic Resonance, Wombles
2020-12-261h 26Smart Enough to Know Better169.5 - Wah Wonders Why - What the Philosophy?! - Did you have a choice?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.
2020-12-1246 minSmart Enough to Know Better169 - Smart Enough to Milk JokesMilk Spoilage, Panicky crowds and Dune Spice
2020-11-221h 16Smart Enough to Know Better168.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Snapshots 2After 6 months, Greg gets back in contact with people from around the world to see how they are faring in this pandemic world.
2020-11-143h 03Smart Enough to Know Better168 - Smart Enough to Face FactsDan and Greg chat to Dr. Romina Palermo about prosopagnosia (face blindness).
2020-10-201h 16Smart Enough to Know Better167.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Give me STEAMGreg has Dr Sam Illingworth on to discuss science and the arts. Specifically, poetry.
2020-10-1127 minSmart Enough to Know Better167 - Smart Enough to Climb ScalesMermaids, Outrunning Dinosaurs, Dissolving bodies
2020-09-191h 07Smart Enough to Know Better166.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Death becomes herGreg talks to a mortuary assistant about what happens to your body after you pop your clogs.
2020-09-061h 11Smart Enough to Know Better166 - Smart Enough to Dust MitesScience Week, Space Force, Henrietta Lacks, Thanos' snap, Greedy Gulls.
2020-08-151h 082020-08-0356 minSmart Enough to Know Better165 - Smart Enough to Touch TonesDan and Greg chat to Yuma Antoine Decaux about navigating the universe with sound.
2020-07-181h 05Smart Enough to Know Better164.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Lost Women of Science - Space4WomenDr SpaceJunk - A/Prof Alice Gorman returns to share her bounty of knowledge
2020-07-0635 minSmart Enough to Know Better164 - Old Enough to Know BetterCarrington Vanston interview Greg and Dan about the podcast and how it came to be.
2020-06-302h 14Smart Enough to Know Better163 - Smart Enough to Drill BitsSex underwater, Apples, Drilling, De-orbiting satellites.
2020-05-181h 25Smart Enough to Know Better162.5 - Wah Wonders Why - What the Philosophy? - The price on your headKevin, the podcast's Philosopher-in-residence, returns to discuss with Greg how much a human life should be valued.
2020-05-1056 minSmart Enough to Know Better162 - Smart Enough to Wear WolvesToothpaste and OJ, Werewolves on the moon, Peak unhappiness, Terminal velocity of arrows.
2020-04-181h 28Smart Enough to Know Better161.5 - Wah Wonders Why - SnapshotsGreg takes a global snapshot talking to people around the globe about
their pandemic experience. From the U.S, Grenada, New Zealand,
Phillipines, Australia, Germany, France, and the U.K people from...
2020-03-282h 15Smart Enough to Know Better161 - Smart Enough to Bat VirusesWe discuss the pandemic a little bit but then move onto more fun topics like busy birthdays, ideal glass, losing a moon, chromosomes.
2020-03-221h 21Smart Enough to Know Better160.5 - Wah Wonders Why - It's Show Time!Betelgeuse is pulsing with Kat Ross
2020-03-0438 minSmart Enough to Know Better160 - Smart Enough to Glaze MugsAltruism testing, porcelain recycling, drainage and puddles.
2020-02-231h 04Smart Enough to Know Better159.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Lost Women of ScienceGreg is joined by Dr Alice Gorman and Kathryn Ross to discuss the experience of women in science.
2020-02-091h 19Smart Enough to Know Better159 - Smart Enough to Perfect PixelsUltima Thule, Retro Consoles, Vampire power, Movies in the 2020s, Colder as you climb, More continents.
2020-01-2254 minSmart Enough to Know Better158.5 - Wah Wonders Why - What the Philosophy?! - CompromiseGreg talks to Kevin Lowe about compromise.
2020-01-131h 10Smart Enough to Know Better158 - Smart Enough to Peck PicklesPrepping, Raising Children, Pickles, Angry Empathy. Also Soda Blasting, Nitrogen, Pink Noise and walks of shame about continents and dog years.
2020-01-031h 01Smart Enough to Know Better157.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Sad AstraGreg and Dan really complain (possibly a bit too much) about a film by a celebrated director that frustrated both of them.
2019-12-221h 11Smart Enough to Know Better157 - Smart Enough to Click BaitA conversation with Darren Hamley about dolphins and teaching.
2019-11-241h 052019-11-1025 minSmart Enough to Know Better156 - Smart Enough to Shoot StarsAn interview about where rocks come from with Space Rock Scientist Dr. Lucy Forman
2019-10-311h 08Smart Enough to Know Better155.5 - Wah Wonders Why - What Price Victory - Checkin (Ada)Greg checks in on Ada from the 'What Price Victory' episode.
2019-10-1246 minSmart Enough to Know Better155 - Smart Enough to Wee OnesSinking the ISS. Syrup. Holding your pee. Protesting. Killing Jar Jar.
2019-09-211h 16Smart Enough to Know Better154.5 - Wah Wonders Why - What Price Victory - Checkin (Eloise)Greg checks in with Eloise regarding what horrors babies inflict on bodies.
2019-09-0149 minSmart Enough to Know Better154 - Smart Enough to Eye TestsAn interview with Optometrist Ben. Also grass and ants, Dengue fever update and 20 minutes at the end where we just chat.
2019-08-181h 31Smart Enough to Know Better153.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Food of the GodsGreg dives deep into the world of chocolate.
2019-08-0352 minSmart Enough to Know Better153 - Smart Enough to Loot CratesBombing the moon, Touch surfaces, Office temperature, the Lymphatic system.
2019-07-221h 13Smart Enough to Know Better109 - Woodford 2 Frog BonkGreg and Dan, with the help of Spencer Howsen, Dr Cassandra Perryman and Caitlin Syme get the stories of a bunch of science keenos at the Woodford Folk Festival.
2019-07-0745 minSmart Enough to Know Better152.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Devil in the detailWhen the scientific method goes awry.
Greg ropes Dan into this one.
2019-07-0726 minSmart Enough to Know Better144.5 - Wah Wonders Why - What the Philosophy!?Greg talks to ethicist Kevin Lowe about the backfire effect, fear as the basis of society and whether philosophy is a real thing anyway.
2019-07-071h 04Smart Enough to Know Better143.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Science!Greg Wah talks about the scientific process
Short Story - Cuckoo
Music - Ossuary 6 - Air. Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
2019-07-0719 minSmart Enough to Know Better143 - Smart Enough to Ice LandsGreg's trip to Iceland, broken mouse, smelly toilet, clover.
Song: MCPC
2019-07-071h 192019-07-0717 minSmart Enough to Know Better141.5 - Wah Wonders About Time TravelIn this episode Greg and Dan talk all things Time Travel.
2019-07-071h 11Smart Enough to Know Better140.5 - Wah Wonders What Price VictoryWhat would you pay to compensate for your "flaws"?
Greg interviews several people about what they didn't have and whether they chose to buy it.
2019-07-071h 32Smart Enough to Know Better139.5 - Wah Wonders Why - No MoonNo Moon with
Kate Harborne
A/Prof Cassandra Perryman
Gretchen McCulloch
Lingthusiasm
Dr Harriet Mills
Dan Beeston
2019-07-071h 17Smart Enough to Know Better138.5 - Wah Wonder About TeleportationGreg chats to Kevin Lowe and Dr Greg Watson about the ethics of teleportation.
2019-07-0753 minSmart Enough to Know Better130 - Smart Enough to Unite StatesDan and Greg traveled to the land of the USA. They ramble on for an hour and a frickin' half about all the sciencey stuff they found there.
2019-07-071h 28Smart Enough to Know Better118 - A lovely bowl of Bufo MarinusGreg and Dan chat to Michelle Franklin about the Cane Toad epidemic. Also addresses and ultrasounds.
2019-07-0756 minSmart Enough to Know Better117 - Squeezing buttocks live at the Planting FestivalGreg and Dan run their game show LIVE at the Planting Festival at Woodford.
2019-07-0758 minSmart Enough to Know Better112 - Planet NeinGreg and Dan, with the help of Dr Michele Bannister discuss the Pluto flyby results and the mysterious planet found on the outskirts of our solar system.
2019-07-0747 minSmart Enough to Know Better110 - Balloon HorrorGreg and Dan, with the help of Dr Cassandra Perryman, Dr Greg Watson and Natalie Bochenski, get the stories of a bunch of science keenos at the Woodford Folk Festival.
2019-07-0750 min2019-07-0751 minSmart Enough to Know Better108 - Woodford 1 Bug JunkGreg and Dan, with the help of Spencer Howsen and Dr. Jen Parson get the stories of a bunch of science keenos at the Woodford Folk Festival.
2019-07-0734 minSmart Enough to Know Better104 - Dan and Greg talk rubbishInterview: Kristin Metzeling about recycling
2019-07-0758 minSmart Enough to Know Better73 - The Dark SuckInterview - Greg Wah and Dan Beeston are interviewed by Allen Chang and Alistair Kearney about fictional energy.
2019-07-0749 minSmart Enough to Know Better3.3 - Smart Enough to Know PoliticsGreg and Dan were asked to write some sketches for 612 Brisbane radio in the lead up to the election. This is the compilation.
2019-07-0734 minSmart Enough to Know Better8.5 - Blood blood blood bloodOffcuts from the John Birmingham interview, a chat about blood and the debut of the song 'Harrison' by Dan.
2019-07-0731 minSmart Enough to Know Better9.5 - The DanceWitches gets licenses, God kills everyone, Dan gets a massage. Cryptozoo 3 - Stop the Flood.
2019-07-0746 minSmart Enough to Know Better14.5 - Wah? What is it good for?Greg has a rant about space funding. Dan cowers.
2019-07-0720 minSmart Enough to Know Better15 - Episode Number TwosInterview: Dr Watson returns with bowel info. Segments: Dan's back from France. What you can't do in a space suit. Lemon Batteries. Sketches: 3D Glasses, Kept Man, Tourette's.
2019-07-071h 08Smart Enough to Know Better16.5 - Week in GeekGreg and Dan briefly tell you where to get the 'Week in Geek' podcast.
2019-07-0707 minSmart Enough to Know Better20.5 - Left Right HandedDan and Greg bring Janet the Librarian on to discuss The greatest show on earth, They natter about right handed cavemen and they resolve the National Anthem competition.
2019-07-0722 minSmart Enough to Know Better21 - Pulled Out of Our HatsInterview: Peter Booth. Segments: Earth Weight, Dan's son, How many dead people, Miscarriages. Sketches: History Shaft, Letter Reading.
2019-07-071h 26Smart Enough to Know Better22.5 - AdeliciousHow music works, How Adele works and a song by Dan about bioluminescence.
2019-07-0716 minSmart Enough to Know Better42 - How is Babby Blood Made?Interview: Dr. Greg Watson and performance enhancing drugs.
2019-07-0756 minSmart Enough to Know Better59 - The Magic of ChristmanSegments: Dan's Dental Adventure, Pee follow up, Fancy Dinosaurs, Smart Drinkers, Unifying Christ's powers.
Sketches: Zombie Speed, Train Sex, A very special Christmas.
2019-07-071h 02Smart Enough to Know Better1.5 - The game with the round ballDan and Greg rope Spencer Howson in to discuss soccer, football and then a little Doctor who. Ma of Wah Soccer story. Sketchs - Foo'Baw' , Pan pipes.
2019-07-0736 min