You Are Not So Smart
by You Are Not So Smart
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Estimated from 44 chart positions in 44 markets.
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- 🇨🇦CA · Social Sciences#6300K to 1M
- 🇦🇺AU · Social Sciences#8300K to 1M
- 🇬🇧GB · Social Sciences#9300K to 1M
- 🇺🇸US · Social Sciences#11300K to 1M
- 🇩🇪DE · Social Sciences#11300K to 1M
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Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
1.6M to 5.2M🎙 ~2x weekly·334 episodes·Last published 3d ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
3.2M to 10M🇨🇦10%🇦🇺10%🇬🇧10%+41 more - Active Followers
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966K to 3.1M
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Recent episodes
347 - Under Alien Skies - Phil Plait
Aug 31, 2026
Unknown duration
346 - No Nocebo Effect - Helen Pilcher
Aug 17, 2026
Unknown duration
345 - A Pox on Fools - Thomas Levenson
Aug 3, 2026
Unknown duration
344 - Intellectual Humility - Tenelle Porter
Aug 3, 2026
Unknown duration
343 - Misguided - Matthew Facciani
Jul 6, 2026
1h 08m 40s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/31/26 |  347 - Under Alien Skies - Phil Plait | Astronomer Phil Plait joins us to discuss his book, Under Alien Skies, in which he describes what it would actually be like to travel to Saturn, Mars, asteroids, and distant stars. | — | ||||||
| 8/17/26 |  346 - No Nocebo Effect - Helen Pilcher | The suffering is real, but the source may not be what you assume. That's the essence of the nocebo effect, the placebo effect's evil twin. As neuroscientist Dr. Helen Pilcher explains, illness is not simply a matter of biology. Our thoughts, conscious or otherwise, can make lead to symptoms in unexpected ways. | — | ||||||
| 8/3/26 |  345 - A Pox on Fools - Thomas Levenson | MIT professor Thomas Levenson, the author of the book A Pox on Fools, takes us through the same repeating patterns throughout history which have led to antivaxxers and vaccine hesitancy since the very first vaccines. | — | ||||||
| 8/3/26 |  344 - Intellectual Humility - Tenelle Porter | Can intellectual humility be measured? What influences it and affects it, limits it and enhances it? What even is it, scientifically speaking? | — | ||||||
| 7/6/26 | misinformationdisinformation+3 | Matthew Facciani | — | — | misinformationdisinformation+4 | — | 1h 08m 40s | ||
| 6/22/26 | conspiracy theoriesmind change+3 | Tim Harford | How Minds ChangeCautionary Tales | — | conspiracy theoristmind change+3 | — | 47m 15s | ||
| 6/8/26 | communicationengagement+3 | Heather Barnes | — | — | positive rantscommunication+3 | — | 45m 20s | ||
| 5/25/26 | chessdecision-making+3 | Jennifer Shahade | — | — | chessdecision tree+4 | — | 1h 02m 50s | ||
| 5/11/26 | open-mindednesscognitive biases+3 | — | Northwestern UniversityLitowitz Center for Enlightened Disagreement | — | enlightened disagreementcognitive biases+3 | — | 1h 28m 43s | ||
| 4/27/26 | financemisinformation+3 | Alex Edmans | London Business School | — | Ladder of Misinferencefinance+3 | — | 39m 41s | ||
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| 4/13/26 | AIhuman reasoning+3 | Gideon NaveSteven D. Shaw | — | — | AIcognitive surrender+3 | — | 59m 39s | ||
| 3/30/26 | social movementspopulation dynamics+3 | Erica Chenoweth | — | — | 3.5 percent rulesocial movements+3 | — | 1h 03m 30s | ||
| 3/16/26 | psychologyself-help+3 | Britt Frank | — | — | Britt Frankparts work+3 | — | 1h 12m 53s | ||
| 3/2/26 | magical thinkingdeception+3 | Matt Tompkins | — | — | magical thinkingdeception+3 | — | 1h 19m 13s | ||
| 2/16/26 | perceptiontruth+3 | Jay Van Bavel | NYU | — | selective perceptioncognition+3 | — | 38m 14s | ||
| 2/2/26 | disinformationnews bias+3 | — | disinformation researchers | — | disinformationnews+4 | — | 1h 08m 43s | ||
| 1/19/26 | deliberationwicked problems+3 | Dr. Martin Carcasson | Center for Public Deliberation | Colorado State | deliberationwicked problems+3 | — | 1h 07m 03s | ||
| 1/5/26 | questionscreativity+3 | Warren Berger | — | — | questionsWarren Berger+3 | — | 1h 04m 56s | ||
| 12/22/25 | disagreementscommunication+3 | Dr. Steven Franconeri | — | — | disagreementsarguments+3 | — | 51m 52s | ||
| 12/8/25 |  328 - Shape - Jordan Ellenberg (rebroadcast) | We sit down with Jordan Ellenberg, a world-class geometer, who takes us on a far-ranging exploration of the power of geometry, which turns out to help us think better about practically everything | — | ||||||
| 11/24/25 |  327 - The Trolley Solution - Joshua Greene | Joshua Greene tells us how the brain generates morality, and how his research may have solved the infamous trolley problem and in so doing created a way to encourage people to contribute to charities that do the most good. | — | ||||||
| 11/10/25 |  326 - The Origin of Language - Madeleine Beekman | Biologist Madeleine Beekman, author of The Origin of Language, presents a completely new and fascinating theory for how language emerged in homo sapiens, in human beings, in you and me and the rest of us. | — | ||||||
| 10/27/25 |  325 - Cognitive Dissonance - Part Two (rebroadcast) | In this episode we welcome Dr. Sarah Stein Lubrano, a political scientist who studies how cognitive dissonance affects all sorts of political behavior. | — | ||||||
| 10/13/25 |  324 - Cognitive Dissonance - Part One (rebroadcast) | In this episode, the story of a doomsday cult who predicted the exact date and circumstances of the end of the world, and what happened when that date passed and the world did not end. | — | ||||||
| 9/29/25 |  323 - Job Therapy - Tessa West (rebroadcast) | Are you unhappy at your job? Are you starting to consider a change of career because of how your current work makes you feel? Do you know why? | — | ||||||
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Chart history for You Are Not So Smart
Peaked at #4 in Ireland, top 10 in 17 of 50 tracked markets, currently #4 in Ireland.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | — | #4 | #4 | — |
| Finland | — | #4 | #4 | — |
| RO | — | #5 | #5 | — |
| India | — | #5 | #5 | — |
| Canada | — | #6 | #6 | — |
| AT | — | #6 | #6 | — |
| South Africa | — | #7 | #7 | — |
| Australia | — | #8 | #8 | — |
| IS | — | #8 | #8 | — |
| IL | — | #8 | #8 | — |
| United Kingdom | — | #9 | #9 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #9 | #9 | — |
| PT | — | #9 | #9 | — |
| TH | — | #9 | #9 | — |
| HU | — | #10 | #10 | — |
| GR | — | #10 | #10 | — |
| AE | — | #10 | #10 | — |
| United States | — | #11 | #11 | — |
| Germany | — | #11 | #11 | — |
| PH | — | #11 | #11 | — |
Chart Positions
50 placements across 44 markets.
Chart Positions
50 placements across 44 markets.