Dumbify — Get Smarter by Thinking Dumber
Episodes
Why Talking to Yourself is a Sign of Genius
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Society tells us that mumbling to ourselves is a sign of madness, a habit reserved for the unhinged or the socially awkward. But what if the person mu...
Navy SEALs Are Just Aggressive Theater Kids
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Your brain is a lying machine—and that's the only reason you're alive. This episode dives into imagination, not the Disney sparkle-fingers kind, but...
Unlearning Your Way Back to Seeing — Angus Fletcher's Intuition
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In his groundbreaking new book on Primal Intelligence, researcher Angus Fletcher identifies four fundamental cognitive abilities we're all born with, ...
Why Your Messy Human Brain Is Smarter Than Any AI
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The smartest man in the world mathematically proved airplanes were impossible. One year later, the Wright Brothers flew at Kitty Hawk. What did two bi...
Eating Pudding With Forks & The Science of Being Stupid Together
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if the secret to high-performing teams and genuine human connection isn't more professionalism—but less? This episode reveals the surprising sc...
Why Intentional Quitting is the Key to Success
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if everything we’ve been told about grit, persistence, and “never giving up” is actually… backwards? In this week’s episode of Dumbify,...
The Strange World of Cheese Influencers (and the Secret to Finding Joy)
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Stumble into the strange world of cheese influencers — people with millions of followers who’ve turned arranging dairy into high art, internet fam...
From Trip to Dip: LSD, Nachos, and Botox
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine accidentally changing the course of history because you forgot to wash your hands, panicked in a kitchen, or misread a wrinkle. This episode o...
When Hairspray Robs a Bank — Real Crimes Too Dumb to Fail
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Most heist stories are about genius criminals outsmarting the system. This one is about idiots who broke it wide open. In this episode of Dumbify, Dav...
Why Benjamin Franklin Sat Naked Every Morning (And What It Teaches Us About Innovation)
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join David Carson on Dumbify as we dive headfirst into the gloriously peculiar mind of Benjamin Franklin, a man who believed the path to brilliance wa...
Cirque du Soleil & The Savannah Bananas: Why the Smartest Move is to Quit the Game
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you exhausted fighting for attention in crowded markets, battling for diminishing returns, and playing by rules that no longer serve you? In this ...
What Makes You Weird Makes You Memorable
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Dumbify, I unpack a painful truth I learned too late: the things that make you feel like the odd kid in homeroom are often the very...
America's Worst Mom Was Right: The Case for Ignoring Your Children
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if everything you think you know about good parenting is actually making your kids weaker? This episode of Dumbify challenges the helicopter pare...
Stop Washing Your Hands: The Science of Strategic Filth
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if everything you think you know about germs is completely backwards? This mind-bending episode of Dumbify reveals the shocking science behind wh...
Can You Teach What You Don't Know?
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Can you teach what you don't know? In this episode, David Carson explores why the most "irresponsible" approach to education—teaching while you're s...
How George Costanza's Opposite Day Can Change Your Life in the Dumbest Way Possible
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if every instinct you trust is actually sabotaging your life? In this mind-bending episode of Dumbify, host David Carson explores the George Cost...
Ice Cream for Breakfast?! — Why Brilliant Ideas Sound So Terrible at First
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why do the world's most brilliant ideas sound absolutely terrible when you first hear them? In this eye-opening episode of Dumbify, host David Carson ...
How GPS Is Shrinking Your Brain (And Why Getting Lost Makes You Smarter)
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ever wondered if Google Maps is sneakily vacuum-sealing your sense of direction—and maybe your IQ—while you shuffle to Trader Joe’s? In this epi...
The Appstinence Movement: Why Harvard Students Are Dating Flip Phones
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when a Harvard student ditches her iPhone, adopts three “dumbphones,” and inspires a nationwide movement to scroll less and think mor...
Anti-Memes: Why Your Cringiest Thoughts Might Be Genius
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David Carson dives into the shadowy underworld of what he calls anti-memes: ideas so weird, tender, or raw they resist being shared. They don’t tren...
The Man Who Broke Fitness Culture by Making It More Broken
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Dumbify, David Carson explores the magnificently dumb—and disturbingly genius—world of Fake My Run, a website that generates co...
How a Bongo Enthusiast & Practical Joker Won the Nobel Prize — And Why Richard Feynman Is the Patron Saint of Dumb-Thinking
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Host David Carson dives into the beautifully bizarre brain of Richard Feynman—Nobel laureate, safecracker, bongo enthusiast, and the poster child fo...
How to Make a Fortune Doing Nothing
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What do alien abduction insurance, canned Canadian air, and paying $5 for absolutely nothing have in common? They’re all best-selling business ideas...
How to Get Smarter by Thinking Dumber
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if the secret to unlocking your smartest ideas… was to think dumber? In this kick-off episode of Dumbify, host David Carson takes you behind th...
Boredom is the New Sex (And You're Not Getting Any)
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This Episode Is So Boring… You’ll Love ItIn this episode of Dumbify, David Carson makes a passionate case for doing… absolutely nothing. No hust...
The Bachelorette Party Industrial Complex
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bride or Die: The Billion-Dollar Glitter Bomb You Didn’t See Coming. One minute it’s a night out with the girls. The next, it’s a $1,300-per-per...
The Death Metal Water That Outsold Gatorade — How Liquid Death Conquered Water
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when water stops trying to be good for you — and starts trying to kill you? In this episode of Dumbify, we cannonball into the story of...
Taco Cats & Chicken Butts: a Business Plan — How Exploding Kittens Remade Gaming
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This Dumb Card Game Outsold Monopoly (And Made Shy People Yell “BUTTS!”) What do you get when you mix a lasagna wizard, a screaming cat, and a bur...
Trailer: Dumbify with David Carson
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Get smarter by thinking dumber with the only podcast that celebrates ideas so weird, wrong, or wildly impractical… they just might be brilliant. Hos...