Smart Enough to Know Better
Episodes
230 - Smart Enough to Have Known Better
05 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is the final episode of Smart Enough to Know Better. In it we discuss coffee bathroom connection, DnD beholders, bread and beer and the human pen...
229.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Everything You Ever Wanted
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Spencer Howson returns to the podcast after 15 years to interview Dan about his book.
229 - Smart Enough to Slow Horses
07 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A car accident, The god helmet, diving bells, make your own centaur.
228 - Smart Enough to Water Bodies
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Luke Cripps about water cremation.
227 - Smart Enough to Stretch Legs
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Braces, Measuring the Elongated Man, Forgetting stuff, Drinking cold water and Lead makeup
226 - Smart Enough to be Dead Wright
30 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We interview Dr Alison Wright about anatomy science and the prospect of donating our body to science.
225 - Smart Enough to Plot Holes
10 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Corpses, Opaque Water, Lazy Brains, Knives, Getting old.
224 - Smart Enough to Fire Crackers
13 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Raising a house, EMDR Therapy for PTSD, Pimp my time Gold Coast. Experimenting on Pyro
223 - Smart Enough to Bear the Cold
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
De-orbiting satellites, Car keys, renaming Antarctica, Bad AI doctors, Bull sharks.
222 - Smart Enough to Get Inta' Webs
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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.
221 - Smart Enough to Wail Songs
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Greg went to Norway, Covid news, What astronomers think of metal, Language mapping.
220 - Smart Enough to Peter Out
15 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Quinn returns to tell us about Dark Energy
219 - Smart Enough to Pool Cleaners
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An interviewwith Jon Darbro from the Mosquito Control Association of Australia
218 - Smart Enough to Memory Holes
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Solar Probe, Beach Waves, UFOs, Extrinsic memory, Sand Worms, and crossed eyes.
217 - Smart Enough to Eyre Grievances
13 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Assassin Bugs, Visual Centre, Catchment Areas, AI doctors and more dragons
216 - Smart Enough to Iron Men
03 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Pigeon heads, The father of democracy, Dietary Iron, Voting preferences and eating Jewish food..
215 - Smart Enough to Fire Bugs
29 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
New Moon, Warm blood, Phoenix and Decaf Coffee.
214 - Smart Enough to Space Time
07 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Space and time, Cooking pasta, Cheese making and Questions for Greg.
213 - Smart Enough to Foam Home
31 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Styrofoam, Ice, Feel good songs, and Silicone rubber.
212 - Smart Enough to Babble On
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Empathy vs Sympathy, Car Heaters, Onions, Tower of Babel, Avatar the last Air Bender, Definitive Kelvin(s)
211 - Smart Enough to Have Read Heads
31 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Carbon Dioxide while you sleep, Dyson Spheres, Redheads don't feel pain, Parasocial relationships, Blood clotting with electricity.
210 - Smart Enough to Goose Eggs
02 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Injection site, Hugs, Building on the moon, Golden Eggs
209 - Smart Enough to Ground Control
30 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Easter Dates, The Nasal Cycle, Fainting, Anthotypes, Space Cadavers and Long Covid's name.
208 - Smart Enough to Duck Bills
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Terraforming Mars, Robot Vacuum, Coal ash, Leap years and leap seconds, Cryptozoo: Scrooge McDuck
207 - Smart Enough to Egg Whites
28 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Eggs, Red Belly Black Snake, predictions of the future from the past, fireworks in space.
206 - Smart Enough to have Rose Glasses
26 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Colour blind glasses experiment, dinosaurs made mammals short lived, chimera monkeys, returning comet.
205.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Book Club - Children of Existential Crisis
21 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Greg recommends a book to Dr Natasha sparking an existential crisis.
205 - Smart Enough to Pink Balls
03 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Pink Lakes, making oxygen, gems and jewels, Soda makers, Can everyone learn, The centre of the solar system, Smooth Earth
204 - Smart Enough to Anger Management
04 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Spinning real fast, Gold toilets, Angry goal making, Romance in the lab.
203.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Book Club - Animals
08 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Natasha is back to discuss books about animals
203 - Smart Enough to Reverse Cars
01 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Disco Balls, Interchanges, Naming a rover, Antimatter falling down
202 - Smart Enough to Pan Tones
28 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Cat allergens, Clashing Colours, Human Yolk, Popcorn
201 - Smart Enough to Dream Wizards
30 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Detecting Dark Matter with Ravi Jaiswar
200.99804688 - Logarithmic Action
26 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The pointier end
200.99609375 - Action
25 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The pointy end.
200.9921875 - The Deal
24 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A deal was made.
200.984375 - A Kugelblitz
23 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Concerns
200.96875 - The Genius Idea
22 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dan's Great Idea
200.9375 - White Noise
21 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We have Deborah Francis White on the podcast to talk about the role of women in professional settings
200.875 - Texas Tea
19 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Greg writes a story. Dan needs a fuel source
200.75 - Torporman
15 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
AI poetry, Hiberation and a sketch about the Frog and the Scorpian.
200.5 - Tortoise Head
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
New Logo and other Greg does a Pimp my Time in Egypt
200 - Smart Enough to Cube Balls
27 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dark Sky, Gelatonous cubes, and a week on a planet.
199 - Smart Enough to Taste Tests
30 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Skin Cancer, Deep time, Salt and Snow.
198 - Smart Enough to Unseat Belts
29 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
UFOs, Induction stoves, Office Loyalty, Covid Dangers, T-rex mouths.
197 - Smart Enough to Bug Reports
23 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How crazy did COVID make us? Where the heart lies. A big Cicada. The end of civilization.
196.5 - Wah Wonders Why - In a dark, dark wood
04 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Greg and Dan talk to Professor Peter Quinn about dark matter. From MACHOS, to WIMPS, to WISPS and even MOND (Modified Newtonian Dynamics).
196 - Smart Enough to Storm Clouds
18 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Human Hair, Lightning Strikes and the ever expanding universe.
195.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Book Club - Girls to the front
15 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
More books reviewed with Dr Natasha this time featuring women authors.
195 - Smart Enough to Honey Smacks
29 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Where mammals started, Sugar in wounds, Cryptozoo Avatar, Eating Soap
194 - Smart Enough to Ship Shapes
22 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
2022 Wrapup, Bruising, Bumble Bee play, Sunny Boy shape, Penis art.
193 - Smart Enough to Number Wang
30 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Number of humans, phone research, number of ants, Speeding, number of T-Rex's and some walks of shame regarding Spatulas
192.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Space Chemist
16 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Greg chats to Dr Jared Fernando
192 - Smart Enough to Man Flues
28 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Five Monkeys and Queen, Ice blasting, Throat mics, orgasm sickness, Corona.
191 - Smart Enough to Parrot Parrots
25 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Eating Animals, Painful Plants, Double Glazed Windows, The Taste of Bacon, Parrots Talking
190.5 - Movie Punk Theatre - Sequels and Prequels
06 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's a half episode where Dan talks to Carrington Vanston about movie sequels and not science.
190 - Smart Enough to Drug Stores
21 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Peter Duggan joins us to talk about making medication from psychedelics.
189.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Book Club Multiverse
10 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Greg brings back Dr Natasha and also ropes Dan in to talk books about the multiverse.
189 - Smart Enough to Love Hearts
27 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
JWST, Deomodex, Asbestos, Scared Mice, Sighing
188 - One Ate & Ate
26 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We interview Dr Jo Rees about our gut biota.
187.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Plants in Space
12 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Greg and Dan talk to Professor Harvey Millar about space plants
187 - Smart Enough to Second Dates
31 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Eggplants, Laser weeding, Mufflers, Dating and Ear drums.
186.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Book Club Online
07 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
All fanfic is rubbish, right? Dr Natasha brings a couple of free internet books worthwhile reading to the book club.
186 - Smart Enough to Cool Cats
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How many people there should be, Bioluminescent Algae, Cat offspring, Blood in space, Petrol Bowsers.
185.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Book Club Aliens
17 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In 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 ...
185 - 185.0 - Smart Enough To Radio Stars
20 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Greg chats to Dr Natasha Hurley Walker about a mysterious astronomical entity.
184.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Cosmic Savannah
12 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Greg talks to Dr Jacinta Delhaize about the Cosmic Savannah podcast
184 - Smart Enough to Post Scarcity
19 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We interview Manu Saadia about the economics of Star Trek.
183.5 - Wah Wonders Why - What the Philosophy?! - Attack of the Killer Robots!
10 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Greg and Dan chat to Laura Nolan about the ethics of automated weapons.
183 - 183.0 - Smart Enough to Race Rats
23 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Tonga Volcano, Spicy Food, Facial Hair, Contraception, Rats Driving, Mirrors, Geometric Mean.
182 - Smart Enough to Leap Frogs
30 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Millipede legs, Butter, Common cold vs Covid, The best mugging victim and Cobra venom.
181.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Qui Custodiet Medicus
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Greg talks to Tom Salinsky about Doctor Who and Big Finish.
181 - Smart Enough to Steam Power
26 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Bird Names, Teeth Brushing, Clean Rooms, Rocket Spinning, One Food, Finger Clicking.
180.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Snapshot 4 - 18 months later
11 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A catchup with people from around the globe regarding Covid19
180 - Smart Enough to Glass Bones
23 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The at sign, Hey Siri, Wine glasses, New bits in the body
179.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Wah Punch Man
16 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Greg explores his favourite pop-culture and talks to Kawaii-Fi about anime.
179 - Smart Enough to Drug Capsules
21 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Greg and Dan interview Vienna Tran all about Space Medicine
178.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Storytime Discovery
11 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A few new listener stories about the humour, horror and Ursinology(?) of Discovery.
178 - Smart Enough to Meddle Metal Medals
16 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Greg's Covid vaccine, Olympic Medals, Man eating plants, Metabolism slowdown, Pyramid power, Dan's rant.
177.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Storytime
31 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A selection of short stories and sketches from Greg, Dan and the SE2KB listenership.
177 - Smart Enough to Ape Men
18 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nutrition, Headaches, Big Bodies and Monster Proofing.
176.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Metapoducken
10 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Greg and Dan were guests on Metapod.
176 - Smart Enough to Bear Grills
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tiny bears, anal breathing and Superman's ice breath.
175.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Who Owns Space
08 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Greg and Dan talk to a Space Lawyer about Space Law!
175 - Smart Enough to Hoof Hearts
21 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
X-rays, Chinese rockets, Subtitles, Why men live shorter than women, Bug Zappers and Unicorns.
174.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Snapshots Africa
02 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Greg talks to Tara about how South Africa has been coping with the Year of Covid19
174 - Smart Enough to Heidi Hi
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Heidi Allen chats about prehistoric slime and the giant stone towers it created
173.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Snapshots 3 - One Year Later
14 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Greg catches up with with people around the globe.
173 - Smart Enough to Time Tunnels
28 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Grass, Cryptocurrency, Dan's in trouble, Planet tunnel, Patient squid
172.5 - Episode Wah Wonders Why - Here Comes The Sun
13 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Doctor Joel Gilmore returns to talk renewables and how boned are we? Dan is occasionally helpful.
172 - Smart Enough to Count Dracula
27 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mars Spaceships, Brush Turkeys, Vampire Hospital, Youth Music, Fahrenheit Conversion
171.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Women in Science - Space Heritage
07 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Greg connects with Dr Alice Gorman to discuss space heritage.
171 - Smart Enough to Grey Poupon
20 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Greg faints, Dan snakes, Breast feeding, Dung beetles and fantasy metal.
170 - Smart Enough to Hoe Hose
26 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Cooling a fish tank, Santa's Ho Ho Ho, Stochastic Resonance, Wombles
169.5 - Wah Wonders Why - What the Philosophy?! - Did you have a choice?
12 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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.
169 - Smart Enough to Milk Jokes
22 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Milk Spoilage, Panicky crowds and Dune Spice
168.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Snapshots 2
14 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After 6 months, Greg gets back in contact with people from around the world to see how they are faring in this pandemic world.
168 - Smart Enough to Face Facts
20 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and Greg chat to Dr. Romina Palermo about prosopagnosia (face blindness).
167.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Give me STEAM
11 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Greg has Dr Sam Illingworth on to discuss science and the arts. Specifically, poetry.
167 - Smart Enough to Climb Scales
19 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mermaids, Outrunning Dinosaurs, Dissolving bodies