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Today: #144 in Society & Culture on our combined chart.

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Latest daily rankings: Oct 27. New rankings will appear after the next update.

Position on the Society & Culture combined chart over the last 14 days. Toggle platforms to compare their positions. Lower rank numbers are better.

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Date	Combined Rank	Apple Podcasts	Castbox
Oct 27	#144	#132	—
Oct 26	#102	#82	#84
Oct 25	#199	#190	—
Oct 21	#184	#175	—
Oct 20	#134	#123	—
Oct 19	#101	#84	#87
Oct 18	—	#199	—
Oct 14	#187	#178	—

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Research psychologist Angela Duckworth (author of "Grit") and tech and sports executive Mike Maughan really like to ask people questions, and they believe there’s no such thing as a stupid one. So they have a podcast where they can ask each other as many “stupid questions” as they want. New episodes each week. "No Stupid Questions" is a production of the Freakonomics Radio Network. To get every show in the Freakonomics Radio Network without ads and a monthly bonus episode of Freakonomics Radio, start a free trial for SiriusXM Podcasts+ on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.