Nayeema Raza describes her podcast as “a curiosity party.” In this episode of Smart Girl Dumb Questions, she asks chef and food writer J. Kenji López-Alt whether cooking is an art or a science — and whether brunch is a scam.

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Also: what is the meaning of life? This episode originally aired on September 27, 2020. 

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Also: how do you know if you have a “bad personality”? This episode originally aired on September 20, 2020. 

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Also: what’s so great about friendship? This episode originally aired on September 13, 2020. 

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Also: is it better to be a thinker, a doer, or a charmer? This episode originally aired on September 6, 2020. 

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Also: how does a cook become a chef? With Gabrielle Hamilton. This episode originally aired on August 30, 2020.

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Also: why do we procrastinate? This episode originally aired on August 23, 2020.

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Also: what is the best question you’ve ever been asked in a job interview? This episode originally aired on August 16, 2020.

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Also: how can we stop confusing correlation with causation? This episode originally aired on August 9, 2020.

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Also: how effective is the placebo effect? This episode originally aired on August 2, 2020.

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