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Smart Girl Dumb Questions

Nayeema Raza

Booking Overview

Interview-driven general-interest show focused on making complex social, cultural, political, relationship, business, and sports questions accessible through conversations with notable experts and public figures. PR agencies could credibly pitch established executives, journalists, lawyers, athletes, authors, researchers, and other subject-matter experts with distinctive perspectives and strong conversational skills; booking is likely high difficulty because recent guests include prominent institutional leaders, CEOs, professional athletes, and published experts.

Metrics

Episodes: 67

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.6/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

YouTube: 15.8k subscribers

Instagram: 30.0k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

nayeema.raza@gmail.com

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Host

Nayeema Raza - Host and interviewer who explores big ideas through accessible questions and conversations with notable experts and public figures.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
Established executives and founders, senior journalists or legal authorities, professional athletes, published authors, and prominent public commentators with direct expertise and a distinctive point of view.
Required Achievements:  
Leadership of a notable company or institution, Published books or recognized expertise, Professional sports or entertainment careers, High-profile work involving major public, legal, or cultural issues

Recent Guest Discussions

Francesca Hogi - Flirting, Rejection, Dating, Vulnerability, And Relationships.

Tarek Mansour - Prediction Markets, Gambling, Regulation, Insider Trading, And Information Accuracy.

David McCraw - Press Freedom, Journalism, Government Pressure, The First Amendment, And Media Law.

Carson Hocevar - NASCAR, Racing Risk, Performance, Fear, Competition, And Motorsports.

Simone Collins - Birth Rates, Demographic Change, Family Policy, Embryo Selection, And Pronatalism.

Recent Topics

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Smart Girl Dumb Questions
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Will AI Kill Us? Or Make Us Hotter?

September 22, 2026

Nayeema sits does with journalist Kevin Roose, who has covered tech for 15+ years and wrote *the* book on the AI race, to ask if this latest AI panic is just a way to drive up trillion-dollar IPOs and regulatory moats for Sam Altman and Dario Amodei. Also on the agenda: Do we need bunkers? What actually went down with the Hugging Face attack? If we’re in an AI war with China, why are we still sending Nvidia chips there? And with AI is coming for our brains, is now the perfect time to get a g...

Where Does Confidence Come From?

September 15, 2026

Nayeema sits down with Serena Kerrigan, who left a salaried job and a self-described “Nepo Baby Lite" lifestyle to become an influencer (slash "icon"). Six years later, she’s built an empire: an IG live show that led to a TV deal with Peacock, card games, merch and a new book, "Let's F*cking Date".  The secret to her success? Confidence. Nayeema and Serena discuss how a mirror can make you an icon, why egg-freezing can change your mindset, and what modern feminism looks like in a world ...

Why Am I Working More and Getting Less Done?

September 08, 2026

Nayeema sits down with Cal Newport, an expert on deep work, pseudo-productivity and how technology is shaping work. He’s prolifically productive himself (he’s written multiple bestselling books, is a tenured Georgetown professor, and hosts a hit podcast called Deep Questions … all of which is made possible by his work process and his abstention from social media).  In this episode of the SGDQ “What Even Is Work?!” series, Nayeema asks: Why are we working more and getting less done? Why ...

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