Dumbify — Get Smarter by Thinking Dumber

What if every instinct you trust is actually sabotaging your life? In this mind-bending episode of Dumbify, host David Carson explores the George Costanza Opposite Method—the radical idea that when y…

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 starts with a 7-year-old's hilariously twisted lo…

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 episode of Dumbify, David Carson yanks the GPS from your g…

What happens when a Harvard student ditches her iPhone, adopts three “dumbphones,” and inspires a nationwide movement to scroll less and think more? Welcome to the age of Appstinence.

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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 trend, they don’t scale, and they sure as hell don’t co…

In this episode of Dumbify, David Carson explores the magnificently dumb—and disturbingly genius—world of Fake My Run, a website that generates completely fake, wildly convincing workout data. But th…

Host David Carson dives into the beautifully bizarre brain of Richard Feynman—Nobel laureate, safecracker, bongo enthusiast, and the poster child for thinking dumb on purpose. From poking government …

What do alien abduction insurance, canned Canadian air, and paying $5 for absolutely nothing have in common?

They’re all best-selling business ideas.

In this gloriously dumb—and secretly brilliant—ep…

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 the curtain of his wildly successful career building …

This Episode Is So Boring… You’ll Love It

In this episode of Dumbify, David Carson makes a passionate case for doing… absolutely nothing. No hustle, no hacks—just raw, unfiltered boredom. The kind tha…

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-person, four-day rhinestone retreat with cowboy hats, infl…

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 Liquid Death, the canned water brand that looks li…

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 burrito you’re legally required to throw at your cousin?…

Get smarter by thinking dumber with the only podcast that celebrates ideas so weird, wrong, or wildly impractical… they just might be brilliant. Hosted by David Carson, a serial entrepreneur behind m…