AMNA NAWAZ: Well, tonight for our brief but# spectacular series, journalist and podcast## host Nayeema Raza shares what she's learning by# asking the questions we all secretly wonder about.

GEOFF BENNETT: Her new podcast called smart girl# dumb questions is all about embracing curiosity.

NAYEEMA RAZA, Host, "Smart Girl Dumb Questions":# So curiosity is one of these skills that I think## we have in spades as children.

And we# actually continue to have it as adults,## but we're like closeted curious people.

And# instead of asking the question out loud,## we're like underneath the table,# like, is taleggio a cheese or a## sex act?

What actually happened in# Ireland?

Why is that a good metaphor?

I feel like I grew up my whole life not knowing# things.

I'm Pakistani.

I was born in the United## States, but I grew up in Asia and Africa.

And# so I was constantly moving as a result of my## father's work at the World Bank.

And I was# always in cultures where I didn't know stuff.

And because I was an outsider, I had the ability# to ask questions.

"Smart Girl Dumb Questions" is## a new podcast that's about asking the questions we# all want to know the answers to.

A dumb question## I have that I want to figure out on the show is# this shift of gender roles.

How much of this is## feminism and how much of it is about working more,# buying more, being kind of an economic guzzler?

I, for example, feel a lot of pressure to# have a bigger career because I don't yet## have kids.

Or I know women who are really# kind of finding they need to explain away## the fact that they don't have a career# because they're at home watching their## kids.

This expectation of, like, you need# to want to have it all is absolutely wrong.

What my parents instilled in me at a young age was# a ton of confidence that has lasted me a lifetime.## My father, Aftab Raza, he unfortunately passed# away a few years ago.

One regret I have of not## listening to my father while he was around# was the kind of importance of showing up.

If it was like a third cousin, once-removed,# kids, family friend, he would know about them## and want to know about them.

When I went to study# in California, my father's like, you got to call## your cousin who's out there.

And I'm like, Dad, no# kid in their 20s has time for these relationships.

When my father passed away, it was all of these# people that showed up.

What that showed me is## that we live in a world where we talk a lot# about boundaries and protecting self-care.## But I think sometimes we don't talk enough# about kind of care of others in our community.## And that's a lesson that I learned the# hard way through my father's passing.

So I have been a journalist now for six years.## I have been a video journalist at# The New York Times opinion section,## a podcast executive producer/editor at "Sway" at# The New York Times and "On With Kara Swisher."

I realized that I wanted to use my own voice# more.

And now it's very exciting because I## get to ask whatever I want to ask and be as# smart or dumb as I hope to be on a given day.

I'm Nayeema Raza.

I'm here for this# episode of long but unremarkable.

MAN: How dare you?

NAYEEMA RAZA: My name's Nayeema Raza,## and this is my Brief But Spectacular# take on smart girl, dumb.. AMNA NAWAZ: And you can watch more Brief But## Spectacular videos online# at PBS.org/NewsHour/Brief.