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Ep 563: ChatGPT's New Custom GPT's: Advanced techniques to win back time 46:52

منذ 6 أيام46:52

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Think you know ChatGPT's custom GPTs? 🤔 Probably not. Last week, we tackled the basics and what's new with OpenAI's refreshed GPTs. For this AI Working Wednesdays episode, we're getting into some advanced techniques to hep you win back time. ↳ using the crazy powerful o3 model to your GPT's advantage ↳ context stacking ↳ custom actions to connect to third party sites Yeah.... don't sleep on this one shorties. Ep 563: ChatGPT's New Custom GPT's: Advanced techniques to win back time Newsletter: Sign up for our free daily newsletter More on this Episode: Episode Page Join the discussion: Thoughts on this? Join the convo and connect with other AI leaders on LinkedIn. Upcoming Episodes: Check out the upcoming Everyday AI Livestream lineup Website: YourEverydayAI.com Email The Show: info@youreverydayai.com Connect with Jordan on LinkedIn Topics Covered in This Episode: Custom GPTs: Advanced Techniques Overview OpenAI's Context Stacking Strategy O3 Model's Thinking Capabilities Building Efficient Custom GPTs Custom Actions and API Integration Zapier Integration for Dynamic Data ChatGPT's Context Window Management Creating Evergreen Podcast Content Timestamps: 00:00 Custom GPTs: Evolution and Insights 03:23 "Mastering GPT Context Stacking" 09:31 "Context Stacking in Chat GPT" 11:20 GPT Context Switching Advantage 15:33 Customizable GPT Usage Explained 19:51 Evergreen Episode Update Strategy 21:44 Optimizing AI for Continued Learning 23:48 "O-Series Models: Advanced AI Capabilities" 28:41 Building GPTs for Episode Research 30:03 GPT Model Customization and Sharing 33:18 Securing API Keys in GPTs 36:55 Zapier Enhances GPT Email Capabilities 42:12 "Use Chrome Extensions for Tokens" 43:48 "AI at Work Wednesdays Survey" Keywords: OpenAI's custom GPTs, advanced techniques, save time, context stacking, o three model, ChatGPT updates, logic and reasoning, plan ahead capabilities, agentic tools, custom actions, third party data, API, building GPTs, leveraging AI, context window, transformer model, generative AI, organization usage, fine tuning performance, productivity enhancement, AI agents, AI tools integration, custom configuration, everyday applications, tech strategies, new rendition, midweek break, AI experts, smarter AI usage, AI-powered planning, AI transformations. Ep 563: Send Everyday AI and Jordan a text message. (We can't reply back unless you leave contact info) Square keeps up so you don't have to slow down. Get everything you need to run and grow your business—without any long-term commitments. And why wait? Right now, you can get up to $200 off Square hardware at square.com/go/jordan. Run your business smarter with Square. Get started today.…

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Science for people who give a sh*t. Want to feel better AND unf*ck the world? The 6-time Webby nominee delivers deep conversations with the world's smartest people (scientists, doctors, CEO's, farmers, and more!), and digestible news updates every single week, to help you answer the world's most important question: What can I do? We're talkin' clean energy and coral reefs, COVID vaccines and pediatric cancer research, clean water and carbon capture tech, asteroid deflection and artificial intelligence ethics. "A vital service in an era where important truths, outright fiction and mere trivia all compete for your attention.” - Craig Mazin, creator, writer, and executive producer of HBO's Chernobyl Hosted by Quinn Emmett

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When Foreign Aid Gets Zeroed Out Overnight 1:03:30

منذ 23 يومًا1:03:30

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Imagine waking up to discover that the United States has just pulled $35 billion out of foreign aid overnight, and that hundreds of HIV clinics, and child malnutrition programs, and poverty graduation trials will shut their doors within days and weeks. Now imagine there's a rapid response team quietly sifting through every single grant, ranking them by lives saved per dollar and building lifeboat bridge grants before the lights go out. That team exists. It's called Project Resource Optimization ( PRO ), and it's turning a disaster into a crash course in faster, smarter, truly lifesaving philanthropy. So what can you do to keep the most effective aid on the planet from flatlining? My guest today is Rob Rosenbaum , one of the co-leads of PRO . Stick with us to learn how emergency triage, ruthless transparency on both sides of the market and a few well-placed dollars can keep millions of people from falling off a fiscal cliff and how you can help build the lifeboats. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . Take Action at www.whatcanido.earth ----------- INI Book Club: Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: Get money to lifesaving projects at https://proimpact.tools/ Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Get our merch Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors Mentioned in this episode: Become An Important Member What Can I Do? Get Mill…

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Taking Care of Business (Sustainably) 58:53

منذ 30 يومًا58:53

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Toilet paper. You use it. I use it. Sometimes, even my children use it. The point is, toilet paper is everywhere. Almost everyone needs it, and so much of it still comes from actual forests, and yet 2 billion people don't have access to even basic sanitation, much less readily available and recycled toilet paper. That's about 40% of the global population . 289,000 children under five die every year from diarrheal diseases caused by poor water and sanitation. That's almost 800 children per day , or one child every two minutes. That's also completely fucking unacceptable. So what can I do about toilet paper and sanitation, and can I do them at the same time? My guest today is Bernie Wiley . Bernie's the Sustainability Director at Who Gives a Crap and, oh boy, do I love this company. Who Gives A Crap makes toilet paper and paper towels and poop bags and more out of recycled paper and bamboo. And they give 50% of their profits to help build toilets and improve sanitation in the developing world. And because of Bernie's relentless focus, they consider every step of the supply chain along the way from water use to power use, all the way to last-mile delivery. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . Take Action at www.whatcanido.earth ----------- INI Book Club: The Ranger's Apprentice Collection by John Flanagan Doughnut Economics by Kate Raworth Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: Buy sustainable toilet paper, paper towels, tissues, and garbage bags from Who Gives A Crap for your home, your office, your school, everywhere! https://au.whogivesacrap.org/ Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Get our merch Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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We Live In A World of Trees 53:28

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You've heard people say it. It shouldn't have been called Earth. It should have been called Ocean, but it is simultaneously a planet of trees . As Richard Powers put it in The Overstory : We live in a world of trees. Once something like 6 trillion trees, and humanity are the late arrivals. So how do we reconnect with trees to stop using them for toilet paper? How do we learn more about why they're suffering and in some unexpected places surviving to know them, to care for them, and maybe even know ourselves a little bit better along the way? My guest today is Marguerite Holloway . Marguerite is the author of the wonderful new book Take To The Trees: A Story of Hope, Science, and Self-Discovery in America's Imperiled Forests. Marguerite is a professor at Columbia University's graduate school of journalism. She loves maps and is the author of The Measure of Manhattan . She has written about science, including climate change, natural history and environmental issues, public health, physics, neuroscience, and women in science for publications including the New York Times , the New Yorker, Natural History , WIRED and Scientific American , where she was a long time writer and editor. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . Take Action at www.whatcanido.earth ----------- INI Book Club: Take to the Trees by Marguerite Holloway Foster by Claire Keegan The Sentence by Louise Erdrich Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: Keep up with Marguerite's writing: https://www.margueriteholloway.com/ Check out the Women's Tree Climbing Workshop: https://www.womenstreeclimbingworkshop.com/ NYC Citizen Pruner Program: https://treesny.org/citizen-pruners-stewardship/ Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Get our merch Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors Mentioned in this episode: Become An Important Member What Can I Do?…

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Climate Solutions That Make Everything Better 58:13

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Picture a city that beats brutal heat waves with cool tree-lined streets, slashes household energy bills, and cuts carbon pollution by as much as 80%, without waiting for these miracle technologies. That future-positive vision is already taking shape in fast-growing places like Ahmedabad, India, where community-designed cooling plans and demand-side innovations are proving that climate action can double as a public health and equity upgrade. It's co-benefits. You've heard it a thousand times. We're gonna talk about them more today. What can you do to help your city deliver cleaner air, lower costs, and a safer climate? My guest today is Dr. Minal Pathak , associate professor at Ahmedabad University and a former senior scientist with the IPCC who helped craft the landmark sixth assessment report. We will explore how people-centered, data-smart solutions can transform just about any city into a climate-resilient wellbeing powerhouse and how you can start pushing your neighborhood, your spheres of influence, down that path today. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . Take Action at www.whatcanido.earth ----------- INI Book Club: Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: Follow Dr. Pathak's work at Ahmedabad University https://ahduni.edu.in/academics/schools-centres/global-centre-for-environment-and-energy/people-1/minal-pathak/ Connect with Dr. Pathak on LinkedIn https://in.linkedin.com/in/minal-pathak-318827130 Read the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report https://www.ipcc.ch/assessment-report/ar6/ Read the Ahmedabad Heat Action Plan (replicated in 50+ cities)https://www.nrdc.org/sites/default/files/ahmedabad-heat-action-plan-2019-update.pdf Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Get our merch Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors Mentioned in this episode: Get Reader Become An Important Member…

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How Saving Salamanders Could Save Us All 56:35

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In every flood scarred bend of an Appalachian river sits a chance to rebuild something stronger, cleaner water for people, and room for a 160 million-year salamander to thrive again. Hurricane-shaped chaos is unveiling a surprising truth when we restore stream banks, fund green storm water projects, and protect keystone species like the Eastern Hellbender, we don't just rescue wildlife, we buffer towns and farms and drinking water intakes against the next big storm. The same fixes that help a snot otter bounce back can future-proof entire communities like yours and mine. So what can I do to turn the washed-out creeks and budget cuts into a cleaner, more resilient future? my guest today is J ackie Flynn Mogensen , senior reporter at Mother Jones . Jackie embedded with conservation biologists after Hurricane Helene and uncovered how saving an ancient salamander could safeguard our waterways and our towns for decades to come. Stick around and you'll discover practical ways to turn today's river wreckage into tomorrow's resilience. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . Take Action at www.whatcanido.earth ----------- INI Book Club: Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet by Ben Goldfarb Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: Read Jackie's Mother Jones Eastern Hellbenders article https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2025/04/endangered-species-salamander-hurricane-helene-eastern-hellbender-bog-turtle/ Learn how to build a rain garden https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2023/01/rain-garden-resources-water-flooding/ Follow Jackie and keep up with her reporting https://x.com/jackiefmogensen?lang=en Rain Garden app https://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/tools/rain-garden.html Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Get our merch Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors Mentioned in this episode: Get Mill Become An Important Member…

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Essay: What's in a name? 24:29

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This week: There are a million legitimate reasons why standing up to bullies may require a pseudonym (and a cowl), or even anonymity. As has been clear for centuries, and even more so in this moment of inescapable mass surveillance, some of us — by nature of our birth nation, skin color, ethnicity, sex, gender, religious beliefs, and/or who we love — are in far more clear and present danger than someone like me. And yet — millions of people over decades and centuries have stood in broad daylight and put their names and their bodies, their finite time and resources to the test, on the line, to fight for a better future for themselves and the generations to come. Here's What You Can Do: Donate to the Electronic Frontier Foundation to defend digital privacy. Volunteer with organizing initiatives through Tech Shift , to help build a fairer, more just technological future. 🌍️ Get educated about where your data is going online by using the Markup’s Blacklight tool . 🌍️ Be heard about unlocking global energy data so that researchers worldwide have access to it. Invest in tech for good and use your capital to scale climate tech with Carbon Equity . Get more: Take action at www.whatcanido.earth Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Get our merch Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Take a nap you deserve it Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors Mentioned in this episode: Become An Important Member…

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Changing the Abortion Conversation 54:47

منذ 10 weeks54:47

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63% of Americans say abortion should be legal in all or most cases, and yet here we are. So what can we do to make the language around abortion more positive? My guest today is Sophie Nir . Sophie is the CEO of the Abortion Positivity Project . The Abortion Positivity Project seeks to destigmatize abortion by more or less overhauling the framework by which we currently understand and discuss it. They've developed a training curriculum on embracing abortion positive messaging in partnership with other nonprofit orgs and mission-aligned companies. Their goal is simple: educate everyone about abortion, expand the lens through which we all view abortion and ignite peer-to-peer conversations about reframing abortion discourse. Sophie is the former executive director of Eleanor's Legacy , as well as the former finance director for New York State Attorney General Leticia James . She's the founder of Vaccine Vigilantes , which is a fucking incredible name, and a veteran of the campaigns of many prominent women elected officials. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . Take Action at www.whatcanido.earth ----------- INI Book Club: In Memoriam by Alice Winn Abortion: Our Bodies, Their Lies, and the Truths We Use To Win by Jessica Valenti Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: Learn more about the Abortion Positivity Project: https://www.abortionpositivity.com/ Follow the Abortion Positivity Project on Instagram and Tik Tok Get some abortion positive merch https://www.social-goods.com/collections/abortion-positivity-project Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Get our merch Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors Mentioned in this episode: Become An Important Member…

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Table To Farm 56:59

منذ 13 weeks56:59

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Sometimes you buy organic, sometimes you hit a restaurant that's plant-based, or at least you choose the veggie option. Maybe the fish option at the market or the restaurant is marketed as being sustainable. Maybe you compost. It's all useful. But we've been doing it for a while and it's not moving the needle for climate, for restaurants, for farmers, for our health. So anyone who gives a shit wants to know, what can I actually do to scale regenerative agriculture to benefit everyone? My guest today is Anthony Myint . Anthony is the executive director of Zero Foodprint , where he and his colleagues work to mobilize the restaurant industry and allies in the public and private sectors to support healthy soil as a solution to the climate crisis. Anthony's also a chef who won the 2019 Basque Culinary World Prize for his work with Zero Foodprint . He is known in the restaurant industry as the co-founder of Mission Street Food . The San Francisco Chronicle called it the most influential restaurant of the past decade, Mission Chinese Food , which the New York Times named the Restaurant of the Year in 2012. And The Perennial, which was Bon Appetit's most sustainable restaurant in the country. Anthony is currently on the board of trustees for the James Beard Foundation, and I am so excited to share this conversation with you because food is such a huge part of everything and we're doing it wrong and we can do it so much better. And sometimes, like Anthony and his crew have, you've gotta fail a bunch of times and then take an end around before you can really start to make a difference. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . Take Action at www.whatcanido.earth ----------- INI Book Club: Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: Take action with Zero Foodprint https://www.zerofoodprint.org/take-action Read Zero Foodprint's position paper on Collective Regeneration to Accelerate the Shift in Agriculture Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Get our merch Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors Mentioned in this episode: Become An Important Member…

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History's "Viral" Lessons We Keep Ignoring 44:10

منذ 14 weeks44:10

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We've spent the last few years learning up close how a crisis like a global pandemic reveals and deepens all of our faults, inequalities, biases, and outright failures of empathy. But here's the kicker: it's not the first time. Plagues and epidemics have always shown us who we really are. And they've left footprints, good and bad, on our institutions and the stories we tell ourselves. So why do we keep missing the lessons? My guest today is Edna Bonhomme , a historian, author, and public health expert who looks at disease in captivity through her own story of near-death illness, Haitian migration, and a lifetime of asking: Why does our world blame instead of heal? Edna is the author of the new book, A History of the World in Six Plagues: How Contagion, Class and Captivity Shaped Us From Cholera to COVID-19. If you've ever wondered how pandemics warp our social fabric and what it would take to heal old wounds and stop repeating the same mistakes, stick around. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . Take Action at www.whatcanido.earth ----------- INI Book Club: The Anthropologists by Ayşegül Savaş Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: Read Edna's book A History of the World In Six Plagues Keep up with Edna's other work Support global and public health with Partners in Health and Doctors Without Borders Support independent journalism at places like Democracy Now , The Intercept , and Jacobin Magazine (US), or Novara Media and the Guardian (UK) Follow us: Find more ways to take action at whatcanido.earth Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Get our merch Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors Mentioned in this episode: Become An Important Member…

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You Might Also Like: The Hidden Economics of Remarkable Women 24:19

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The United States has long been the largest aid donor in the world, accounting for about 40 percent of humanitarian assistance globally last year, according to the United Nations . But that is quickly changing. Most U.S. foreign aid is currently on hold. Thousands of projects are at risk of elimination. And nearly all staff from the U.S. Agency for International Development are on administrative leave. How did we get to this moment? And what has been the impact of the foreign aid freeze so far, including on women and girls? In this episode from The Hidden Economics of Remarkable Women, hear a conversation taped at Foreign Policy magazine’s Emerging Threats Forum , an official side event of the Munich Security Conference , about the economic and security implications of halting overseas development assistance. Foreign Policy editor in chief Ravi Agrawal spoke with Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli , the president and CEO of the One Campaign , and Umulkher (Umi) Harun Mohamed , a member of Kenya’s National Assembly . The Hidden Economics of Remarkable Women is a podcast from Foreign Policy, supported in part by the Gates Foundation and Northwestern University’s Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs . Follow and listen to more episodes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hidden-economics-of-remarkable-women-hero/id1572532247 ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . Take Action at www.whatcanido.earth ----------- Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Get our merch Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors Mentioned in this episode: Become An Important Member…

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Essay: Give A Little 23:14

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This week: You’ve never had a better opportunity to improve one person’s life than you do right now. I would argue, in fact, that there’s never been a better time to improve one person’s life than there is today. Sounds crazy, right, considering all the destructive nonsense? Here's What You Can Do: Donate to Matriarch to help progressive working women run for office and win. Volunteer with your l ocal Surfrider chapter to protect your waterways and reduce plastic pollution. Get educated about how you can start working on climate solutions by finding a climate job with Climate People . 🌎️ Be heard about building climate resilience in your community and have your city council join the Global Covenant for Mayors for Climate and Energy pledge. Invest in the health of our soil, forests, and oceans by investing with ReGen . Get more: Take action at www.whatcanido.earth Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Get our merch Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Take a nap you deserve it Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors Mentioned in this episode: Become An Important Member What Can I Do?…

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Don't Move The Goalposts 48:28

منذ 16 weeks48:28

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One of the ways this Trump administration is different from the last is, relatively at least, how much more unconstitutional, how much more organized and comprehensive the attacks on our institutions, particularly the scaffolding we built for ourselves the most precious parts of of our societies: immigration, agriculture, the VA, NIH, the CDC, the NSF and humanitarian work around the globe. Do some of these need reform? Of course, they do. Is this the way to do it? No, it is not. These institutions, the ones we built over the last century that, again, however imperfect, baseline keep us fed and safe and on the other hand, help advance remarkable scientific progress. They're at more risk than ever. Every single day. To combat this onslaught, we need groups who are actually prepared to fight back. My guest today is Dr. Gretchen Goldman . Dr. Goldman is the President of the Union of Concerned Scientists . Previously, she served almost two years in the Biden-Harris White House as the Assistant Director for Environmental Science, Engineering, Policy, and Justice in the Climate and Environment Division of the Office of Science and Technology Policy , and later as the Climate Change Research and Technology Director at the U.S. Department of Transportation. She is a prolific writer and speaker on science policy and her words and her voice have appeared in Science, Nature, The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, NPR, and the BBC, among others. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . Take Action at www.whatcanido.earth ----------- INI Book Club: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: Donate, volunteer and be heard at ucs.org Protect yourself and stand up for science using these Resources for Federal Sciences Follow more of Gretchen's work Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Get our merch Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors Mentioned in this episode: What Can I Do? Become An Important Member…

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Going Quietly Is Not An Option 1:08:19

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We didn't always call our work science for people who give a shit. But ever since we did, we've welcomed at least two types of people to our flock. The first is people who are deeply invested in science, but are unsure how to tie it into measurable action on the human level. And the second is people already fighting for a healthier, more equitable society, but who are curious about the evolving science behind our complex systems. They all want to know a version of the most important question, what can I do? It's a big question right now. And today, after almost 200 conversations and on this, our newly rebranded show, we're going to confront that question as some of our most vital human and humane systems are being put in the shredder. My guest today is Dr. Ticora Jones . Dr. Jones has spent the last two years leading the efforts to expand the vision for science in the science office at the NRDC , to support the scientific and evidence based nucleus for organizational strategy and advocacy. Before joining the NRDC, Dr. Jones served nearly 15 years at USAID , a little agency you may have heard about recently, in a number of roles, including most recently as Agency Chief Scientist , Executive Director for Innovation, Technology, and Research , and Managing Director for Research . As the Agency Chief Scientist, which is really a hell of a title, Jones chaired the Research and Development Council, which was responsible for revising and instituting science policy. She advocated for process changes to better support scientific integrity and research generation and use. And she led efforts to expand USAID's interagency role with international science and technology cooperation for deeper strategic partnerships with the U.S. government. As of this month, that is all in serious trouble. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . ----------- INI Book Club: Atlas of AI by Kate Crawford The Wild Robot by Peter Brown The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by NK Jemisin Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: Support the NRDC's work Follow Dr Jones Find out more about what you can do at WhatCanIDo.Earth Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Get our merch Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors Mentioned in this episode: Become An Important Member…

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No Country for Poor Men (or Women) 52:05

منذ 19 weeks52:05

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What can we do about land power? It's the most important question and my guest today is Mike Albertus . Mike is a professor of political science at the University of Chicago . He's the author of the new book, Land Power . Who has it? Who doesn't? And how that determines the fate of societies. In the book, Mike examines how land became power, how it shapes power today still, and how who holds that power determines the fundamental social problems that societies grapple with. Mike studies how countries allocate opportunity and well-being among their citizens and the consequences this has for society, why some countries are democratic and others are not, and why some societies fall into civil conflict. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . ----------- INI Book Club: Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan Caste and The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson Get our booklist for essential Civil War and Reconstruction books Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: Read Mike's book Land Power Subscribe to The Good Society Follow Mike on Twitter and Bluesky Get more of Mike's work on his website Read about Bruce's Beach reparations in LA Donate to the World Wildlife Fund , Tompkins Conservation and the Stand For Her Land Campaign Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Get our merch Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors Mentioned in this episode: Become An Important Member…

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Essay: The Story of Not Right Now 13:19

منذ 20 weeks13:19

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This week: Not. Right. Now. I hope you enjoy our new show. It’s super, super informal, and fun, and full of profanity, and personal, and — I hope — something you or a parent in your life can identify with, and maybe get some relief from. It’s intentionally and decidedly NOT an advice show. It is a once-a-week parasocial commiseration session about trying to raise kids and continue to be a human and maybe even a partner amid…all of this. Listen to Not Right Now here https://www.notrightnow.show/ Read Claire's intro to Not Right Now in her Evil Witches newsletter here https://www.evilwitches.com/p/out-now-a-witchy-project-in-pod-form Get more: Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Get our merch Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Take a nap you deserve it Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Push Them Down 59:32

منذ 21 weeks59:32

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Please enjoy the debut episode from our new show, Not Right Now. Every week, Claire (Evil Witches) and Quinn (Important, Not Important) dive into the chaotic reality of raising tiny humans in these wild times. From behavioral reflection forms and schoolyard diplomacy to the eternal question of "how many water bottles does one child need?", we explore the messy, hilarious, and occasionally terrifying truth about modern parenting. Plus: why every parent should have friends who don't make you add "...but of course I love them!" to your rants, the special anxiety of raising boys who won't become supervillains, and the paradox of counting down to bedtime while simultaneously scrolling through baby photos. A conversation for parents who know that both dreading dinner and cherishing every moment can be true at the same time. A new show from Important, Not Important. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Send a message to questions@notrightnow.show Get all of our episodes at https://www.notrightnow.show/ ----------- Follow us: Subscribe to Quinn's newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Subscribe to Claire's newsletter at https://www.evilwitches.com/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/notrightnowpodcast/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel Produced and edited by Willow Beck Music by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Introducing: Not Right Now 2:33

منذ 22 weeks2:33

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Not Right Now is a podcast for parents navigating the impossible task of raising kids while *gestures wildly at everything*. Join Quinn Emmett ( Important, Not Important ) and Claire Zulkey ( Evil Witches ) for honest conversations about parenting in an era of climate change, artificial intelligence, social media anxiety, all while trying to get your kid to just please put on their shoes. From discussing how to talk to kids about the news without traumatizing them (or yourself), to debating the right age for a phone, to admitting that sometimes the best parenting happens when you're hiding in the pantry eating handfuls of trail mix for dinner- Quinn and Claire bring humor, empathy, and real talk to the wild adventure of raising tiny humans in these chaotic times. Because being a good parent doesn't mean having all the answers - it means figuring it out together, one "not right now" at a time. Join us every week, wherever you get your podcasts. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . ----------- Links: Follow Not Right Now on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/notrightnowpodcast/ Email Not Right Now at questions@notrightnow.show Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Get our merch Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Essay: Have Mercy 20:40

منذ 22 weeks20:40

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This week: I’m not religious. But I did (barely) successfully major in religious studies. For better and often for worse, the history of faith and organized religion has been the backbone of human history, political science, culture, wars, sexual ethics, and more. Subtle or not, religion and faith are most often the answer to why people do what they do, and to how we got here, even now as the west barrels towards majority secularism. Here's What You Can Do: Donate to the Climate Justice Alliance to amplify grassroots leadership working towards a Just Transition. 🌏️ Volunteer with the Green Faith Alliance and get your faith group involved in climate action. 🌏️ Learn about how colonialism is a historical and ongoing driver of climate change and its impacts. Be heard about science-based health care and tell your Senator to vote “No” on RFK Jr’s nomination. Invest in a more equitable world by investing in the Black Farmer Fund to increase the representation and success of Black agricultural and food businesses. Get more: Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Get our merch Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Take a nap you deserve it Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Essay: Build Something Useful 29:04

منذ 23 weeks29:04

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This week: You're wasting your talent on bullshit while the world burns. You — yes, you — can actually use your very unique set of skills for good. Even and especially at scale, even — yes — right now. Here's What You Can Do: Donate to the Electronic Frontier Foundation to help get Zuckerberg’s grubby little paws off of your data. Volunteer with Tech Shift and start creating technology that actually contributes to the betterment of humanity. 🌎️ Get educated about social media, deepfakes, misinformation, and all the other internet foes by taking this Media Literacy Crash Course . Be heard about creating the appropriate safeguards for AI by urging your representatives to support the Algorithmic Accountability Act . 🌏️ Invest in tech that reduces emissions instead of dismantling democracy using Carbon Equity . Get more: Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Get our merch Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Take a nap you deserve it Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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We Need To Talk About Bird Flu 42:32

منذ 24 weeks42:32

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We (Quinn) has been avoiding this question for quite a while. I even wrote a few thousand words about it a couple months ago and didn't publish it because it was a bit of a downer. But that's kind of malpractice in a way because we promised we don't shy away from the hard stuff even if the goal is to help you understand what you can do about it. Just like there's never really an optimal time in your life to get married, or have a baby, or get arrested, there's never a good time to talk about bird flu, which means it's always the right time to talk about bird flu, and especially when you've got the best of the best on the line. What can I do about bird flu? That's today's big question and my returning guest is the wonderful Dr. Nahid Bhadelia . Dr. Bhadelia is the founding director of the BU Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases . She's a board certified infectious diseases physician and an associate professor at the BU School of Medicine. She served as the Senior Policy Advisor for Global COVID 19 Response for the White House COVID 19 Response Team in 2022 and 2023, where she coordinated the interagency programs for global COVID 19 vaccine donations from the United States. Nahid was also the policy lead for Project NextGen, a 5 billion dollar health and human services program aimed at developing next generation vaccines and treatments for pandemic prone coronaviruses. She also served as the interim testing coordinator for the White House mpox response team and is the Director and Co-founder of Biothreats Emergence Analysis and Communications Network , or BEACON, an open source outbreak surveillance program. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . ----------- Links: Keep up with Dr. Bhadelia's work at BU Follow Dr. Bhadelia on Bluesky Find air filters at Filterbuy.com Learn more about what you can do to support public health Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Get our merch Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Essay: Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. 12:20

منذ 26 weeks12:20

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This week: Be prepared — because these fires that are still burning are only the beginning. Start somewhere, start right in front of you, do what you can. Here's What You Can Do: LA isn’t the only place suffering this week, but it was home for a long time, so here’s vetted ways you can contribute right now, from near or afar. Get more: Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Get our merch Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Take a nap you deserve it Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Essay: About 2025 22:39

منذ 27 weeks22:39

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This week: It’s been a minute. Thanks for your patience. Please check out my 2025 preview, and if you’d be so kind, share it widely. Here's What You Can Do: Donate to Everytown to support their efforts to end gun violence, community by community. Volunteer with Communities Responding to Extreme Weather (CREW) to build the supports your community needs to respond to climate impacts. Get educated about how you can run for a local office and make a huge, direct impact on peoples lives using Run For Something’s Local Office Guide . 2025 is your year, let’s go. Be heard about incentivizing heat pump installations and bring our Heat Pump Targets script to your local government meetings. Invest in affordable housing by becoming an investor with Enterprise , a non-profit working to increase housing supply and build community resilience. Get more: Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Get our merch Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Take a nap you deserve it Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Bridging Misinformation Gaps with Local Journalism 1:02:22

منذ 35 weeks1:02:22

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What's the missing link in local journalism? That's today's big question, and my guest is Lyndsey Gilpin . Lyndsey is the Senior Manager of Community Engagement at Grist. Lyndsey was the founder and executive editor at Southerly , a nonprofit media organization that equipped people who face environmental injustices and are at most at risk of climate change effects with journalism and resources on natural disasters, pollution, food, energy, and more. It was very groundbreaking, and now she's brought that to Grist. Lyndsey was recently a John S. Knight Community Impact Fellow at Stanford University , focusing on information access in rural southern communities of color, where she is from, based in Louisville . And in an age of mass dis and misinformation it's more important than ever that we not only fund journalism and obviously read it, but local journalism and journalists and publishers, editors, photographers, documenters, and more that are of the communities they are based in, who have and continue to build trust in an ongoing, two way conversation to help people get information, to connect the last mile and make sure it goes back and forth. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . ----------- INI Book Club: The Quickening by Elizabeth Rush Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: Read more about Lyndsey's community engagement work at Grist Keep up with Lyndsey's work Support Grist's nonprofit journalism Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Take action at whatcanido.earth Get our merch Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors Mentioned in this episode: Become An Important Member…

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Essay: Only 86,000 To Go. You in? 10:55

منذ 37 weeks10:55

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This week: This entire (short!) episode is a call to action. It's time to do this thing...do the thing, but also take care of yourselves and your loved ones these next couple weeks. It's a lot right now. Here's What You Can Do: Donate to the groups that are on the ground every day organizing and fighting for a better, stronger democracy ( go ) Volunteer for democracy by picking up the phone and knocking on doors with the people who have mobilizing voters down to a science. Time’s ticking but it’s not too late ( go ) Learn about ways you can become a more active citizen (like running for a local office!) ( go ) Be heard about the issues you care about the most, like reproductive rights or clean energy, and find candidates in your district that support those causes. Invest in companies that are scaling climate solutions so we still have a planet where the privilege to vote is possible. Get more: Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Take Action at whatcanido.earth Get our merch Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Take a nap you deserve it Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Thinking In Systems To Save An Indivisible World 1:10:43

منذ 37 weeks1:10:43

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Is multisolving the future? Is it today? Should we do more? That's all today's big question and my guest is Dr. Elizabeth Sawin . Dr. Sawin is the Founder and Director of the Multisolving Institute , which is convenient for our conversation. She's an expert on solutions that address climate change while also improving health, well being, and economic vitality. She developed multisolving to describe such win win win solutions. Beth writes and speaks about multisolving, climate change, and leadership in complex systems for both national and international audiences. Since 2014, Beth has participated in the Council on the Uncertain Human Future , a continuing dialogue on issues of climate change and sustainability among a select group of humanities scholars, writers, artists, and climate scientists. Beth is a biologist with a Ph.D. From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, M. I. T . She co-founded Climate Interactive in 2010 and served as Climate Interactive's co-director from 2010 until 2022. Beth’s work has influenced me quite a bit, as you can see in the app. We've got co benefits all over the place, more on that soon and today. She's been on the list for a while here, and yet it took a couple recent hurricanes to actually get her on the show to talk about her journey, her mentors, her new book, and how we can most effectively deal with all of this. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . ----------- INI Book Club: Always Coming Home and The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: Learn more about multisolving at the Multisolving Institute Buy Dr. Sawin's book Multisolving: Creating Systems Change in a Fractured World Check out the FLOWER App Follow Dr Sawin on Bluesky and Twitter Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Get our merch Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Poverty Is A Policy Choice 49:27

منذ 38 weeks49:27

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How do we make it easier for more Americans to reliably put food (in particular, hot food) on the table? That's today’s big question, and my guest is Salaam Bhatti . Salaam is the SNAP Director at the Food Research and Action Center , a 501c3 that uses advocacy and strategic partnerships to improve the health and well being of people struggling against poverty related hunger in the United States. Before joining the Food Research and Action Center, Salam was the Public Benefits Attorney and Deputy Director of the Virginia Poverty Law Center where he specialized in public benefits law. Salaam also served as the director of Virginia Hunger Solutions , where he supported the initiative's mission of eradicating hunger and enhancing the nutrition, health, and overall well being of children and families living in poverty throughout this great commonwealth. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . ----------- INI Book Club: Llama Llama and the Bully Goat by Anna Dewdney Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: Follow Salaam on TikTok and Twitter Follow FRAC on Instagram and Twitter Get involved with the FRAC Action Network Donate to FRAC to help end hunger in America Check out FRAC's Road to the Farm Bill resources Call on Congress to protect and strengthen SNAP Read the USDA Food Security report and FRAC's Statement of Poverty report Read FRAC's brief with the National Women's Law Center Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Get our merch Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Best of: Check Your Insurance Policy 1:06:05

منذ 39 weeks1:06:05

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We first ran this episode in May 2023, but following back-to-back hurricanes in Florida this month, it remains as relevant as ever. You've got insurance, right? Are you sure? That's today's big question, and my guest is Washington Post reporter Brianna Sacks. Brianna's an extreme weather and disaster reporter for the Post, where she explores how climate change is transforming the United States through violent storms, intense heat, widespread wildfires, and other forms of extreme weather. Brianna deploys to disaster zones, which are sometimes very close to home, and does enterprise reporting on the preparations for responses to and the aftermaths of catastrophic events. We're having this conversation today because last month Brianna revealed how insurers have slashed Hurricane Ian payouts far below damage estimates, often up to 80%. I cannot emphasize enough that the future includes an insurance landscape that is among the most important in our very brittle economy and society. It underpins everything we rely on, so understanding not only your own insurance but how well your mortgage holder and the system at large are prepared for what's here and what's coming, is essential. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . ----------- INI Book Club: What I Talk about When I Talk about Running: A Memoir by Haruki Murakami On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King Training for the Uphill Athlete by Steve House, Scott Johnston, and Kilian Jornet The Great Displacement by Jake Bittle Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: Follow Brianna on Twitter and Instagram Read Brianna's piece on Hurricane Ian insurance cuts Read more of her reporting at The Washington Post Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Get our merch Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Best of: Fresh Banana Leaves 53:56

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There’s no word for “conservation” in many Indigenous languages. Some come close, but mean something more like “taking care of” or “looking after.” And that’s probably because the very idea of conservation, to “prevention the wasteful use of a resource”, would have been, and continue to be, foreign to many of North America’s Indigenous peoples, who lived in an entirely different, co-dependent relationship with nature. That is to say, to have had a relationship at all. A relationship with the very same nature of which we’re inextricably part of, of which we rely on for clean air, food, and water – or it’s game over. And now, if we’re not facing game over, we’re certainly up against the final boss. We live on stolen lands that were tended for thousands of years by Indigenous and Native peoples have been dried out by mostly white settlers in what seems like the blink of an eye. Land now covered in cities, in suburbs, in industrialized agriculture, desperately and even controversially conserved as national and state parks. Waters onshore and offshore, full of plastic and fertilizer, once bountiful, now overfished. The receipts are in and it’s not gone well for colonialists’ stewardship over the single habitable ecosystem as far as anyone can tell. New voices are needed, new policies and practices are needed, and perhaps the most compelling ones come from our land’s longest-tenured human inhabitants. And while, yes, I’m focused on actions we can take to build a vastly cleaner and better future for all people, you know I work hard to bring you the necessary context, to understand how we got here, why we got here, to understand the decisions and systems involved – all of which should only make us more effective at taking action. My guest today is Dr. Jessica Hernandez. Dr. Hernandez is an environmental scientist, founder of environmental non-profit Piña Soul, and the author of the new book, “Fresh Banana Leaves” , where she weaves together her family’s relationship with nature, as part of nature, her family’s history of being displaced over and over, through the lens of eco-colonialism, and how Indigenous-led restoration is the way forward. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . ----------- INI Book Club: Le Maya Q’atzij/Our Maya Word by Dr. Emil’ Keme Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: Dr. Jessica Hernandez on Twitter Jessica Hernandez website Piña Soul Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Get our merch Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Essay: Why We Made An App 27:08

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This week: You’d think that -- considering we just spent two years building our new What Can I Do? app -- that I’d have a really good answer for why we were doing it in the first place. But I didn’t. Not until about a week ago. I knew, of course, the practical reasons why it needed to exist, and I had a good idea of what I wanted it to look and feel like. I knew it was the natural evolution and a significant missing piece of our work. But I had never really interrogated myself to understand why I was so hell-bent on building an app -- a tool -- that gathered all the action steps we’d researched over the years, and made them accessible to anyone across the world, anytime they wanted or needed them. Get more: Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Get our merch Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Take a nap you deserve it Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Introducing: What Can I Do? 11:38

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It’s another big day in a very big month for us. Our extremely tiny team has been busting our asses for almost two years to bring you something fucking extraordinary, something I’m just so proud of, and now it's here: Our new app: "What Can I Do?" A one stop shop for taking action on the issues you give a shit about. Why? Because the world won't unf**k itself. Get it here: https://www.whatcanido.earth/ Get more: Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Get our merch Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Take a nap you deserve it Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Finding Joy In Climate Solutions 41:11

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What if we get it right? That's today's big question, and my returning guest is Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson . Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson is a marine biologist. She is a policy expert, a writer, and a teacher working to help create the best possible climate future. She co-founded and leads the Urban Ocean Lab , a think tank for the future of coastal cities, and is the Roux Distinguished Scholar at Bowdoin College. Ayana authored the forthcoming book, What If We Get It Right? Visions of Climate Futures , co-edited the best selling climate anthology, All We Can Save , and co-created and co-hosted the Spotify slash Gimlet podcast, How to Save a Planet . Lastly, she co-authored the Blue New Deal , a roadmap for including the ocean, what an idea, into climate policy. This is a special one for me. Ayana was guest number seven or eight on the show a long time ago. She took a chance on us. And almost 200 episodes later, a pandemic later, a few degrees of warming later, a lot has changed. But Ayana's passion for nature, her influence on U.S. and global policy and our one wonderful habitable planet has not. I am such a huge fan of hers, and I am so thankful she came back to spend time with us. If you have been trying to find your way into this whole thing, today just might be your day. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . ----------- INI Book Club: What If We Get It Right by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson All We Can Save by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katherine Wilkinson Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: Subscribe to Ayana's What If We Get It Right? newsletter Find climate action resources to pair with What If We Get It Right? Join and donate to the All We Can Save Project Donate and check out the Resource Hub at Urban Ocean Lab Keep up with more of Ayana's work Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Get our merch Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Best of: A Conversation With A Future President of the United States 1:22:28

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In this throwback episode from October 2020, Quinn & Brian discuss: Why state elections matter not just for your state but for the future of our planet. Our guests are: Aimy Steele & Amanda Litman. Aimy is a candidate for the North Carolina House of Representatives in District 82, a mother of five, a former Spanish teacher, and a former K-12 principal. Amanda is the co-founder and Executive Director of Run For Something, a PAC that is recruiting and supporting young progressives who want to run for state and local elections. They’re endorsing more than 500 candidates in the 2020 elections, primarily women and people of color, and they’re inviting all of us to take an active role in writing a new future for our country. And let me tell you -- if those 500 candidates are even half as inspiring as Aimy, we’re in for one hell of a new generation of state representatives. Aimy represents one of those rare times when we get the hero we need and they’re so much better than we deserve. Really, we probably do deserve a horde of bitter white men who all go to the same discount barber, but our world will be so much better off if we elevate diverse voices who actually know how to help our country’s diverse communities. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . ----------- INI Book Club: "Indecent Assembly: The North Carolina Legislature's Blueprint for the War on Democracy and Equality" by Gene R. Nichol "Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: Find a great local candidate to vote for: directory.runforsomething.net/candidates Support Run for Something: runforsomething.net/give Listen to Amanda’s first episode: #60: Why You Should Run for Something in 2020 Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Get our merch Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Edited by Anthony Luciani Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Essay: How to Eat More Plants (And Less Beef) 22:11

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This week: Next up in our series of “How to Eat More Plants”. Today’s topic? Beef! Here's What You Can Do: Read the essay and get the links online here Donate to the Humane Farming Association to support their work against factory farming. Volunteer with Planted Society to help cities, restaurants, and individuals make sustainable changes in their food culture. 🌎️ Get educated about ways to transition to plant-based options by checking out the Meatless Monday campaign. Be heard about animal cruelty, air and water pollution, and public health by asking the Department of Agriculture to stop supporting factory farming. 🌏️ Invest in industries that aren’t cutting down the Amazon using Deforestation Free Funds. Get more: Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Get our merch Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Edited by Anthony Luciani Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Take a nap you deserve it Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Essay: The Sun Machines Cometh 13:07

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This week: Please enjoy this hopeful ditty on how we have finally harnessed the sun ☀️ — and how we’re just getting started. Here's What You Can Do: Donate to Grid Alternatives to advocate for community-powered solar policy that gets everyone on a clean energy grid (🌎 go global: Donate to GiveDirectly so people have the agency to buy their own solar) Volunteer to become a member of the Green Workers Alliance to help ensure the creation and maintenance of well-paying, sustainable green jobs in the clean energy transition. Buy solar for your home , company , school district , and/or your town with help from our best friends at Rewiring America . 🌏️ Get educated about where your power is coming from with electricityMap . Be heard about continuing to expand solar access and ask your representative to support clean energy progress. Invest in positive climate action and use your money to fund solar expansion with ATMOS. Get more: Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Get our merch Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Edited by Anthony Luciani Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Take a nap you deserve it Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Essay: How To Eat More Plants 18:43

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This week: Today’s post is more of a macro introduction to the why and how of the “eat more plants (and consequently) fewer animals” lifestyle. Deep-dives on how to eat fewer animals, by type, including meat/beef/pork, chicken/turkey, dairy, and fish (and humans! Can’t forget humans) will follow in subsequent posts. My overall goal is to help you — someone who already gives a shit for one reason or another — understand why eating more plants and fewer animals is intersectional as hell. Here's What You Can Do: Donate to Friends of the Earth to help transition our food system into one that is more sustainable, healthier, and more just. Volunteer with Kiss The Ground to help shift policies and resources towards regenerative agriculture. Get educated about more ways to eat more plants by subscribing to Vox’s Meat/Less newsletter . Be heard about passing a strong Farm Bill that provides critical funding so farmers can grow nutritious food via sustainable farming practices. Invest in sustainable farming with Farm VC . Get more: Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Get our merch Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Edited by Anthony Luciani Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Take a nap you deserve it Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Essay: The Turn of the Tide 33:21

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This week: We're running an updated version of a popular essay from last year. Tolkien described life (and often, his stories) as a "long defeat", where evil frequently, inevitably wins. But he allowed for "eucatastrophe" — sudden joyous turns (just like breakthroughs in elections and voting rights). We must keep fighting, to hold off the darkness. Here's What You Can Do: Donate to protecting voting rights and advocating for democracy with Fair Fight . Volunteer to bring together conservatives, progressives, and everyone in between to fix America’s political system with RepresentUS . Get educated about quick, easy, daily actions you can take to save democracy by subscribing to the Chop Wood, Carry Water newsletter. Be heard about fair elections and add your name to the End Gerrymandering Pledge. Run for your state or local office with Run for Something (if you’re under 40, if you’re over 40, donate!) Get more: Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Get our merch Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Edited by Anthony Luciani Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Take a nap you deserve it Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Everything Is Connected (No, Seriously) 58:26

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How did our planet come to life? Is it alive? And where are we as part of that? Those are today's big questions and my guest is Ferris Jabr. His new book, Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life , is one of the most compelling, beautiful, timely, and important reads I've ever got to underline throughout. Ferris is a contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine and Scientific American . He has also written for The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Harper's, National Geographic, Wired, Outside, Lapham's Quarterly, McSweeney's, and the Los Angeles Review of Books , among other wonderful publications. I've been on a bit of a bender lately. I'm getting older. I've got kids that are getting older quickly. Work continues. Everything keeps changing and staying the same. I'm trying to contextualize for myself, for this work, for you all, and for my kids, time and place and presence and relationships. How much time do we each have here? Do we as a species have here? Who do we spend it with? How do we spend it? How precious is it to each of us? Does it become more so, less so? How should we use our time and experience, and how can we help? ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . ----------- INI Book Club: The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: Read Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life Read more of Ferris' work and follow him on social media Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Get our merch Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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AI Ethics Not Found 1:00:27

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When is a cancer scare, a rejected mortgage loan, a false arrest, or predictive grading, more than a glitch in A.I.? That's today's big question, and my guest is Meredith Broussard . Meredith is a data journalist and associate professor at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute of New York University , Research Director at the NYU Alliance for Public Interest Technology and the author of several books I loved, including More Than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender and Ability Bias in Tech , and A rtificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World. Her academic research focuses on A.I. in investigative reporting and ethical A.I., with a particular interest in using data analysis for social good. She's a former features editor at the Philadelphia Inquirer . She's also worked as a software developer at AT&T Bell Labs and at the MIT Media Lab . Meredith's features and essays have appeared in The Atlantic , The New York Times, Slate , and other outlets. If you have ever turned on a computer or used the internet in some way to apply for something, or literally anything, this one is for you. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . ----------- INI Book Club: Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: Read Meredith's books: More Than A Glitch and Artificial Unintelligence Check out Meredith's website and follow her on social media Get up to speed on A.I. ethics by reading: Weapons of Math Destruction , Algorithms of Oppression , Automating Inequality , Race After Technology , Black Software Follow algorithm and bias influencers Avriel Epps and Joel Bervell Check out the Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights , NIST's AI Risk Management Framework , GAO's Algorithmic Audit , and the Algorithmic Accountability Act Check out Encode Justice Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Get our merch Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Edited by Anthony Luciani Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Houston, We Have An Overfishing Problem 1:18:48

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How do we stop overfishing if we don't know who's doing the fishing? That's today's big question, and my guest is Jennifer Raynor . Jennifer is an Assistant Professor of natural resource economics at the University of Wisconsin Madison. Before entering academia, she conducted policy-relevant economic research for the U.S. federal government for nearly a decade, most recently at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fisheries. Jennifer's research focuses on improving the efficiency and sustainability of fisheries and wildlife management, primarily using methods from economics, data science, and remote sensing. She strives to inform the legislative decision-making process and works closely with state and federal resource managers to design and evaluate conservation policies. She serves on the board of trustees for Global Fishing Watch , and her research has appeared in top journals such as Science, Nature , and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Jennifer and her team decided to tackle, 70 percent of our planet. The ocean. And what they discovered about who's trawling our oceans and where could set in motion policy the world over to make fishing drastically more sustainable and safe for everyone on every front. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . ----------- INI Book Club: The Outlaw Ocean by Ian Urbina Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: Read Jennifer's satellite mapping paper in Nature Read Jennifer's research on the economic benefits of wolves (and Ed Yong's piece about it in the Atlantic) Follow more of Jennifer's work Support Global Fishing Watch Read the Crimes Behind The Seafood You Eat Read The Outlaw Ocean series Support the Outlaw Ocean Project Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Get our merch Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Edited by Anthony Luciani Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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🌎 Essay: A Leading Question 23:46

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This week: We are occasionally asked why we link to scientific journals, news outlets, and sometimes even opinion pieces that are behind paywalls. In a world where HBO HBO Max Max and Spotify and everyone else raise prices once a month, it’s a great question: Our newsletter is free — why the hell do we make you click through to something that costs money? Here's What You Can Do: Donate to the 19th , a diverse, indie, non-profit newsroom reporting on gender, politics, and policy. They do amazing work. Volunteer with Documenters to fill the gap in local media coverage and make sure public meetings are on the record. Get educated about what journalists can do to help journalism survive, from getting involved in policy to unionizing. Be heard about helping journalists and publishers receive fair compensation from tech platforms for use of their content and ask your representative to support the Journalism Competition & Preservation Act . Invest in companies that align with your values using fennel. Get more: Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Get our merch Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Edited by Anthony Luciani Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Take a nap you deserve it Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Bring A Folding Chair 47:34

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How do we tackle huge systemic intersectional environmental justice issues at the local level? That's today's big question, and my guest is Jacqui Patterson . Jacqui is the Founder and Executive Director of the Chisholm Legacy Project , which helps connect Black communities that are being disproportionately impacted by the climate crisis with the resources they need to create systemic change across connected challenges. Jacqui was recently named to Time Magazine's 2024 list of Women of the Year , and she took home the Earth Award for her work. Jacqui was previously the Senior Director of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program . Since 2007, she has served as Coordinator and Co-founder of Women of Color United . She has served as the Senior Women's Rights Policy Analyst for ActionAid , where she integrated a women's rights lens for the issue of feud rights, macroeconomics, and climate change, as well as the intersection of violence against women and HIV/AIDS. Previously, she served as Assistant Vice President of HIV and AIDS Programs for IMA World Health , providing management and technical assistance to medical facilities and programs in 23 countries in Africa and the Caribbean. Jacqui served as the Outreach Project Associate for the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and Research Coordinator for Johns Hopkins University . She also served as a US Peace Corps volunteer in Jamaica. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . ----------- INI Book Club: Chronicles of the One series by Nora Roberts Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: Support the Chisholm Legacy Project Check out Policies For The People Keep up with Jacqui's work Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Get our merch Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Edited by Anthony Luciani Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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The Science of Fiction 1:04:37

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Why is it so important that we share the science of fiction, and what do we do with it once we have it? That's today's big question, and my guest is Maddie Stone . Maddie is a prolific science journalist. She is a doctor of earth and environmental sciences. She's the former science editor of the technology website Gizmodo , which I love, and the founding editor of Earther , Gizmodo's climate focused vertical, which I love. Maddie has edited articles for The Verge, Polygon , and Grist , and her original and award winning journalism has appeared in National Geographic, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, The Guardian, Grist, Vice, MIT Technology Room, Technology Review, and Drilled , and many other outlets we love and link to basically every day. An avid science fiction fan like me, Maddie runs one of my favorite blogs called The Science of Fiction, an email newsletter and a blog, if you're old, that explores the real world science behind fictional monsters and alien planets and stuff like that (which checks all of my boxes). ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . ----------- INI Book Club: Not The End of The World by Hannah Ritchie The Right to Repair by Aaron Perzanowski Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: Subscribe to The Science of Fiction Keep up with Maddie's writing , including her recent story holding Microsoft accountable to their sustainability pledges Check out the Climate Reality Check report from Good Energy Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Get our merch Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Edited by Anthony Luciani Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Essay: In Bruges 20:05

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This week: Do you like cookies? What about olive oil cake? What about chocolate chip coffee cake? Listen on. Here's What You Can Do: 🌍️ Donate to support African farmers by increasing incomes and improving food security through the Alliance for a Green Africa . 🌎️ Volunteer to join the Coffee & Climate Network , an organization that connects stakeholders in coffee farming to create a climate-smart future. 🌎️ Get educated about regenerative agriculture that increases resilience using resources from Climate Farmers. Be heard about your eco-anxiety by connecting with others having similar feelings at a Climate Psychology Alliance Climate Cafe near you. Invest in deforestation-free investment options with Deforestation Free Funds. Get more: Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Get our merch Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Edited by Anthony Luciani Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Take a nap you deserve it Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Chronic Illness: Not Actually Female Hysteria! 1:11:14

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How do we take a huge chronic disease burden like Lyme disease or long COVID or even long flu and make it so personal that we simply can't ignore it anymore? That's today's big question and my guest is Dr. Mikki Tal , an immunoengineer and a principal scientist at MIT. Dr. Tal leads the Tal Research Group within the Department of Biological Engineering , and also serves as the Associate Scientific Director of the Center for Gynepathology Research . Mikki is working to identify the connections between infections and chronic diseases. I've written a bit recently about the lessons we finally need to learn about post viral and bacterial health issues, the societal and medicinal and health and economic issues and improving our baseline of wellness and community health, so that we don't suffer from those quite as much. These things are very real, we've known about them for a very long time and the compounding effects of chronic diseases are just going to continue add up the longer we ignore them, and we gaslight people. There has never really been a better time for Mikki's work, or for this wonderfully inspiring and personal conversation. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . ----------- INI Book Club: Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: Participate in the MAESTRO Study Explore more of Dr. Tal's research (including recent papers here and here ) Keep up with Dr. Tal's work on X and Linkedin Read more about Dr. Tal's work here and here Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Get our merch Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Edited by Anthony Luciani Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Essay: How to get more Good Energy 12:31

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This week: This week I wrote about a groundbreaking and essential new study that — thank christ — is not actually about which seemingly reasonable dietary supplement will definitely extend/tragically cut short your life. It’s about 🍿 film , and after you’re done reading, I’d love it if you replied to this email with some favorite movies that moved the needle for you in some way. We’ll share the list with everyone soon. Here's What You Can Do: Donate to Eco-Anxious Stories to help create stories about meaning, mental health, and climate change. 🌍️ Volunteer to share your climate solutions story with the Global Solutions Diary from Project Drawdown. 🌎️ Get educated about how to integrate climate change into your writing in an authentic way by booking a consultation with Good Energy. Be heard about the climate crisis and urge Congress to act. Invest in a climate-positive future using ATMOS. Get more: Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Get our merch Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Edited by Anthony Luciani Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Take a nap you deserve it Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Essay: Bridget Jones, Climate Hero 30:57

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This week: In this essay, I will argue that Bridget Jones is the perfect climate-era hero, because she is all of us. Here's What You Can Do: 🌍️ Donate to Project HOPE to support frontline teams working to strengthen healthcare systems and respond to crises globally. 🌎️ Volunteer to share your climate solutions work with the Global Solutions Diary from Project Drawdown and use your story to inspire hope in the climate community. Get educated about how you can join a network of people working on climate, and get started on working on solutions, in your city with Climate Tech Cities . Be heard about feeding hungry kids and urge your representatives to support the Universal School Meal Program Act . Invest in a climate-friendly 401(k) using Sphere . Get more: Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Edited by Anthony Luciani Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Take a nap you deserve it Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Keeping Long COVID In The News 1:15:39

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Who is still covering Long COVID, and how much is the audience actually growing? That's today's big question, and my guests are Betsy Ladygetz and Miles Griffis , editors and co-founders of The Sick Times , a journalist-founded website chronicling the Long COVID crisis. The Sick Times investigates injustices, challenges powerful institutions, wades through the latest research, assesses COVID-19 data, and offers an essential platform for those most affected by the crisis. Betsy is an independent science, health, and data journalist and writer focused on COVID-19 and the future of public health in general. Prior to The Sick Times, she ran the COVID-19 Data Dispatch. She was recently a journalism fellow at MuckRock, where she contributed to award-winning and impactful COVID-19 investigations, such as the Uncounted Project , investigations into the National Institute of Health's Recover Program , and stories covering public health responses in several states. Miles is an independent journalist and writer who covers Long COVID, science, and LGBTQ plus issues. He developed Long COVID at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and has used his lived experience to report on the disease. So many people are struggling directly or indirectly with Long COVID. Sometimes they don't even know themselves, but with journalism just crumbling around us, new publications like The Sick Times operated by people with very particular essential skills and lived experiences can help make sure that these massive all all-encompassing issues of our lifetimes stay in the news, giving everyone else a way to stay in touch, and of course, to act. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . ----------- INI Book Club: The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and the Struggle for the Soul of Labor by Hamilton Nolan Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT Up New York, 1987-1993 by Sarah Schulman Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: Subscribe and donate to The Sick Times Find a Mask Bloc near you Support the COVID-19 Longhauler Advocacy Project Support the Patient-Led Research Collaborative Support the Long Covid Action Project Learn about diseases related to Long Covid and support #MeAction , Solve ME/CFS , and Dysautonomia International Support the Clean Air Club and A.I.R. NYC Buy high-quality masks from Project N95 Get more COVID-19 info from People's CDC Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Edited by Anthony Luciani Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Essay: Program The World 27:21

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This week: Let’s talk about the Information Era. Here's What You Can Do: Donate (and subscribe!) to the 19th , an independent, non-profit, kick-ass newsroom reporting on gender and politics. Volunteer with Tech Shift to build a fairer, more just technological future. 🌏️ Get educated about the powerful institutions using technology to change society through the invaluable reporting by The Markup. Be heard about keeping companies accountable to assessing AI for bias and effectiveness and ask your representatives to support the Algorithmic Accountability Act. Invest in climate tech solutions that will accelerate the transition to a clean economy with Full Cycle. Get more: Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Edited by Anthony Luciani Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Take a nap you deserve it Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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The Social Infrastructure of Water 1:20:22

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What have we learned from millennia of water insecurity, of climate changes and disasters, of building along freshwater ways and the ocean, that we can apply today? That's today's big question, and my guest is Dr. Amber Wutich . Dr. Wutich is an ASU President's Professor , Director of the Center for Global Health , and 2023 MacArthur Fellow. She's an expert on water insecurity, and directs the Global Ethnohydrology Study , a cross cultural study of water knowledge and management in over 20 countries. Dr. Wutich’s two decades of community based field work explore how people respond individually and collectively to extremely water scarce conditions. She leads the NSF Action for Water Equity , a participatory convergence study that develops collaborative water solutions with water insecure U.S. communities. Her teaching has been recognized with many awards, including the Carnegie Case Arizona Professor of the Year. As maybe the most important thing that neither you or I can live without, water is both becoming more scarce in Central America, Northern India, Syria and other places, and more prevalent through sea level rise, flooding and storms where we're not ready for it. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . ----------- INI Book Club: Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: Connect with Amber on LinkedIn , Twitter , and BlueSky Donate or volunteer with Water For People Donate to Dig Deep Learn more about Amber's work with NSF-funded Household Water Insecurity Experiences Research Coordination Network Learn more about the National Science Foundation Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Edited by Anthony Luciani Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Essay: The Aftermath 27:07

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This week: Bernie decided March 15th is Long COVID Awareness Day , so I thought it was an appropriate moment to try to pull together the threads of why Long COVID pisses me off so much, examples of other self-defeating issues we never learned from, and a blueprint for how to do better, better. Here's What You Can Do: 🌎️ Donate to Partners in Health to ensure that everyone, everywhere has access to quality healthcare. Volunteer for a clinical trial to help us better understand the impacts of COVID and Long COVID. Get educated about how you can start a career in public health . Be heard about early detection in your community and get your local officials to start a wastewater intelligence program with Biobot. 🌎️ Invest in a matching fund with Gavi to get people vaccinated worldwide. Get more: Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Edited by Anthony Luciani Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Take a nap you deserve it Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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The Best Depression Treatment For You 1:10:45

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You know you're stressed. You know you're anxious. Do you have depression? And do you need to know the latest in the biology of how the brain works and depression works or doesn't work and whether the gut is involved in getting meaningful help? That's today's big question. I promise it's kind of one question, even if there are a ton of different answers, and they're going to be different for everybody. This conversation is a follow-up to our last couple of conversations about the brain, the gut, and depression. My returning guest is Srijan Sen. Srijan is still the Francis and Kenneth Eisenberg Professor of Depression and Neurosciences at the University of Michigan and the Director of the Francis and Kenneth Eisenberg and Family Depression Center. His leading research focuses on the interactions between genes and the environment and their effect on stress, anxiety, and depression. Content Warning This week we're talking about depression, and stress, and anxiety, and mental health, and suicide. This is a very important conversation but if any of this could be triggering to you, please just skip over the next one. Nothing in this conversation, of course, should be taken as medical advice. If a treatment, or some combination of treatments, prescribed or recommended, by your health care provider is working for you, huzzah. That's great. Stay with it. Your personal experience with the treatment is much more relevant than anything in this conversation. If you're using a depression medication or other therapy and not getting relief from your depression symptoms, talk with your health care provider. If you are struggling and feeling distressed, or that you might hurt yourself, text or call the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988 , right now, to get help. And you can even call and press 3 to speak to a counselor with the Trevor Project, who provide wonderful support for LGBTQ+ folks. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . ----------- INI Book Club: Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: Follow along with the work of The Sen Lab Follow Srijan on Twitter Suicide Crisis Lifeline (Call 988) The Trevor Project Hotline for LBGTQ+ youth Listen to Srijan's first episode Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Edited by Anthony Luciani Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Essay: How To Give 29:39

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This week: There are few problems so simple that a single donation can fix them. Usually, to turn a problem into a realistic opportunity takes many donations. Over time, spread over a large number of donors. But all the work before that is kind of exhausting: you’ve gotta make sure your donation goes to the right place, the right organization, the right people — usually the ones closest to the problem — with the most pragmatic intentions. Here's What You Can Do: Donate to Give Directly and put cash straight into the pockets of the people who need it the most. Volunteer with Overdose Lifeline to support their harm reduction and awareness efforts. Get educated about starting a resilience hub in your community with resources from the USDN . Be heard about making healthy school meals free for students everywhere . Invest in a sustainable future and find a clean bank to move your money into using bank.green . Get more: Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Edited by Anthony Luciani Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Take a nap you deserve it Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors Mentioned in this episode: Become An Important Member…

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Can Capitalism (Justly) Solve the Climate Crisis? 1:01:45

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The climate clock is ticking faster and faster. How can we use capitalism to undo the bad stuff that capitalism did and maybe even make things better? That's today's big (loaded) question, and my returning guest is Akshat Rathi . Akshat is a London-based senior reporter, newsletter writer, and podcaster for Bloomberg News. Akshat has a PhD in organic chemistry from the University of Oxford , and a BTech in Chemical Engineering from the Institute of Chemical Technology in Mumbai . Akshat was previously a senior reporter at Quartz and a science editor at The Conversation . He is here today to talk about his first book, Climate Capitalism. This wonderful book tells the stories of people building solutions at scale to tackle one of humanity's greatest challenges. Some solutions we've already built, like solar and batteries, and some we're still working on because they take a lot of work, and money, and politics. In a world where journalism is going bye-bye, and the climate clock is ticking, but we've made so much progress, and we can make so much more, Akshat's reporting in this book couldn't be more timely, as we seek to answer the question, where are we on this timeline? ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . ----------- INI Book Club: The Long View by Richard Fisher Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: Order Climate Capitalism in the US/Canada (out March 12) Order Climate Capitalism in the UK (out now) Order Climate Capitalism in India (out now) Order Climate Capitalism in the rest of the world Listen to Akshat on his podcast Zero , and subscribe to his newsletter Read about the Biden Administration's regulations on the social costs of climate change here and here Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Follow us on Threads: www.threads.net/@importantnotimportant Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: on Twitter - twitter.com/quinnemmett ; Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/quinnemmett.bsky.social ; Threads - www.threads.net/@quinnemmett Edited by Anthony Luciani Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Essay: How to See The Forest 27:50

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This week: Are we in the hardest part of the climate transition? Here's What You Can Do: 🌎️ Donate to 350.org , a global movement working towards a fossil fuel-free world. Volunteer with your local Mothers Out Front chapter to fight for a world that protects kids. Get educated about building a clean energy company using the videos, exercises, and curriculum in Third Derivative’s Startup Resource Database . 🌎️ Be heard about climate justice and find an initiative that needs your support or signature in your country using GAIA’s action alert tool. Invest in the future by setting up a climate-friendly 401(k) with Sphere . Get more: Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Take a nap you deserve it Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Saving Democracy From The Bottom Up 40:19

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What are reverse coattails, and how might they slow climate change, prevent the next pandemic, and keep Nazis off of school boards? That's today's big question, and my returning guest is Amanda Litman . Amanda is one of my favorite people. She is the co-founder and co-executive director of Run for Something , which recruits and supports young, diverse progressives running for down-ballot office, state, and local, and all those fun levels. Since launching in 2017 , a thousand years ago, Run for Something has elected more than 1000 leaders across nearly all 50 states, mostly women and people of color. Politico named Run for Something and Amanda, one of the 50 ideas driving politics in 2018 . Bloomberg called her one of the People to Watch in 2019 . Fortune named her to their annual 40 under 40 list in 2020 . And in 2022, Amanda was one of the Time Next 100 , a list of 100 rising stars from around the world. And look, it's yet another election year in America because it's another year in America, so there is never a better time to invite Amanda back onto the show. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . ----------- INI Book Club: North Woods by Daniel Mason Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: Run for Office ! Volunteer for a progressive, young candidate Donate to help get progressive, young candidates elected Learn more about running for office, support the educational efforts of Run for Something and make a c3 donation at Run For Something Civics Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: twitter.com/quinnemmett Edited by Anthony Luciani Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Essay: The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round 26:24

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This week: How are we supposed to navigate this energy transition, AI, and pandemics, if we cannot agree on the most basic, fundamental shit? We argue about tradeoffs or gently suggest expanding the scope of our moral concern to include other people’s air, water, food, shelter, and health, instead of simply saying some things — like the lives of children — are simply, emphatically, non-negotiable. Here's What You Can Do: Donate to Tobacco-Free Kids to protect kids from e-cigarettes. Volunteer with Everytown to prevent gun violence in schools. 🌎️ Get educated about the many co-benefits of electric school buses . Be heard about keeping kids healthy by urging your representative to co-sponsor the Universal School Meal Program Act. 🌍️ Invest in companies with ESG metrics that align with your morals using fennel . 🌎️ = Global Action Step Get more: Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Take a nap you deserve it Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Essay: If This, Then What Else? 26:56

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This week: Today’s essay is a bit of a departure — I just wanted to make super clear where I stand vis a vis the next eleven months. A MAGA party don't stop unless we stop it. Here's What You Can Do: Donate to Voters of Tomorrow to defend democracy for the next generation. Volunteer with Run For Something to help young, diverse progressives get elected. 🌍️ Get educated about how your country is keeping up with its commitments to the Paris Agreement using the Climate Action Tracker , and then hold your public officials accountable. Be heard about returning political power to the people and contact your representative to support the Democracy For All Amendment . 🌏️ Invest in sustainable companies with Util , using insights based on data, not greenwashing. 🌎️ = Global Action Step Get more: Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Take a nap you deserve it Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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2024: The Gaps and How to Close Them 38:13

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This week: Today’s essay is my version of a 2024 preview. Unlike other previews, though, it’s less, “This is what is going to happen” and more “These are the table stakes as far as I can tell.” I think that approach is much more helpful, but you can be the judge. Here's What You Can Do: Donate to the 19th , an independent newsroom that focuses on gender, politics, and policy. Journalism is being hit hard, and small outlets that do incredible work like the 19th are more essential than ever. Volunteer with the Environmental Voter Project . If there was ever a year to do this, it’s this one. Get educated about multisolving with resources from The Multisolving Institute . As you’ll read in the essay below, the issues are myriad, but we can choose solutions that address many problems at once. Be heard about green transportation by urging your representative to reject cuts to Amtrak. Invest in companies that are meeting the metrics that underpin the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Get more: Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Take a nap you deserve it Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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2023 Review: What Just Happened? 37:01

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This week: I’m back today to share my 2023 wrap-up. It’s a pretty stream-of-consciousness endeavor, but I think it sums up where I was right in my 2023 preview, where I was very wrong, how the world changed — or didn’t — and most importantly, how we responded. Here's What You Can Do: Donate to CAMFED to help them educate 5 million girls in Africa by 2030 (educating girls is key to building climate resilience!) Volunteer with Action for the Climate Emergency , a network of young people working in key states to register young voters and educate them on climate change and climate justice. Get educated about your country’s GHG emissions to thoroughly understand how and where to prioritize decarbonization resources using the Country Emissions Inventory from Climate Trace . Filter by year, sector, and type of GHG. Be heard about protecting pregnant people at a federal level and urge your representative to support codifying abortion access . Invest in solar and electrification by opening a bank account with ATMOS . Get more: Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Take a nap you deserve it Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Best of: The End of the Universe 1:15:21

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How will the universe end? That's today's big question, and my guest is Sarafina El-Badry Nance. Sarafina is an NSF graduate research fellow, astrophysics Ph.D. candidate, and Forbes 30 Under 30 Science 2022 honoree, specializing in supernova and cosmology. She's also the author of the new, honest, and empowering memoir "Starstruck: A Memoir of Astrophysics and Finding Light in the Dark". Sarafina and I recorded this conversation back in 2021 , and not only is it an all-time listener favorite, well, the universe at large hasn't ended yet , even though it's felt like it was coming sometimes. We've all been through a lot since then, and this conversation is still and will remain, evergreen. Sarafina's goal is to measure the rate of the expansion of the universe as propelled by dark energy. And, I'm sorry if that isn't exciting enough for you, I don't know what to tell you. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . ----------- INI Book Club: "Untamed" by Glennon Doyle Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: starafina.com Instagram: @starstrickensf Twitter: @starstrickenSF LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/sarafina-nance-7a5888a0 Watch: Constellations girlswhocode.com thebreasties.org Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: twitter.com/quinnemmett Edited by Anthony Luciani Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Best of: Episode X: A Far Out Geek Girl Rises 1:00:24

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Why does it matter who reviews our video games? That's today's big question, and my guest is Swapna Krishna . Swapna and I recorded this conversation in 2022 , and as gaming and the entire media ecosystem changes and evolves and is pulled apart and merged, it's more important than ever to find reputable sources we not only trust, but who we have a connection with, and that's why representation matters so much. Swapna is a writer and journalist covering space, science, tech, and pop culture, and writes some of the most empathetic tech, and pop culture commentary on the web. She writes everywhere from Fast Company to StarWars.com , from StarTrek.com to Business Insider and the LA Times , Bitch Magazine , Bustle , Mental Floss , and more. Swapna has appeared on a bazillion excellent podcasts, she's been at ComicCon , she's the co-host of the Desi Geek Girls Podcast , and the host of PBS's show, Far Out. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . ----------- INI Book Club: Sword Stone Table by Swapna Krishna and Jenn Northington Stay tuned for Roshani Chokshi's new book Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: Follow Swapna on Twitter and Instagram Follow Swapna on TikTok Watch PBS Terra's Far Out on YouTube or their website Listen to and follow Desi Geek Girls Check out NASA Social Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: twitter.com/quinnemmett Edited by Anthony Luciani Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Best of: Why We Can't Focus 1:13:21

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How do we get our attention back? That's today's big question. I think about it every day, and my guest is Johann Hari . Johann and I recorded this conversation in 2022 , and with the Internet in general and social networks of the past fifteen years being straight-up pulled apart, I think it's more relevant than ever. Johann Hari is the author of three New York Times best-selling books, an executive producer of an Oscar-nominated movie, and an eight-part series starring Samuel L. Jackson . His books have been translated into thirty-eight languages, and his TED Talks have been viewed more than eighty million times. Johann is the author of the new book, from last year called Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention and How to Think Deeply Again. No matter what you do, we are each and all being pulled in so many different directions. If we can't pay attention to what's going on with our planet and our communities, we're going to have a hard time fixing any of it. Our attention is spread too thin. And where this all clicks for me, is that we need to dial in more than ever before, and we also need space to let go, to understand, and marinate on big problems consciously, and subconsciously. Right now, we don't have room for any of it, and it really matters. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . ----------- INI Book Club: The Anatomy of a Moment by Javier Cercas The Apology by Eve Ensler Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: Read Johann's book, " Stolen Focus " Follow Johann on Twitter Discover more of Johann's work Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: twitter.com/quinnemmett Edited by Anthony Luciani Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Best of: Internal Activism 1:15:08

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How's your mental health around climate change? That is today's big question, and my guest is Britt Wray. Britt and I recorded this conversation in 2022. It is an all-time favorite of mine and of our listeners. Britt is the author of the fantastic book, Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Crisis . She has a passionate generational perspective on how to stay sane amid climate disruption. Britt has a PhD in science communication from the University of Copenhagen . She's the author of The Rise of the Necrofauna: The Science, Ethics, and Risks of De-Extinction. Britt has a PhD in science communication from the University of Copenhagen . She has hosted several podcasts, radio, and TV programs with the BBC and CBC , and is a TED resident. Britt is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine where she is researching the mental health impacts of climate change on young people. Britt is also the author of Gen Dread , the first newsletter that shares wide-ranging ideas for supporting emotional health and psychological resilience in the climate and wider ecological crisis. I read it every week. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . ----------- INI Book Club: Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Crisis by Britt Wray Greek Myths by Gustav Schwab Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: Follow Britt Wray on Twitter Follow @gen_dread on Instagram Gen Dread Newsletter Climate Awakening Climate Café Good Grief Network Work That Reconnects Climate Psychology Alliance Climate Psychiatry Alliance Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: twitter.com/quinnemmett Edited by Anthony Luciani Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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How To Make Ethical Decisions 55:05

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Has there ever been a more important time, a more consequential time, to lead with ethics? That's today's big question, and my guest is Dr. Susan Liautaud . Susan is the author of The Power of Ethics and of the Little Book of Big Ethical Questions . She teaches cutting-edge ethics courses at Stanford University . She is the C hair of the Council Trustees at the London School of Economics and Political Science . She's the Vice Chair of the Global Partnership for Education , and is Chair of the Stanford University Freeman's Spogli Institute for International Studies Advisory Council . She also serves with the Stanford Institute for Human Centered Artificial Intelligence , which is obviously really important, and the AI Ethics Advisory Panel. Other boards include Benevolent AI, the Yale Divinity School Advisory Council, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace , among many others. Her work and her frameworks reverberate through so many decision-making apparatuses today. I have been trying to learn from and operate from Susan's work personally and in this work for a long time because it's easy to feel incapable, not skilled enough, or not practiced enough in this moment of big decisions. This moment, at the intersection of technology and society and personal impact where a better, healthier, cleaner future, however imperfect, is within our hands, will require each of us to adopt and then practice a framework to consider who we want to be and who we see ourselves as , and then what that means in practice in each situation, on a day to day level, and when we're faced with the big stuff. A framework that interrogates the information available to us, that honestly asks who could be affected by our decisions, including ourselves, and what would it be like to be affected by our decision, now and way down the line. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . ----------- INI Book Club: The Hero's Journey by Joseph Campbell Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: Read Susan's books The Power of Ethics and The Little Book of Big Ethical Questions Connect with Susan on LinkedIn Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: twitter.com/quinnemmett Edited by Anthony Luciani Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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The Creepy Reality of Consumer Tech (Privacy Not Included) 1:07:45

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What are the best holiday gifts that aren't privacy nightmares? That's today's big question, and my guest is Jen Caltrider. Jen is the lead researcher for Mozilla's Privacy Not Included program where since 2017 Mozilla has published 15 editions of Privacy Not Included , their Consumer Tech Buyer's Guide. They've reviewed over 500 gadgets, apps, cars now, and more, assessing their security features what data they collect from you and your loved ones, and who they share that data with or sell it to. They have even built the first annual Consumer Creep-o-meter, distilling what's good, what's bad, and what's just plain creepy in the world of consumer tech. While I love new tech and I own quite a bit of it, I have become pretty obsessed with at least understanding what I'm getting myself into and getting my kids into. Part of that's for myself and my family, but obviously, so I can share it with you all as well. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . ----------- INI Book Club: Blitz by Daniel O'Malley Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: Privacy Not Included website Report about your car spying on you Who is collecting data from your car? by The Markup Facebook data being used in court post-Dobbs 10 Questions You Need To Ask Right Now , before using an AI tool Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: twitter.com/quinnemmett Edited by Anthony Luciani Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Essay: How Does The Brain Work? 20:15

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This week: How the hell does the brain work? And what does it have to do with lemonade stands and school supplies? Here's What You Can Do: Donate to support The Markup’s invaluable work examining the ways technology is being used to change society. Volunteer with your local Surfrider chapter to keep our waterways, oceans, and beaches clean. Get educated about the easiest ways your company can improve sustainability by reading this article from Protocol . Be heard about clean water as a human right by urging your Members of Congress to support the WATER Act . Invest in industries that will measurably move the needle using the IEEFA’s financial research . Get more: Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Take a nap you deserve it Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Best of: Life Finds A Way 1:00:42

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I think about time a lot. Some days I feel ancient, some days I can’t believe how old I am. I’ve got kids, too. I can’t believe how fast they’ve grown up already. They love so many things. Swimming. Cooking. Plain pasta. The beach. Vegetables, somehow. Their friends. Their family. Dinosaurs. Man, oh man, do they love dinosaurs. I love to challenge them, to help them think about how long ago it all was, and how long it lasted. How different the world was. How the land under their feet was an ocean, once. And of course, knowing what we know now, how fast it can all change. How an asteroid - or a virus, or a fire, or a flood - can change your life forever. As much progress as we’ve made in these 300,000 years of Homo sapiens , from fire to wheels to meat to agriculture to handwashing – we are in a moment when we are challenged yet again on a global scale, and unlike the dinos, our future is of our own making. In this episode from 2022, our guest is Riley Black. Riley is a science writer and amateur paleontologist based in Salt Lake City, Utah , right in the center of dinosaur country, where she chases tales of vanished lives from museum collections to remote badlands. Riley’s published books include Written in Stone , my favorite and critically acclaimed My Beloved Brontosaurus , When Dinosaurs Ruled , Prehistoric Predators , and The Last Days of the Dinosaurs. Riley’s journey and storytelling are powerful and so important at this moment when we’re so ready to move on to the next thing that we haven’t taken the time to cherish the people, the places, the world around us, and how lucky we are to have them. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . ----------- INI Book Club: Why Won't You Apologize? by Harriet Lerner The Last Days of the Dinosaurs by Riley Black My Beloved Brontosaurus by Riley Black Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: Follow Riley on Twitter Find more of Riley's work on her website Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: twitter.com/quinnemmett Edited by Anthony Luciani Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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The Female Origin of Species 1:09:54

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How did the female body drive 200 million years of human evolution? And why the hell are we just finding out about it now? That's today's big question, and my guest is Cat Bohannon . Cat is the author of the incredible new book, “Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution” . Cat is also a researcher and author with a Ph.D. from Columbia University in the evolution of narrative in cognition. Cat's essays and poems have appeared in Scientific American, Mind, Science Magazine, The Best American, Non Required Reading, The Georgia Review, Story Collider, and Poets Against the War . Look, for a very long time, scientists ignored everything about the female body, except for how to have sex with it. And even that, they barely understood (and still don't). They didn't think or care to ask helpful questions like: How did we get here? What else about the female biological body is different from the traditional male body? Why might those differences matter? And how might they have gotten us to where we are today, atop the animal kingdom, for better or worse, and a huge outlier in about 500 different ways from even our closest primate cousins? Why are we so weird? Cat's book asks all of these questions, and I genuinely cannot wait for you to listen to this conversation, and read the book. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . ----------- INI Book Club: Behind The Beautiful Forevers by Katharine Boo Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: Read Cat's book "Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution" Keep up with Cat's work Our World in Data: Life Expectancy Support the Trevor Project Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: twitter.com/quinnemmett Edited by Anthony Luciani Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Essay: Coffee: Back To The Future 22:04

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This week: Will coffee survive climate change? Here's What You Can Do: Donate to support African farmers by increasing incomes and improving food security through the Alliance for a Green Africa . Volunteer to join the Coffee & Climate Network , an organization that connects stakeholders in coffee farming to create a climate-smart future. Get educated about what is in your supplements using Examine’s independent, evidence-based database. Be heard about your eco-anxiety by connecting with others having similar feelings at a Climate Cafe near you. Invest in deforestation-free investment options with Deforestation Free Funds. Get more: Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Take a nap you deserve it Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Can Your Gut Predict Alzheimer's? 1:09:16

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Can your gut composition predict Alzheimer's? That's today's big question and my returning guest is Gautam Dantas. Gautam heads up the Dantas Lab at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis . His lab works at the interface of microbiogenomics, ecology, synthetic biology, and systems biology to understand, harness, and engineer the biochemical processing potential of microbial communities. Since our last conversation, Gautam was named a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology for his studies of microbial communities and antibiotic resistance. I wanted to have him back on the show, not just because Gautam is one of my favorite guests of all time, and not just because of this new study we're going to really dig into, but because you have probably been affected by Alzheimer's in some way. Alzheimer's is growing more prevalent throughout the world every day as the U. S., China, and so many other countries get old. We've asked so many questions about dementia, Alzheimer's, and other brain diseases and found so few answers that are repeatable and can either prevent or just slow this disease in some way. And that's what makes me so excited about Gautam's new research, however preliminary it might be. We get to keep doing it. We get to keep asking these important questions that can help people. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . ----------- INI Book Club: The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: Read Gautum's study on the gut microbiome and Alzheimer's Keep up with the Dantas Lab Listen to our first episode with Gautam Volunteer for research at the Knight Alzheimer Disease Research Center at Washington University Find more research opportunities and clinical trials near you Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: twitter.com/quinnemmett Edited by Anthony Luciani Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Essay: How I think about how to think about what’s next 30:58

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This week: How I think about how to think about what’s next Here's What You Can Do: Donate to help the BlueGreen Alliance unite labor unions and environmental organizations to create clean jobs, develop clean infrastructure, and pursue fair trade. Volunteer with 3.14 Action and help get people who care about facts and evidence elected. Get educated about the direction of our food systems by reading the Paradigms of Agriculture . Be heard about restoring the expanded Child Tax Credit and urge your representative to support the American Family Act . Invest in clean energy using research that separates hype from reality from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis . Get more: Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Take a nap you deserve it Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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What Causes Depression? 1:11:35

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Content Warning We're going to be talking about stress and anxiety, depression, suicide, and more today. If any of this could be triggering to you in any way, please feel free to just skip over this one. Nothing in this conversation should be taken as medical advice. If a treatment or combination of treatments prescribed or recommended by your healthcare provider is working for you, that's great. Your personal experience with that treatment is much more relevant than anything in this conversation. If you're using a depression medication or other therapy and not getting relief from your depression symptoms, talk with your healthcare provider. And finally, if you are struggling, feeling distressed and that you might hurt yourself or if someone you love qualifies in any way here, you can text or call the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988. That's 988, right now from your phone to get help. You can even call and press three to speak to a counselor with the Trevor Project, the nonprofit that works and provides wonderful support for LGBTQ folks. What is depression? And how do the interactions between our genes, our chemistry, and the environment around us affect our odds of developing and being treated for anxiety and depression? That's today's big question, and my guest is Srijan Sen . Srijan is the Francis and Kenneth Eisenberg Professor of Depression and Neurosciences at the University of Michigan and the Director of the Francis and Kenneth Eisenberg and Family Depression Center. His research focuses on the interactions between genes and the environment and their effect on stress, anxiety, and depression. Even before COVID, kids, teens, and adults were suffering increasing levels of depression, loneliness, anxiety, and stress. The symptoms are fairly common to folks who have them, but the causes are far less so. From genetics to the gut, to brain chemistry, to inflammation, and innumerable possible environmental factors like say, a pandemic, or school shootings, or a loved one passing, or childhood abuse, whatever it might be. Just a lack of sleep can trigger depressive symptoms. Or not. I have suffered through it, Srijan has suffered through it, and so many of you have too. So, with the way science is progressing rapidly in myriad ways, I thought it was time to dive in. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . ----------- INI Book Club: Range by David Epstein Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: Follow along with the work of The Sen Lab Follow Srijan on Twitter Read Quinn's essay about Apple and mental health Suicide Crisis Lifeline (Call 988) The Trevor Project Hotline for LBGTQ+ youth Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: twitter.com/quinnemmett Edited by Anthony Luciani Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Essay: The Disconnect 26:30

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This week: Exactly why the youths are so pissed off. Here's What You Can Do: Donate to the Steve Fund to support the mental health of young people of color. Volunteer with Everytown so youth can grow up in communities free from gun violence. Get educated about being a better ally to trans and non-binary young people with this guide from the Trevor Project . Help youth be heard about their future by supporting Voters of Tomorrow . Invest in a better world for young people with Carbon Collective . Get more: Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Take a nap you deserve it Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Essay: The Illusion of Choice 25:01

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This week: It can be difficult as hell to understand when we don’t actually have a choice — and when we’ve got more options than we think. Deciphering the two is the key to the good stuff getting built way, way faster. Here's What You Can Do: Donate to The Greenling Institute to help communities of color build wealth and live in healthier, climate-resilient communities. Volunteer with People for Bikes to make biking better for everyone by improving infrastructure, advancing policy, and removing barriers to participation. Get educated about funding opportunities in your state to hire more apprentices in your trade, or receive tuition support to enter a trade. Be heard about increased access to EV charging infrastructure, and have your city sandbox a pilot with it’s electric . Invest your money through an eco-friendly bank using Might Deposits bank comparison tool. Get more: Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at https://www.importantnotimportant.com/ Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Take a nap you deserve it Advertise with us: https://www.importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Do You Know Where Your Water Comes From? 1:09:59

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Every single one of us needs air, water, food, shelter, and energy. So why are the infrastructure that provides them, the systems we are most reliant on hidden in plain sight? How can we reconnect with them, appreciate them, rebuild them, reinforce the ones we already have, and build new ones that actually benefit everyone? Those are today's big questions, and my guest is Deb Chachra . Deb is a material scientist and professor of engineering at Olin College of Engineering . She has studied bones, and heart valves, and infrastructure. Wired said reading her newsletter, Metafoundry , was like being plugged Oculus-style into her brain while she meditates on science and culture. Deb also writes a recurring column, Reinvention , in the American Society for Engineering Education's PRISM magazine . Deb's wonderful new book, How Infrastructure Works: Inside the Systems That Shape Our World is out on October 17th in the U.S . And it couldn't be more timely as the truly incredible infrastructure of the 20th century, and the centuries before that, are coming under threat now from climate change and negligence and the awareness of the inequities behind them. It's more vital than ever that we develop a personal appreciation and a collective appreciation for how we got here. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . ----------- INI Book Club: Games: Agency as Art by C.T. Nguyen Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: Get your copy of How Infrastructure Works Follow more of Deb's work here Subscribe to Deb's newsletter Go deeper and read about how infrastructure will be impacted by climate change Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: twitter.com/quinnemmett Edited by Anthony Luciani Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: https://www.importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Essay: The coolest year of the rest of your life 25:55

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This week: Why was this year so hot? Will it keep getting hotter, and for how long? It’s not an easy read, but it’s important you know and keep in mind the inputs and externalities. Here's What You Can Do: Donate to Climate CREW to help build resilience hubs and prepare your community for extreme heat. Volunteer to build a resilience hub in your community so your community can better respond to extreme heat. Get educated about community planning for extreme heat by reading this piece from Vox . Be heard about the health and safety of workers and urge your representatives to support the Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness, Injury, and Fatality Prevention Act. Invest in deforestation-free funds so your money isn’t contributing to the planet getting hotter. Get more: Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at https://www.importantnotimportant.com/ Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Take a nap you deserve it Advertise with us: https://www.importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Essay: The Long Defeat 33:24

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This week: Tolkien described life (and often, his stories) as a "long defeat", where evil frequently, inevitably wins. But he allowed for "eucatastrophe" - sudden joyous turns, just like breakthroughs in voting rights. We must keep fighting, to hold off the darkness. Here's What You Can Do: Donate to protecting voting rights and advocating for democracy with Fair Fight . Volunteer to bring together conservatives, progressives, and everyone in between to fix America’s political system with RepresentUS . Get educated about quick, easy, daily actions you can take to save democracy by subscribing to the Chop Wood, Carry Water newsletter. Be heard about fair elections and add your name to the End Gerrymandering Pledge. Run for your state or local office with Run for Something (if you’re under 40, if you’re over 40, donate!) Get more: Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at https://www.importantnotimportant.com/ Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Take a nap you deserve it Advertise with us: https://www.importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Turning The Tide On Microplastics 1:01:29

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What are microplastics doing to us? And how do we stop putting them into our water, and our bloodstreams, and our food? That's today's big question, and my guest is Julia Yan . Julia is the co-founder and CEO at Baleena , a closed-loop, consumer-facing laundry startup working to tackle ocean microplastic pollution. Julia is a recent graduate at UPenn , and with her two co-founders, some funding, including from our friends at 776 and a bunch of big name partners, they're trying to tackle one of the biggest microplastic inputs. Your washing machine. Microplastics are not great. They're so prevalent that we have found them on the bottom of the ocean and on the top of mountains. We have found them in deserts, in our crops, in our soil. We have found them in adult bloodstreams and in unborn babies and placentas. It is an enormous, wildly complicated problem and the implications are becoming more clear. The good news, like carbon emissions, we can choose to stop it. It's just going to take an intentional systemic approach and people like Julia. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . ----------- INI Book Club: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: Join the waitlist to pre-order your Baleena product now Follow along with Baleena's journey on Instagram Read more about the 5 Gyres Microplastics Solutions sailing expedition Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: twitter.com/quinnemmett Edited by Anthony Luciani Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: https://www.importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Essay: The Next Big Test 25:09

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This week: Are you ready for the next big test? Here's What You Can Do: Donate to Cooperation Humboldt , a worker-led, non-hierarchical non-profit that delivers programming in seven areas that are key to basic human rights. Volunteer with Global.health to help create a global resource of public health information and assist in preventing the next pandemic. Get educated about steps to solving the climate crisis by receiving a weekly challenge in your inbox from Minimum Viable Planet . Be heard about better outbreak tracking, and get your local government officials to sign up for Biobot Analytics wastewater testing. Invest in getting the world vaccinated by having your company sign up for a matching fund with Gavi . Get more: Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at https://www.importantnotimportant.com/ Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Take a nap you deserve it Advertise with us: https://www.importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Essay: Did You Hear The One About The Starfish? 31:02

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This week: Because I am a sap, I have been thinking about my kids a lot lately. And kids in general. They’re going to grow up and live in a world that’s very different from ours, and it’s important to me that they’re all as ready for that as they can be. So this week: Did you hear about the starfish? Here's What You Can Do: Donate to Tobacco Free Kids to help fight against flavored e-cigarettes. Volunteer with Mothers Out Front and come together to fight against climate injustice and for our children’s future. Get educated about how to electrify your child’s school, making it cleaner, healthier, and climate-safe with these resources from Rewiring America . Be heard about protecting children from pesticides and urge your representative to support the Protect America’s Children from Toxic Pesticides Act . Invest in a better world for kids and make sure your philanthropic dollars make a measurable difference with Impact Assets . Get more: Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at https://www.importantnotimportant.com/ Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Take a nap you deserve it Advertise with us: https://www.importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Best of: Peer Pressure Works 1:04:17

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Over the past few years, more and more voters have cited “action on climate” as a reason for voting the way they do. But here’s the thing: lots of voters who are registered, and even those who do vote in presidential elections – don’t turn out for midterms. Much less for state and local races. Millions of registered voters who list the environment or climate as their most important issue do the same. Success might not actually be about identifying and focusing on one specific issue, campaign, or candidate. It might come down to how we want to see ourselves, why we wear those little “I Voted” stickers, how we identify, and our behaviors. And that’s what the Environmental Voter Project is all about, and why we are rerunning our 2022 conversation with Nathaniel Stinnett. Nathaniel founded the Environmental Voter Project in 2015 after over a decade of experience as a senior advisor, consultant, and trainer for political campaigns and issue-advocacy nonprofits, and he sits on the Board of Advisors for MIT’s Environmental Solutions Initiative . He’s here to help me understand the EVP’s mission and tactics, and how we can help them achieve their goal of turning out more climate-focused voters this year and in the years to come. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . ----------- INI Book Club: The Overstory by Richard Powers Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: Follow Nathaniel on Twitter Volunteer with the Environmental Voter Project today! Follow the Environmental Voter Project on Twitter Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: twitter.com/quinnemmett Edited by Anthony Luciani Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: https://www.importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Introducing: Catalyst with Shayle Kann - The Carbon Market's Quality Problem 47:41

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Voluntary carbon credits are a lot like used cars: You really have no idea what their quality might be. Or maybe they’re more like expensive bottles of wine. Many people (or at least Shayle) can’t tell whether they’re actually buying good-quality wine. If it’s expensive, it must be good, right? That’s the kind of logic that has plagued voluntary carbon markets for years. A carbon credit can work in one of two ways. First, it can avert 1 metric ton of emissions that would have otherwise happened by, for example, preventing deforestation. Alternatively, a credit can directly remove a ton of carbon from the atmosphere through methods such as direct air capture or biochar. But widespread reporting reveals that most credits don’t do what they say they do. Just this month, the CEO of the world’s leading certifier stepped down after an investigation by The Guardian revealed that over 90% of rainforest carbon credits were worthless. In May, a $1 billion lawsuit filed in California alleges that the credits that Delta Air Lines relies on for its claim of reaching carbon-neutrality are bogus. Carbon credits have reached a crisis point at the same moment we need to massively scale them up to meet net-zero goals. So what do we do about these quality problems? In this episode, Shayle talks to Allister Furey, co-founder and CEO of Sylvera , a company that rates the quality of credits in a manner akin to what agencies like Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s do for bonds. Shayle and Allister cover topics including: The history of the first voluntary carbon markets and their early problems, such as producing fluorocarbons just to destroy them. The current state of the market, including its size, segments and prices. The wide gulf in price between the cheapest avoidance credits and the most ambitious engineered removal credits Why Allistair thinks we need to be on a “war footing” to reach the highly ambitious carbon-removal targets needed to meet net zero, such as growing the market from $2 billion to $1 trillion by 2050. Why high prices do not necessarily mean high quality. Recommended resources: The Guardian : Revealed: more than 90% of rainforest carbon offsets by biggest certifier are worthless, analysis shows The Guardian : Delta Air Lines faces lawsuit over $1B carbon neutrality claim Catalyst is a co-production of Post Script Media and Canary Media . More episodes of Catalyst can be found here . ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . ----------- Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: twitter.com/quinnemmett Edited by Anthony Luciani Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: https://www.importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Essay: The Best Kinds of Stories 37:42

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This Week: Telling better stories is a type of Compound Action. Here's What You Can Do: Check out the Good Energy Project's playbook on how to tell better climate stories. Donate to Experiment , a platform where scientists can crowdfund their research, and you can pick and choose what research you want to support. Volunteer with our friends at the Environmental Voter Project , a non-partisan non-profit with a proven track record of getting non-voting environmentalists to the polls. Get educated about climate change and combat disinformation with Climate Feedback , a worldwide network of scientists sorting fact from fiction in climate change media coverage. Be heard about climate action and keep your representative accountable by checking out this list of candidates and elected officials that have signed the No Fossil Fuel Money Pledge . Invest in deforestation-free companies by moving your money into investments that aren’t killing the planet with Deforestation Free Funds . Get more: Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at https://www.importantnotimportant.com/ Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Take a nap you deserve it Advertise with us: https://www.importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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How To Access Better Maternal Mental Health Care 1:29:24

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How can we provide better mental health support for pregnancy, postpartum, and loss around pregnancy? That's today's big question, and obviously in America in 2023, it's a loaded one, so I'm so thankful that my guest today is Simmone Taitt . She's the Founder and CEO of Poppy Seed Health . Simmone experienced the vast gaps in emotional and mental support in American maternal healthcare while navigating her own path to parenthood after suffering multiple miscarriages, which she talks about today, with and without health insurance, like so many Americans. In 2019, Simmone identified a better way forward for all birthing people, becoming a birth and full spectrum doula, and then launching Poppy Seed Health, a growing network of diverse, very qualified doulas, midwives, and nurses. They provide care within seconds, private care right in the app just when you need it the most. If you've ever been a part of this journey as a pregnant person intentionally or not, as a partner, or in postpartum, whatever your path, you are probably intimately aware of how much and how often, often in the middle of the night, you just desperately need someone informed who can help answer questions around birth and postpartum planning, lactation support, general comfort, miscarriages, relationships, sleep, and so much more. And we do it very, very poor job as a country of intentionally providing these essential services, often intentionally not providing it. And so that's why I am so glad that Poppy Seed exists. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . ----------- INI Book Club: The Mountain Is You by Brianna Wiest Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: Learn more about Poppy Seed Health Download the app on iOS or Google Play Follow Poppy Seed Health on Instagram , Facebook , Threads , and LinkedIn Follow Simmone on Instagram and LinkedIn Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: twitter.com/quinnemmett Edited by Anthony Luciani Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: https://www.importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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What Can You Do With Just 493 Genes? 1:13:45

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How did we get here? That's today's big question, and today my guests are Roy Moger-Reischer , and our first three-time guest, Brandon Ogbunu . Roy Moger-Reischer is a scientist trained in microbiology, evolution and data analysis for his PhD. He's currently a fermentation specialist Arzeda , working to develop new proteins and biochemistry for the production of valuable molecules. Brandon Ogbunu, described as a radical collaborator , is an assistant professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale. His research takes place at the intersection of evolutionary biology, genetics, and epidemiology. When I first read about the work of Roy and his lab compatriots to take this idea of a cell stripped down to only what is most essential -- a minimal cell -- and then to see if it would or could evolve to survive even basic mutations, my first thought was, "What?" The answer, it turns out, is profound as hell. And because I'm a self-aware moron, I also begged past guest, Brandon Ogbunu, to come back on the show to help me understand what the hell is happening here and what it means for our history, for society today, and for future breakthroughs to help answer the question: What can you do with just 493 genes? And if the answer is not only survive, but thrive, what can we do once we know that about the building blocks of life? ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . ----------- INI Book Club: The Ghost in the Shell by Shirow Masamune The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: Read Roy's paper on the minimal cell Keep up with Roy's work Keep up with Brandon's work Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: twitter.com/quinnemmett Edited by Anthony Luciani Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: https://www.importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Introducing: Degrees: How To Green Any Job 21:20

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This week, we’re running an episode of Degrees: Real talk about planet-saving careers , from our friends at the Environmental Defense Fund . This episode is part of a new miniseries called “The Year of the Climate Job,” hosted by EDF Innovation Director Daniel Hill. Each episode provides the best advice from movers and shakers in the green careers landscape. They share creative, practical ways to land a job and build a career in climate work. In this episode, Drawdown Labs Director Jamie Beck Alexander is pushing for every company on the planet to fight climate change. How? By harnessing the power of employee voices to change systems for the better from the inside. A new season of Degrees launches in September. Right now, there are new and emerging green job opportunities in nearly every industry . Degrees is the podcast for climate career inspiration and job advice. Make sure you check out other Degrees episodes about how the green jobs transformation is shaping the future. Listen wherever you get your podcasts. Degrees home EDF Green Jobs Hub ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . ----------- Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: twitter.com/quinnemmett Edited by Anthony Luciani Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: https://www.importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Essay: Shiny Things 24:09

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This week: How to be excited about the future, explained. Plus, the news: 🌊 The tipping point for the Atlantic Ocean 👶 An RSV shot for babies 🥕 Examining the “N” in SNAP 🤖 Profiting from AI tools And more! Here's What You Can Do: Donate to the Institute for Policy Studies to help turn transformative policy ideas into action. Join a Ride Spot Challenge by committing to replace car trips with bike rides . Biking is an easy way to lower your emissions and be part of the climate solution, even if you just start at one trip a week. Get educated about parking reform , which has the potential to impact climate change, equity, and housing. Be heard about climate change by helping Climate Cabinet elect candidates that give a shit about drafting legislation to combat the climate crisis. Invest in the world’s natural capital with ReGen . News Roundup Health & Medicine Yes, heat can be fatal. But it also has a plethora of non-fatal health consequences on both the body and the mind Infants can now get a preventative shot for RSV, which is the leading cause of infant hospitalization in the US A new analysis is skeptical that Biden’s Justice40 program will fix the racial gap in air quality Literally go and touch some grass. It’s scientifically proven to be good for you. Climate Extreme heat is a key issue in UPS contract deals Differing theories of decarbonization could create rifts in climate coalitions and derail progress Federal regulatory agencies are starting to (think about) cracking down on dubious carbon offset programs Changes in the Atlantic Ocean are definitely not great, but exactly when we hit the tipping point of totally fucked is hard to predict Food & Water What’s the price of water scarcity? The finance industry doesn’t know The “N” in SNAP is complicated The companies that make ultra-processed food should be held accountable for the damage they are doing to the health of their customers Some states are starting to step up and help families feed their kids with Child Tax Credits Beep Boop No one is exempt from the impacts of climate change. Not even artificial intelligence. It’s time to start thinking about how AI creators intend to profit from it Cigna Healthcare used algorithms to deny health insurance claims , prompting a class action lawsuit iOS users can easily manage prescription drug treatment plans with the new “Medicine Cabinet” tool Get more: Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at https://www.importantnotimportant.com/ Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Take a nap you deserve it Advertise with us: https://www.importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Introducing: Living Change: A Quest for Climate Leadership 38:04

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This week, we want to tell you about Andrea Learned’s podcast: Living Change: A Quest for Climate Leadership. In season one, Andrea interviews local leaders living the change they want to see reflected in their communities, from John Bauters and Alex Fisch on the west coast to Barbara Buffaloe in Missouri . But she also goes beyond city leaders to find corporate and media professionals leading the way – from CFO’s to Emmy award winners. The conversations highlight how their personal values integrate into their work. There are some really interesting stories here – we enjoyed it so much we’re highlighting her conversation with Mark Gamba in our feed. Mark Gamba’s path into local politics in Oregon is uniquely “Living Change.” As a professional nature photographer seeing climate change on the landscape in real-time, he had all the motivation he needed to run for Mayor of Milwaukie, Oregon . Biking for transportation around town, and working to make it safer for anyone else who wants to do it, has become part of his brand. For local political leaders across the country, Mark’s inspiring journey – and the way he shares it in this episode – is an aspirational model. Links: Subscribe to Living Change Produced by Larj Media ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . ----------- INI Book Club: Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: twitter.com/quinnemmett Edited by Anthony Luciani Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: https://www.importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Essay: Haggling Over The Future 14:40

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This week: This week: Are car dealers the devil? And why? Plus, the news: 🇨🇳 Can we build a green economy without China? 🦆 Bird flu, explained 🇷🇺 Russia quits the Black Sea grain deal 🤖 A.I. journalists And more! Here's What You Can Do: Donate to Grid Alternatives , an organization building community-powered clean energy solutions that advance economic and environmental justice. Volunteer your school or workplace to participate in the EPA’s Clean Air in Buildings Challenge. Get educated about leasing an EV with electrek’s cultivated list of Factory Lease offers. Purchase fresh produce from your local farms with GrownBy (and if you’re a farmer, starting selling on the app). Invest in a better world with Impact Assets , and ensure your philanthropic dollars are making a measurable difference . News Roundup Health & Medicine It’s time to get serious about bird flu How long Covid is impacting the Global South Family homelessness is on the rise , and the Federation of Scientists is crowdsourcing for national policies to increase housing supply. Submit your idea here . Tornado damage to Pfizer plant will likely lead to long term shortages of medicine great great Climate Why the impacts of climate change are escalating so quickly A new registry could make carbon removal more accessible, and more trustworthy, maybe? China’s role in America’s green economy What the warming planet means for the future of pathogens and diseases Food & Water Vegan (ahem, plant-based ) diets result in 75% less emissions , water pollution, and land use 🤝 🫘👩‍🌾 Manufacturing silicon chips requires a shit ton of water Russia has quit its grain deal with Ukraine — originally made to avert a global food crisis — and will target commercial ships in the Black Sea School lunches are now free in six states Beep Boop Bots are grabbing students personal data when they complete online assignments. We shouldn’t do this? Google is testing a new A.I. tool that can write news articles Secretaries of State are getting ready for AI-fueled disinformation during the 2024 campaign Facebook messages could be used in a Nebraska abortion case Get more: Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at https://www.importantnotimportant.com/ Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Take a nap you deserve it Advertise with us: https://www.importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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⚡️Electrify Everything: What Does The Pace of Progress Look Like? 1:02:42

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Sure, we've got to electrify everything, including 1 billion machines by 2050 . But where are we now and how do we get there? That's today's big question, and my guest is Cora Wyent from Rewiring America . Cora is the Director of Research at Rewiring America , where she's conducting research and analysis to enable rapid electrification of everything in the economy. Prior to joining Rewiring America , Cora completed her PhD in physics at Caltech , where she studied new materials for ultra thin solar cells and performed techno economic analysis of new photovoltaic and carbon capture technologies. Before that, she received her bachelor's degree in physics from the beautiful UNC Chapel Hill. If you're new here, you should know this is another in our continuing series on electrifying every building and car in America, including your home, whether you own it or whether you rent. We've partnered with the best in the business at Rewiring America to understand where we need to all go on the whole, what we can do, and how you can get started on your own journey. And of course, to unlock an easier path for everyone else. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . ----------- INI Book Club: The Sum of Us by Heather McGhee Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: Read Rewiring America's Pace of Progress report Follow Cora and Rewiring America on Twitter Read our series with on home electrification with Rewiring America, including our product recommendations , guide to IRA , and home electrification prep guide Listen to our home electrification Q&A episode Use the Watt Diet Calculator Renters! Read our Renters Guide to Home Electrification Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: twitter.com/quinnemmett Edited by Anthony Luciani Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: https://www.importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Essay: Farm to Table 30:39

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This week: How can we better protect farmworkers? Plus, the news: A free online summit for eco-anxiety from RITA A new era for Alzheimer’s treatments Inflated prices of packaged food Saving lives with better weather forecasting Here's What You Can Do: Donate to the Food Chain Workers Alliance , a coalition dedicated to improving working condition s for workers in every stage of food production, and to the Native CDFI Network to improve access to capital and credit for Indigenous farm workers. Volunteer to build a climate resilience hub so your community can better respond to extreme heat events and other disasters. Get educated about how to protect yourself and your community from heat and other extreme weather. Be heard about building heat-resilient communities and share the Heat Action Platform tool and U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit with your city officials. News Roundup Health & Medicine Cost Plus Drugs is utilizing strategic partnerships to improve affordability and accessibility of prescription drugs Pregnant? The Pregnancy Workers Fairness Act says that your boss now has to accommodate you. Here’s everything you need to know . FDA approval of lecanemab begins a new era of Alzheimer’s treatment 18 million doses of the first-ever malaria vaccine are rolling out in 12 African countries Climate Despite growth in renewables, global emissions from the energy industry are 👏 still 👏 rising 👏 . We can, and must, do better. How to prepare for and survive during a black out in extreme heat Join the Resilience in the Anthropocene free online summit from Aug 8-10 to discuss eco-anxiety and climate distress with leaders from frontline communities. If you’ve (however reluctantly) made the transition to Threads , start rebuilding your following list with these climate solutions experts . Food & Water Food industry giants are responsible for plastic pollution (and “compostable” alternatives might not be much better) and need to be held accountable Some cities are leaving toxic lead pipes in the ground Need one more reason to prioritize fresh food? Inflation is still causing packaged food prices to soar A plant-based diet shouldn’t stop you from enjoying a tasty little ice cream treat Beep Boop Investing in better weather forecasting could save lives The U.K.’s Online Safety Bill could cause a greater risk to online safety by undermining encryption AI could be used to tackle superbugs , but also cause a rise in misinformation ok have a nice weekend Get more: Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at https://www.importantnotimportant.com/ Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Take a nap you deserve it Advertise with us: https://www.importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Transit For A Habitable Planet 1:12:12

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Why the hell is America's public transportation so terrible? That's today's big question, and my guest is Nicholas Dagen Bloom . He's the author of the subtly titled new book, the Great American Transit Disaster . Nicholas is a professor of urban policy and planning at Hunter College . He's the author of a bunch of books including Public Housing That Worked , The Metropolitan Airport and How States Shaped Post-War America . He's also the co-editor of the prize-winning Public Housing Myths and Affordable Housing in New York . This new book, the Great American Transit Disaster (out now) is a deep dive into how we got here, and the overwhelming evidence that transit divestment was a choice rather than destiny , with a lot of actors involved. The willful divestment over the past 100 years to purposefully build out our car culture today drives a full third of our greenhouse gas emissions. Undoing it won't be an easy or simple task. But the good news is, there are multi solving opportunities everywhere for not only less racism and fewer emissions, but for more and better housing everywhere, for better and more plentiful, safer transportation options, and for healthier bodies and minds. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . ----------- INI Book Club: The Great American Transit Disaster by Nicholas Dagen Bloom Walkable City Rules by Jeff Speck Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: Connect with Nicholas and follow more of his work Read David Zipper's Bloomberg piece on Nick's book, and follow David's other transit work Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: twitter.com/quinnemmett Edited by Anthony Luciani Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: https://www.importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Essay: Why I Don't Eat Animals 35:21

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This week: Why don’t I eat animals? Plus, the news: Carbon capture is (mostly) BS Narcan vending machines save lives The vertical farming boom doesn’t have enough power Hacking EV charging stations And more! Here's What You Can Do: Donate to the Food Animals Concerns Trust to advocate for raising food producing animals in a healthy and humane manner . Volunteer with the Environmental Voter Project to turn out more environmental voters for elections at every level. Get educated about climate-friendly food with this municipal guide from Friends of the Earth, a blueprint for your town to reduce meat consumption, costs, and associated pollution deaths. Be heard about reproductive freedom and urge Congress to protect abortion access on a federal level. Invest in tech companies supporting global decarbonization . News Roundup Health & Medicine “Dementia Villages” could be the future of home care Narcan vending machines are saving lives in the opioid epidemic The risk of dying from breast cancer has dropped dramatically since the 90s, which is great. Meanwhile, maternal mortality rates have more than doubled in some states, which is decidedly NOT great Big Pharma is suing the federal government over Medicare provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act Climate Farmworkers are especially vulnerable to extreme heat . A low-tech solution could save lives. I’m obsessed with Pique Action’s new YouTube series “Unf*cking The Planet.” Watch their latest video on why carbon capture is mostly bullshit (right now), but still necessary And, some Good News: U.S. truck-makers are phasing out diesel trucks in California 🤝 Food & Water The vertical farming boom is facing some growing pains (you’re welcome) Plant-based is the new vegan, especially in marketing Beep Boop A lack of standards in EV charging stations poses a hacking risk that could impact drivers, and the power grid Congress failed to regulate Big Tech . Here’s how it happened. The French are allowing police to remotely activate phone cameras and microphones Get more: Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at https://www.importantnotimportant.com/ Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Take a nap you deserve it Advertise with us: https://www.importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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How To Live A Happy Life 1:16:58

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How can we live happier lives? That's today's big question, and my guest is Dr. Marc Schulz, the co-author with Dr. Robert Waldinger of “The Good Life: Lessons From the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness” They're the most recent generation of co-directors of the Harvard Study of Adult Development , the longest study of happiness ever conducted. Marc is the Associate Director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development and the Sue Kardus PhD 1971 Chair in Psychology at Bryn Mawr College , where he also directs the data science program. And previously, he chaired the Psychology Department and Clinical Development Psychology PhD program at Bryn Mawr . Now, look, how can we lead happier lives is obviously nuanced, complicated question. But I don't think it'll surprise you that almost 90 years of data from this study has shown that well-nourished relationships inside and outside the home are a major key, if not, the major key to what you might call a happy life. It's not money, it's not work or any of these things -- it's the people we relate to . What can 90 years of comprehensive research teach us about protecting and nourishing our most important relationships in times of radical change? Whether that's about having kids or about climate change, this is the most important thing. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . ----------- INI Book Club: The Good Life: Lessons From the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness by Robert Waldinger and Marc Schulz The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: Connect with Dr. Schulz and keep up with his work Watch Robert Waldinger's Ted Talk Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: twitter.com/quinnemmett Edited by Anthony Luciani Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: https://www.importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Essay: Life, Liberty, and Solar Panels 16:54

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This week: Texans have a huge opportunity to get even MORE liberty — from the sun. Plus : Diabetes is expected to double, the state of carbon removal, A.I. detection tools, future pandemic prepping, BEES?!, and more Here's What You Can Do: ⚡️ It’s getting hot out there. Direct your city officials to the Heat Action Platform Policy Tool to explore existing heat adaptation solutions for your community. ⚡️Thinking of becoming a nurse? Bless you, and thank you. Here are some resources including FAQs about education requirements, salary, and benefits. ⚡️ Representation in books helps kids build self-esteem and increase self-acceptance. Find kid-affirming books for your family or classroom with a ColorPop Book bundle. ⚡️ Defend rights to digital privacy all over the world by donating to The Electronic Frontier Foundation . ⚡️ Align your money with your values by finding a financial institution near you with sustainable banking services. News Roundup Health & Medicine Scientists are engineering microbes to benefit our health and the environment A new research model is allowing researchers to gain new insights into human embryonic development The number of people with diabetes is expected to double by 2050 — to 1.3 billion people Our terrible health care system, explained by a nurse Climate Extreme heat will result in $1 billion in health care costs this summer alone How you can prevent power outages during a heat wave UK ad regulators are clamping down on greenwashing Understand the current state of carbon removal (and the need to regulate it ) with these fun charts Can we blame heat and wildfires on the jet stream? Food & Water 3M is paying out a $10.3 billion settlement for contaminating public water supplies with toxic forever chemicals Beekeepers are keeping US honeybee colonies “relatively stable” after nearly half of colonies died last year How real people are being impacted by cuts to the food safety net Refilling rivers is beyond what rain can provide. Here’s the case for desalination Beep Boop Your drugstore is telling Facebook when you buy sensitive items online , like Plan B or an HIV test Experiencing online harassment? The Supreme Court isn’t going to do anything about it Do A.I-Detection tools really work? COVID When should you get your next COVID booster ? The EU has made a deal with Pfizer to stock up on vaccines to prepare for future pandemics The pandemic has been linked to a surge in children and youth with diabetes Get more: Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at https://www.importantnotimportant.com/ Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Take a nap you deserve it Advertise with us: https://www.importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Essay: An Apple A Day Keeps The Doctor Away 39:06

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This week: Can Apple help improve mental health? Here's What You Can Do: ⚡️LGBTQ+ youth are 4x more likely to attempt suicide than their peers. Help the The Trevor Project build a safer, more-inclusive world through crisis services, peer support, education, and advocacy. Happy Pride! 🏳️‍🌈 Get more: Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at https://www.importantnotimportant.com/ Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Take a nap you deserve it Advertise with us: https://www.importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Essay: The Inevitable Future 24:38

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This week: Is the future inevitable? Plus: A lack of OB-GYN’s in a post- Roe world, some new bills for agrivoltaics, the best in climate journalism, the link between COVID and Alzheimer’s, misinformation, and more Here's What You Can Do: ⚡️ Our algorithms and technology are only as good as the people who make them. Empower future innovators to consider the social impact of their work with Tech Shift. ⚡️ Donate to the Urban Ocean Lab , a think tank working on solutions and policies to make coastal cities climate-ready. ⚡️ Electrifying school buses reduces air pollution, immediately improving the health of kids while ALSO reducing emissions. Tell your school board about Highland Fleets , an organization working to make electric fleets accessible for all. ⚡️ As climate change increases the frequency and intensity of extreme weather, emergency services are becoming overstretched. Climate Resilience Hubs prepare communities before, during, and after an emergency. Find yours with this interactive map from Climate Crew . ⚡️ The housing shortage is bad for people, equality, the environment, and the economy. Help your city develop, implement, and monitor local housing strategies with actionable tools and guidance from Local Housing Solutions. News Roundup Health & Medicine Half of US counties don’t have an OB-GYN. That’s fucking unacceptable, and abortion-bans are making it worse . Dirty air kills more people than smoking, car crashes or HIV/AIDS, cutting up to six years off the lives of billions of people. Coal (surprise!) is the worst culprit Endocrine disrupting chemicals could be the reason behind the decrease in global sperm counts A new report is highlighting how hospitals can address the nursing shortage by attracting and retaining more nurses ( cough -pay them- cough ) Climate A coalition of environmental organizations have the solutions to scale up transmission infrastructure in an equitable way The US Treasury and IRS have the released the latest updates on IRAs clean energy incentives , in time for Rewiring America to determine the pace at which we need to electrify everything to meet climate goals Indigenous communities are leading the climate fight as usual, this time with the help of mapping tech to claim their land rights , and stop deforestation Climate-related start-ups in Africa have received $2.8 billion in funding since 2019 Covering Climate Now has released the finalists for the 2023 CCN Journalism awards, honoring the best coverage of climate change and climate solutions around the world Food & Water Agrivoltaics get a boost in the Senate, a climate solution that benefits farmers, ecosystems and the climate Chickens in Europe are getting dose with antibiotics “critical to human health”, causing growing concerns about superbugs Sooo what happens if California’s dams fail ? Beep Boop ICE is using LexisNexis to track and gather information on people in order to make arrests for deportation What data does your car have on you? If misinformation actually is increasing, what can we do about it? An algorithm designed to reduce poverty is doing a bad job COVID Researchers have established a link between Covid-19 and Alzheimer’s A common drug for diabetes may prevent Long COVID Get more: Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at https://www.importantnotimportant.com/ Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Take a nap you deserve it Advertise with us: https://www.importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Essay: Start Over (Again) 20:45

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This week: Got fired? Start over. Plus: More young people are getting cancer, the rise of solar power, new YouTube misinformation rules, getting paid to bike to work, and more Here's What You Can Do: ⚡️ If apocalyptic skies and hazardous air quality reports are making your climate anxiety a little more intense this week (I feel you), look into the Climate Psychiatry Alliance’s database to find a climate-aware psychiatrist near you . ⚡️ Help spread fire adaptation practices and give communities the tools they need to reduce their wildfire risk and increase their resilience by donating to Fire Adapted Communities. ⚡️ Campaign to speed up the transition away from coal in your community by joining a local team to retire coal plants . ⚡️ While you’re staying indoors to avoid the unhealthy air outside, purchase an air purifier to keep your indoor air quality up to par (got Scrooge McDuck cash? Donate a few to local schools). ⚡️ Learn more about the impacts of air pollution , and read these recommendations for proper building ventilation . News Roundup Health & Medicine A new pill for lung cancer was found to cut the risk of death in half during clinical trials, yay! Unfortunately, cancer is on the rise for people under 50 worldwide, and we don’t really know why, god I really fucking hate cancer The chatbot “working” for an eating disorder helpline , instead of real humans capable of human empathy, was found to be encouraging unhealthy eating habits. Cool cool cool This week was one of the worst wildfire pollution events in U.S. history Climate Biofuels might not actually be the best climate solution Reforesting the Amazon could drastically help slow global warming , but there are a lot of roadblocks Would you bike to work if the feds paid you to? The clean energy transition is reliant on mines — but young people don’t want to work in them Solar is growing fast enough to meet global decarbonization goals — here’s a graph as a treat. You deserve it. Food & Water Lack of water is limiting construction in Arizona, which I don’t know, feels like a big deal As global food costs soar, a food delivery company is launching a fund for food-insecure Americans Droughts in France are leading to water shortages, and the current solution isn’t sustainable A pretty pretty vital Ukrainian dam was destroyed this week, leading to major flooding Beep Boop Could online age verification rules designed to protect children come at the price of everyone’s privacy? The A.I. boom could be hindered by the cost of operating systems to run them YouTube has changed its misinformation policy to allow 2020 election denial videos to remain on the site GREAT WORK EVERYBODY COVID Anti-vaxxers and medical misinformation spreaders are getting their social media platforms back Wildfire smoke can increase the risk of contracting Covid. Let’s do neither? Get more: Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at https://www.importantnotimportant.com/ Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Take a nap you deserve it Advertise with us: https://www.importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Essay: 10 Questions You Need to Ask Right Now 15:11

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This week: Ask these questions before you click on ANYTHING. Plus: Gut inflammation news, California insurance gets harder to find, 750k adults just lost Medicaid, what (non-vaccinated) COVID actually does to your lungs, and more Here's What You Can Do: ⚡️ PFAS (“forever chemicals”) have been linked to serious health problems. Urge Congress bans PFAS from all food contact materials by using this script from Toxic-Free Future. ⚡️ Work in marketing? Join Clean Creatives , a movement of advertisers and PR professionals, and pledge to cut ties with fossil fuels . ⚡️ Reclaim your right to privacy online with the Mullvad VPN (I use it every day). ⚡️ Keep informed with Circle of Blue’s in-depth reporting on the solutions and challenges to the water scarcity crisis. News Roundup Health & Medicine Most pregnancy-related deaths occur in the year after a baby is born, prompting new strategies in caring for new mothers The science behind how chronic stress impacts gut health Nano-plastics are causing inflammation in the gut and brain , but the damage is reversible when they’re removed Maybe everyone knowing where you are at all times isn’t actually the healthiest thing for our relationships? Imagine being a teen worrying that everyone is hanging out without you, and then confirming your suspicions are correct Climate State Farm is no longer accepting homeowner insurance applications in California What the Debt Ceiling Deal means for the climate The White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affair s is changing the way the government calculates the costs and benefits of regulation , all in the name of fighting pollution How and where to build a strong manufacturing base for clean energy in the US Food & Water How the debt ceiling agreement will put 750,000 older adults at risk of losing food assistance Commodity farmers are using regenerative cover cropping to adapt to climate change A million plastic bottles are purchased worldwide every minute. EVERY MINUTE! That’s a shit ton. If you need help visualizing a shit ton, here’s a visual. Beep Boop A summary of Wolfram Alpha’s breakdown on what the hell is going on with ChatGPT and LLM’s It’s time to start thinking about the governance of superintelligence Amazon has settled with the FTC for illegally spying on users and collecting kids data COVID Here’s what COVID does to your lungs And the 12 most common symptoms associated with Long COVID Get more: Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at https://www.importantnotimportant.com/ Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Take a nap you deserve it Advertise with us: https://www.importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Best of: How to Protect Yourself from Wildfire Smoke 1:03:12

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What's in wildfire smoke and how can you protect yourself from it? Those are today's big questions, and my guest is Dr. Mary Prunicki. Dr. Prunicki is the Director of Air Pollution and Health Research at Stanford University under the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research . Her lab examines the impact of air pollution and wildfires on health, specifically immune health. Dr. Prunicki and I got together in late summer 2021 as fires and smoke just enveloped the American West and eventually the East Coast too. Almost two years later, the west has seen a very wet winter and relative if temporary respite from fires, but Canada's on fire now, and everyone can see and taste the smoke as the jet stream carries it all the way across the continent. So it's always a good time to understand how to protect yourself and your family, and that begins with understanding what you're protecting yourselves from, so we're rerunning this very popular and necessary conversation to make sure you and I, and all of us are up to speed all over again. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . ----------- INI Book Club: Night by Elie Wiesel Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: profiles.stanford.edu/mary-prunicki Buy Purple Air monitor (or just look at the live map) How to Buy a *Real* N95 Mask EPA Air Quality & Climate Change Research California Air Resources Board American Lung Association on Outdoor Air Quality Stanford Center for Air Quality Research From Bloomberg: Wildfire's Toxic Legacy Leaves Children Gasping for Air Years Later Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: twitter.com/quinnemmett Edited by Anthony Luciani Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: https://www.importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Essay: Gradually, and then all at once 23:14

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This week: Things feel pretty out of control. Get used to it. Plus: The Canadian West is burning, Oregon bans PFAS, ChatGPT plugins for everyone, the All We Can Save project is hiring, and more Here's What You Can Do: ⚡️Wildfire smoke exposure is directly linked to myriad health impacts due to poor air quality. Know your daily risk by using this Purple Air outdoor air monitor. ⚡️We need to heal ourselves to heal the planet. Find resources and community to help with your climate anxiety through the Climate Mental Health Network . ⚡️Act locally. Use ReFED to find current food waste policies and programs you can learn from and implement in your town. ⚡️Work in local government? Biobot Analytics provides wastewater testing tools so we can better estimate the number of COVID-19 (and other diseases) infections in the community News Roundup Health & Medicine These are the cities with most bike deaths per capita (I share news like this to illustrate where we can make drastic improvements) Not to be outdone, the South Carolina House passed a six-week abortion ban UnitedHealthcare wants doctors to get prior authorization for colonoscopies. People are very pissed off . Where American air pollution is improving, and getting worse Climate Our friends at the All We Can Save project are hiring a Programs & Community Manager — details here ! Could enormous robots dramatically speed up solar farm construction? Sure! How can we restore oyster reefs without oyster shells? Octopus Energy continues to be a model for…everyone else The Canadian west continues to burn , and climate change is a big reason why Food & Water Oregon banned PFAS (forever chemicals) in food containers How plant-based food makers can fight back against meat and dairy disinformation If growing one almond requires 3.2 gallons of water out west, how do we reconcile that? The women working for food sovereignty on island territories Undercover audio of a Tyson employee reveals “free-range” chicken is bullshit (more on humanewashing ) Beep Boop OpenAI rolled out ChatGPT plugins to everyone, should be fine Ransomware hackers are zeroing in (again) on under-resourced cities and towns The Supreme Court ruled Twitter and Google aren’t legally liable for terrorists using their platforms COVID This isn’t COVID-specific (I wrote that big update last week), but it could be monumental, if we do the work: the CDC released a new health-based indoor air ventilation target , and the the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers released its own enhanced ventilation standard . Here’s Joseph G. Allen on why it could be a game-changer . Get more: Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at https://www.importantnotimportant.com/ Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Take a nap you deserve it Advertise with us: https://www.importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Health Care Is A Human Right 1:07:01

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Is healthcare a human right? That's today's big question, and it clearly shouldn't be a question, but here we are. My guest to help explain the obvious today is Dr. Sheila Davis, the CEO of Partners in Health . Sheila entered the global health arena in 1999, responding to the global HIV and AIDS pandemic. A few years later, she co-founded a small NGO that worked in both South Africa and Boston on a wide array of health projects, including the operation of a rural village nurse clinic. She joined PIH in 2010 as their main operation in Haiti was torn apart by the earthquake there and worked her way up over the years, becoming the Chief of the Ebola response during the 2014-2016 West Africa epidemic . And then as the Chief of Clinical Operations and the Chief Nursing Officer , Sheila oversaw nursing efforts as well as the supply chain, medical informatics, laboratory infrastructure, and quality improvement activities. Dr. Davis is a frequent national speaker on global health and clinical topics, including HIV and AIDS, the Ebola epidemic, leadership in public health, and the role of nursing and human rights. And folks, if it is not clear enough for the past few years, just in the US, much less everywhere around the world, yes, healthcare is a human right , and everyone deserves a fair shake. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . ----------- INI Book Club: Devotions by Mary Oliver (a starting point, as one of many Mary Oliver poetry selections) Mountains Beyond Mountains by Paul Farmer Above Ground by Clint Smith Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: Get involved with Partners In Health Follow Dr Davis on Twitter Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: twitter.com/quinnemmett Edited by Anthony Luciani Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: https://www.importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Essay: COVID has ended (or has it?) 32:41

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This week: COVID is over (as far as we know it). What did we learn, and what’s next? PLUS: Gay blood donations are a go, wind power in the UK, social media guidelines, millions for Black farmers, water report cards, and more Here's What You Can Do: ⚡️ Discover which websites are harvesting your data using The Markup’s Blackligh t tool ⚡️ Prepare your home for a wildfire using these resources from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection ⚡️ Ensure everyone, everywhere, receives access to quality healthcare by donating to Partners In Health ⚡️ With SNAP benefits getting rolled back, make sure more people have access to food and volunteer with or donate to Feeding America ⚡️ Keep an eye on wastewater tracking data to understand the prevalence of COVID in your area News Roundup Health & Medicine The APA has released a health advisory on social media use for kids Gay and bisexual men are now eligible to donate blood without having to abstain from sex. Welcome to the 21st century, FDA! A new discovery about T cells could inspire new anti-tumor treatments Google is using AI to improve hearing technology Climate In Europe, British wind power has overtaken gas , and e-bikes are taking over in Germany The Biden-Harris Administration is committing $50 million to fund clean energy solutions in rural America We can halve the amount of land use needed for renewables in the US Exxon is in breach of its Environmental Permit in Guyana, according to a High Court Judge Food & Water Louisiana is publishing report cards for its water systems to improve transparency Black farmers are getting a $20 million boost The Farm Bill needs to include funding for Indigenous food producers Beep Boop Google Search is facing some big AI-related challenges A lawsuit is threatening the cybersecurity of US critical infrastructure An interactive map from The Markup explores what neighborhoods internet providers excluded from fast internet COVID Nearly a million New Yorkers lost at least 3 loved ones to COVID Food banks are being hit hard as pandemic aid expires Get more: Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at https://www.importantnotimportant.com/ Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Take a nap you deserve it Advertise with us: https://www.importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Fighting Food Waste With The iPhone of Trash Cans 54:44

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How much food do you throw away every week? And do you have to? That's today's big question, and my guest is Matt Rogers . Matt is a former Apple iPod and iPhone engineer . The Co-Founder of Nest thermostats , Founder of incite.org, and former Chairman of Carbon180 . He is now the Co-Founder and CEO of Mill. What's Mill ? It's a membership to a food-shrinking, de-stinking kitchen bin , and it just may be one of the most important levers you and I can take to fight food waste and climate change. I'm a huge fan of Matt's multidisciplinary work to drive systems change across tech, non-profits, and politics. Mill may be his most direct take on it yet. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Tweet us , or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at podcast.importantnotimportant.com . ----------- INI Book Club: The Alchemy of Air by Thomas Hager Cradle to Cradle by William McDonough and Michael Braungart Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club Links: Reserve your Mill bin Follow Mill on Instagram and Twitter Follow Matt on Twitter Read the recent Nature article on food waste and emissions Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Quinn: twitter.com/quinnemmett Edited by Anthony Luciani Produced by Willow Beck Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: https://www.importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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Essay: Never Tell Me The Odds 28:43

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This week: Solutions to our biggest problems shouldn’t be so perplexing. On the other hand, washing our hands wasn’t obvious for a couple hundred thousand years, and my kids STILL don't want to do it. Plus: Seasonal allergy news, a new Barbie, non-profit grocery stores, climate hackers, the SEC, the WHO, Google’s huge new feature, and Khan Academy revolutionizes education — again Here's What You Can Do: ⚡️ Floods or not, fire season’s (probably) right around the corner. Get up to the minute air quality reports with a Purple Air monitor (and nifty map, too) ⚡️ Your community may need to replace toxic lead water service lines. Check out Beyond Plastic’s report on the pros and cons of PVC pipes. ⚡️ Sure, the economy and market are completely unpredictable at this point, but there’s no better time to put your retirement fund to work fighting climate change . Do it with Carbon Collective . ⚡️ Speaking of lead pipes — will microplastics and PFAS (“forever chemicals”) be our version? Check out PFAS Central’s PFAS-free brands and consumer products . News Roundup Health & Medicine Seasonal allergies are coming for us all In Cancer Alley, US chemical giants mounted a campaign against grassroots organizers , so they can continue to kill people Apparently forever chemicals in food packaging (like take-out containers ) can migrate into food North Carolina passed a 12 week abortion ban , fuck those guys Barbie launched the first doll with Down’s syndrome Climate None of the world’s top industries would be profitable if they paid for the natural capital they use Recycling, which doesn’t really work , also spews microplastics Environmentalists sue California over their stupidly reduced solar incentives The SEC is taking forever to regulate climate disclosures, so the EU has gone one farther and oh boy Florida and Louisiana are borrowing millions to pay insurance claims (go deeper in my must-listen convo with Washington Post reporter Brianna Sacks) Food & Water In which the FDA chief dips his toe very gently into the idea of food as medicine Non-profit grocery stores are trying to rehab America’s food deserts Inside Big Beef’s ( incredibly effective ) climate messaging machine Meet the climate hackers of frontline Malawi Pollution from farms violates civil rights , maybe? Beep Boop WATCH: Sal Khan unveils Khan Academy’s new educational chatbot, Khanmigo Google began rolling out passkeys — this is a great day for data security (check out how to enable it now ) The FTC wants to stop Meta/Facebook from releasing any new products until they stop trouncing kids’ privacy Washington State passed a sweeping health data law COVID Per the WHO, with commentary from David Wallace-Wells : Apparently the Pandemic Emergency is Over (it was America’s 4th leading cause of death in 2022) There’s a new culprit behind Long COVID: monocytes Get more: Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at https://www.importantnotimportant.com/ Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Take a nap you deserve it Advertise with us: https://www.importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors…

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