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    Science

    The Most Important Question

    The most important question in today’s world of climate chaos, AI psychosis, and crumbling democracy is: what can I do? Your host, Quinn Emmett is completely unqualified to answer it, so he’s calling the people that already are.

    If you’ve got the news, the analysis, the outrage, but still no plan — join us as we figure it out together with long-form conversations with amazing people working on the frontlines, and quick updates responding to today’s most important headlines, and what you can do about it, tonight.

    220+ episodes. 110+ countries. A bunch of Webby and Signal Award nominations. Zero hot takes.

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    #46: Is There Nuclear Waste in the Ocean (& Can We Become Super Heroes if There Is)? Dec 04, 2018
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    Dr. Claudia Benitez-Nelson is an Associate Dean and Distinguished Professor in the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of South Carolina, and today she schools us on radioactivity in the ocean. Want to send us feedback? Tweet us, email us, or leave us a voice message!

    #45: Poop Vs. Cancer Nov 27, 2018
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    Our guest is Dr. Diwakar Davar, a Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh and a a medical oncologist/hematologist.

    Want to send us feedback? Tweet us, email us, or leave us a voice message!

    #44: Is Food Waste the Stupidest Thing We Do (& How Do We Cut it in Half)? Nov 20, 2018
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    Our guest is Dr. James Rogers, founder and CEO of Apeel Sciences and one of our most mind-blowing guests yet.

    Want to send us feedback? Tweet us, email us, or leave us a voice message!

    #43: The Future of Digital Health, Part 1 Nov 13, 2018
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    Our guests are Dr. Indra Joshi & Maxine Mackintosh, the co-founders of One HealthTech.

    Want to send us feedback? Tweet us, email us, or leave us a voice message!

    #42: What Happens When You’re Almost an Astronaut... And What Comes Next? Nov 06, 2018
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    Dr. Sian Proctor tells us how we can all help get more women and more people of color into space, one way or another.

    Want to send us feedback? Tweet us, email us, or leave us a voice message!

    #41: Outsmarting Cholera Oct 30, 2018
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    Our guest is Dr. Minmin Yen, the CEO and co-founder of medical startup PhagePro, where she and her team are developing viruses specifically designed to kill bacteria and prevent bacterial infections.

    Want to send us feedback? Tweet us, email us, or leave us a voice message!

    Trailer -- The Most Important Question Oct 30, 2018
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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 and produced by Willow Beck

    Bonus: The #1 thing you can do to fight climate change Oct 26, 2018
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    Hi. So you read the IPCC climate change report. Not great, Bob. We get it. Now you want to do something about it. We get that, too. So here’s a re-run of one of our favorite episodes, “What’s the #1 Thing You Can Do To Affect Climate Change?” Enjoy. -- On the mic and down the street, Peter Kalmus, an atmospheric scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Peter wrote a book called Being the Change: Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution and also he’s got chickens and no longer a motorcycle (BRIAN). Links: Peter Kalmus on Twitter Becycling.life Trump’s Book Club: Being the Change: Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution by Peter Kalmus Carbon footprint calculator Citizens Climate Lobby Vipassana Meditation Headspace How to compost Wirecutter’s Best Composter for Kitchen Scraps Quinn Emmett on Twitter Brian Colbert Kennedy on Twitter Intro/outro by Tim Blane Subscribeto our newsletter at ImportantNotImportant.com! Like and share us on Facebook! Check us on Instagram! Follow us on Twitter! Pin us on Pinterest! Tumble us or whatever the hell you do on Tumblr! Ok that’s enough good lord

    #40: What Takes a Young Woman from Art School to NASA... & Why Might That Change Everything Forever, for Everyone? Oct 23, 2018
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    Our guest is Ariel Waldman, the author of What's It Like in Space? Stories from Astronauts Who've Been There, the founder of Spacehack.org, the global director of Science Hack Day, and a member of the council for NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts. Want to send us feedback? Tweet us, email us, or leave us a voice message!

    #39: Is The Ocean Running Out of Oxygen? Is That Bad? Oct 16, 2018
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    Our guest is Dawn “Deepsea Dawn” Wright, Ph.D., the Chief Scientist of the Environmental Systems Research Institute (AKA Esri) and a Professor of Geography and Oceanography at Oregon State University.

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