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The Most Important Question

Important, Not Important

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

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59:16

#44: Is Food Waste the Stupidest Thing We Do (& How...

The Most Important Question ·

2018/11/20

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!

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54:37

#43: The Future of Digital Health, Part 1

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2018/11/13

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!

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01:08:13

#42: What Happens When You’re Almost an Astronaut......

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2018/11/06

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!

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01:02:18

#41: Outsmarting Cholera

The Most Important Question ·

2018/10/30

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!

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02:08

Trailer -- Important, Not Important

The Most Important Question ·

2018/10/30

"The Conversations Most Vital to Our Survival As a Species”. Quinn Emmett & Brian Colbert Kennedy, publishers of the popular “Important, Not Important” weekly newsletter and otherwise regular, progressive, terrified folks like you, host weekly-ish conversations with awesome scientists, engineers, doctors, politicians, and journalists, as they discuss the questions and topics most likely to either save the planet, or end it! Topics include climate change, artificial intelligence, clean energy, space

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01:02:15

Bonus: The #1 thing you can do to fight climate change

The Most Important Question ·

2018/10/26

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

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01:16:44

#40: What Takes a Young Woman from Art School to...

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2018/10/23

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!

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01:11:50

#39: Is The Ocean Running Out of Oxygen? Is That Bad?

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2018/10/16

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

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46:11

#38: Is It Harder to Build Clean Power Plants or Play...

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2018/10/09

Our guest is Sean Casten, a scientist, clean energy entrepreneur, and cover band member who is running for Congress in Illinois’ 6th district.Want to send us feedback? Tweet us, email us, or leave us a voice message!

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52:00

#37: Why Does Congress Need a Female Air Force...

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2018/10/02

Our guest is Chrissy Houlahan, a candidate for Pennsylvania District 6 on Nov. 6th. Want to send us feedback? Tweet us, email us, or leave us a voice message!

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01:17:17

#36: Can Latinos Save the Planet?

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2018/09/25

Our guest is Mark Magana, the Founding President & CEO of GreenLatinos, a national coalition of Latino environmental, natural resources, and conservation advocates.Want to send us feedback? Tweet us, email us, or leave us a voice message!

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01:09:17

#35: Can These Scientists Really Save Congress?

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2018/09/18

Our guest is Shaughnessy Naughton. She is the President & Founder of 314 Action, an organization founded by members of the STEM community; grassroots supporters and political activists who believe in the power of SCIENCE!Want to send us feedback? Tweet us, email us, or leave us a voice message!

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01:15:21

#34: Electrocuting the S#!t Out of Cancer.

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2018/09/11

In Episode 34, Quinn & Brian discuss: Electrocuting the S#!t Out of Cancer.Our guest is Theo Roth, an MB/PhD student candidate at UCSF who spends his days running experiments in the Marson Lab, and contributing to kick-ass research like the development of new tools for efficient CRISPR genome engineering in human cells.The topic of this episode is extremely close to us and particularly relevant right now because September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Childhood cancer, unfortunately, only

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01:17:41

#33: This is Zero Hour... So What The Hell Are You...

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2018/09/04

Our guests are Elsa Mengistu and Emelly Villa, two of the young people behind Zero Hour, a movement that is bringing the voices of diverse youth into the conversation on climate and environmental justice. They’re doing incredible things to make this the world they want to (and can) live in – and they’re only 17 and 18!Want to send us feedback? Tweet us, email us, or leave us a voice message!

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01:13:54

#32: Are You Ready for Some Radical Environmental...

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2018/08/28

Our guest is Shantha Ready Alonso, Executive Director of Creation Justice Ministries, whose mission is to “educate, equip, and mobilize Christian communities and individuals to protect, restore, and rightly share God's Creation,” focusing on providing support to the vulnerable and marginalized.Want to send us feedback? Tweet us, email us, or leave us a voice message!

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01:08:47

#31: Can Texas Go (Clean Energy) Independent?

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2018/08/21

In Episode 31, Quinn & Brian ask: Can Texas Go (Clean Energy) Independent?Joining us this week is candidate for Texas district 21, Joseph Kopser. He’s a military vet and clean energy entrepreneur on the hunt for enemy of science Lamar Hunt’s seat.This is the first in our series of conversations with candidates supported by 314 Action, the largest pro-science advocacy organization committed to electing scientists and STEM professionals to public office.Want to send us feedback? Tweet us, email

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01:14:56

#30: What’s the Business Incentive for Climate/Clean...

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2018/08/14

In Episode 30, Quinn & Brian ask: what’s the business incentive for climate/clean energy action?In light of the Paris Agreement and all the bullshit that’s gone down since, we drafted Will Hackman to be our guest and explain it all. Will’s been a campaign manager for the House and Senate, he’s worked as a marine fisheries conservation advocate, he represented Georgetown University at the UN climate change conference, and he’s an author on various energy, environmental, and climate change topics

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01:14:01

#29: The Pope Has Decided to Defeat Climate Change...

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2018/08/07

In Episode 29, Quinn & Brian ponder the fact that the Pope Has Decided to Defeat Climate Change With His Own Bare Hands.Our guest — Jose Aguto. Jose is the Associate Director of the Catholic Climate Covenant, where he works to lead Catholicism into climate action, which includes building and providing the tools to do so.We’re excited to continue our streak of talking to and hopefully not insulting the last segments of the population that we (desperately) need to get on board with climate action

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#28: Why the Hell is Space Exploration Important When...

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2018/07/31

In Episode 28, Quinn & Brian ask: why the hell is space exploration important when the planet is literally on fire?To answer that, they’ve brought on The Space Gal, Emily Calandrelli. And boy does she set the record straight.Emily is an MIT-engineer turned Emmy-nominated science host on TV and online, and she’s also a children’s book author.Join us as we discuss the history of space exploration, what she’d do as NASA administrator/dictator, and her own upbringing in West Virginia.Want to send us

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#27: What Happens When the Atlantic Ocean Invades the...

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2018/07/24

In Episode 27, Quinn & Brian ask: what happens when the Atlantic Ocean invades the Arctic Ocean?Our guest: Julia Roberson, vice president of relations for the Ocean Conservancy in Washington D.C. Julia takes complex issues, like one ocean invading another, and makes them real and relevant to human beings, and finally (and most specific for us) helps us act on them. She’s damn funny and way smarter than us, but once again, a gentle reminder: it’s a low, low bar.Want to send us feedback? Tweet us,

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