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In Episode 46 , Quinn & Brian ask: Is there nuclear waste in the ocean... and can we become superheroes if there is? Our guest is Dr. Claudi...
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"The Conversations Most Vital to Our Survival As a Species”. Quinn Emmett and Brian Colbert Kennedy, publishers of the popular “Important, Not Important” weekly newsletter and otherwise regu...

In Episode 46 , Quinn & Brian ask: Is there nuclear waste in the ocean... and can we become superheroes if there is? Our guest is Dr. Claudi...

In Episode 45 , Quinn & Brian discuss the showdown you've all been waiting for: Poop Vs. Cancer. Our guest is Dr. Diwakar Davar , a Professo...

In Episode 44 , Quinn & Brian ask: Is food waste the stupidest thing we do, as a species, and how can we cut it in half? (or: avocado toast...

In Episode 43 , Quinn & Brian discuss: The future of digital health. Our guests are Dr. Indra Joshi & Maxine Mackintosh . Together, these tw...

In Episode 42 , Quinn & Brian ask: What happens when you're almost an astronaut... and what comes next? Our guest is Dr. Sian Proctor , an e...

In After Dark Episode 2 , Quinn & Brian continue talking about whatever they want: canvassing, the looming election, not being lawyers, Read...

In Episode 41 , Quinn & Brian discuss: Outsmarting cholera. Cholera is still around in many parts of the world, and not a lot has changed. T...

"The Conversations Most Vital to Our Survival As a Species". Quinn Emmett & Brian Colbert Kennedy, publishers of the popular "Important, Not...

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'...

In Episode 40 , Quinn & Brian ask: What would take a young woman from art school to NASA... and why might that change everything forever, fo...

In Episode 39 , Quinn & Brian ask: Is The Ocean Running Out of Oxygen? Is That Bad? Our guest is Dawn "Deepsea Dawn" Wright, Ph.D. , the Chi...

In Episode 38 , Quinn & Brian ask: Is it harder to build clean power plants or play in a reputable cover band? Our guest is Sean Casten , a...

In Episode 37 , Quinn & Brian ask: Why does Congress need a female Air Force Officer / Engineer / Chemistry Teacher / Mom among its ranks? (...

In After Dark Episode 1 , Quinn & Brian talk about whatever they want. Connect with us: Subscribe to our newsletter at ImportantNotImportant...

In Episode 36 , Quinn & Brian ask: Can Latinos save the planet? Our guest is Mark Magana , the Founding President & CEO of GreenLatinos , a...

In Episode 35 , Quinn & Brian ask: Can these scientists really save congress? Our guest is Shaughnessy Naughton . She is the President & Fou...

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 wh...

In Episode 33 , Quinn & Brian ask: This is Zero Hour... so what the hell are you doing? Our guests are Elsa Mengistu and Emelly Villa , two...

In Episode 32 , Quinn & Brian ask: Are You Ready for Some Radical Environmental Justice? Our guest is Shantha Ready Alonso , Executive Direc...

In Episode 31 , Quinn & Brian ask: Can Texas Go (Clean Energy) Independent? Joining us this week is candidate for Texas district 21, Joseph...

In Episode 30 , Quinn & Brian ask: what's the business incentive for climate/clean energy action? In light of the Paris Agreement and all th...

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...

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...

In Episode 27 , Quinn & Brian ask: what happens when the Atlantic Ocean invades the Arctic Ocean? Our guest: Julia Roberson , vice president...

In Episode 26, Quinn & Brian ask: what drives a man to give 200 climate speeches to Congress? That's once a week since 2007. Our guest today...

In Episode 25 , Quinn & Brian ask: "Middle school physics: Lame, or the first step to being a SUPERHERO?" Our guest today is "The Physics Gi...

In Episode 24 , Quinn & Brian ask: when will San Francisco be underwater? On the mic today is the ever-intrepid Molly Peterson , a renowned...

In Episode 23 , Quinn & Brian ask: can we predict the next big earthquake? Pretty please? Joining us is Josh Bashioum , founder of Early War...

In Episode 22 , Quinn & Brian ask: how does your phone call become law? To help answer that question, they've got Andres Jimenez on the line...

In Episode 21 , Quinn & Brian finally get to the heart of it: What's the #1 thing YOU can do to affect climate change? On the mic and down t...

In Episode 20 , Quinn and Brian wonder: How the hell are we gonna feed 10 billion people? Enter Fred Iutzi of the Land Institute, where they...

In Episode 19, Quinn & Brian asks: What's the future of antibiotics? To answer: the irrepressible Dr. Gautam Dantas , the professor of patho...

In Episode 18 , Quinn & Brian try to build a more flexible, approachable, and fun new science foundation in America. But they don't know whe...

In Episode 17, Quinn & Brian ask: What's the future of emergency medical systems in the age of climate change? Joining us: Jason Friesen , t...

In Episode 16 , Quinn & Brian ask: what's the future of climate modeling? Also, what's a climate model? Enter Dr. Kate Marvel . She's a clim...

In Episode 15 , Quinn and Brian dig deeper and ask: Can carbon capture be a building block in climate action, part II? On the mic: Akshat Ra...

In Episode 14 , Quinn (Brian abandoned him) asks himself: How do we improve America's agriculture system? On the mic, Emily Cassidy , the Su...

In Episode 13 , Quinn and Brian plot a blueprint for suing the pants off fossil fuel companies. Of course we don't know where to start, so w...

In Episode 12 , Quinn and Brian ask: Can algorithms predict the next major pandemic? Pretty please? Joining us: Dr. Sam Scarpino , Assistant...

In Episode 11 , Quinn & Brian ask with fingers crossed: Can carbon capture be a building block in climate action? On the mic: David Hawkins...

In Episode 10 (we made it!), Quinn & Brian read a picture book. And a damn good one. Introducing The Tantrum That Saved The World . On the m...

In Episode 9 , Quinn and Brian cower under the desk and ask: How do we stay safe from infectious disease (zombies)? Please meet Dr. Nahid Bh...

In Episode 8 , Quinn and Brian ask: How do we safeguard science in American schools? Here to answer: Don Duggan-Haas , a lifetime advocate f...

In Episode 7 , Brian and Quinn ask: How can we use the ocean without using it up? Meet Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson , marine biologist, polic...

In Episode 6 , Quinn and Brian meet the queer female volcanologist who wants to change Congress Today's guest is the one and only Jess Phoen...

In Episode 5 , Quinn and Brian conclude (for now!) their conversations with conservative climate activists, asking: Is climate action worth...

In Episode 4 , Quinn and Brian continue with the second in their "trilogy" of conversations with conservative climate activists, and ask: Wh...

In Episode 3 , Quinn and Brian host the first of three conversations with conservative climate activists. In the first, a professional clima...

In Episode #2, Quinn introduces his co-host, Brian Colbert Kennedy , the mad genius (ugh) behind IMNIM's infographic game. Together, they as...

In this impromptu first episode of the Important, Not Important podcast, host Quinn Emmett is joined by childhood friend David Schmidt for a...