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Welcome to the latest episode of our Aaron Sorkin fancast! Wait… we might have made a mistake. But, we’re still going to publish five minutes of cocaine-laden Sorkin discussion, followed by bewilderment about Animal Crossing, Today in History,
If you haven’t already heard, we received a Webby nomination for Best Podcast Episode in the Science & Education category. We’re really proud to be nominated again… but, we also really want to win. So, today, we’re re-airing the episode that re
Some plugs for the wife (psst, go watch "Home After Dark" on Apple TV+), a little light blasphemy, and then we’re onto this week’s monster of a Fun Talk! In what is certainly the longest guest-less episode we’ve done, although probably not the
That's right, we are now a four-time Webby-nominated podcast! But what we really want is to be a Webby-winning podcast. So, please, go vote! It's free and you can stick it to the AARP.Vote for Important, Not Important for Best episode (Science
In Episode 73, Quinn & Brian asked: Did A.I. take our jobs?Of course, we aren’t talking about our jobs. If A.I. took our jobs, the show would have won that goddamn Webby. No, no — we’re talking about really, really important jobs – the jobs be
To make up for its tragic absence last week, Today in History makes its triumphant return with two — yes TWO — historical #funfacts. That will teach Quinn not to conspire against history again, eh? Then we go hardcore on space for a while befor
Our “Good News” series of replays begins today with Episode 66, when Quinn & Brian hosted a delightfully important discussion: Why, apparently, we shouldn’t just blow up asteroids.Our guest is: Professor K.T. Ramesh, who is an absolute delight
We all know the classic improv adage, “Yes, And.” But that’s hack. Anyone can do that. Today, we’re exploring the core comedic concepts of “sure, we can live in that world” and “no, it is a really good question.” This is improv for the nihilist
In Episode 90, Quinn & Brian discuss: What it’s like to be a COVID-19 Lab Rat.Our guest is: Allie Broas, an almost-MBA and one of Quinn’s many, many cousins.We weren’t exactly planning to do more of these episodes right now — most of the people
Did you know that Quinn’s wife made a TV show called Home Before Dark? And it’s out now on Apple TV+! So, if you bought an Apple product some time in the last six months, now you have a reason to use that free year. #ShamelessPlug over — time f
Cast your mind back to Episode 79, when Quinn & Brian discussed: Optimism in the air (can it be?).Our guest is: Beth Gardiner, an environmental journalist and the author of Choked: Life and Breath in the Age of Air Pollution. The Guardian write
Way back in Episode 65, Quinn asked: Was Chernobyl a preventable and rare accident from the past, or a vivid picture of what happens when the government abandons its citizens during a crisis?FUN STORY: turns out, it’s B!We’re replaying one of o
Way back in Episode 65, Quinn asked: Was Chernobyl a preventable and rare accident from the past, or a vivid picture of what happens when the government abandons its citizens during a crisis?FUN STORY: turns out, it’s B!We’re replaying one of o
If you've been wondering how else you can help fight coronavirus besides staying at home in sweatpants, this episode is for you. Please share widely. You can find links and additional details at importantnotimportant.com/blog/fight.Find link
What is the most embarrassing period of your life? How easily searchable is it in an online database? Well, if it’s anything less than very searchable, your embarrassment is more on the DL than Quinn’s. Today, we explore these embarrassing peri
In Episode 89, Quinn & Brian discuss: Taking down the white guy who politically stabbed you (and the planet) in the back.Our guest is: Dr. Arati Kreibich. She gave us a call a couple weeks back to explain that she’s a freshman Councilmember in
Our Fun Talk episodes are usually reserved for our premium members, but seeing as we’re all locked in our houses for the next year, we’re temporarily moving them into the main feed. Everybody needs a laugh and believe us when we say there’s no
Our Fun Talk episodes are usually reserved for our premium members, but seeing as we’re all locked in our houses for the next year, we’re temporarily moving them into the main feed. Everybody needs a laugh and believe us when we say there’s no
Our Fun Talk episodes are usually reserved for our premium members, but seeing as we’re all locked in our houses for the next year, we’re temporarily moving them into the main feed. Everybody needs a laugh and believe us when we say there’s no
In Episode 88, Quinn & Brian ask: You voted for clean energy… so why hasn’t it become a thing yet?Our guest is: Dr. Leah Stokes, author of the new book Short Circuiting Policy: Interest Groups and the Battle Over Clean Energy and Climate Policy
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 te
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 A
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 fr
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?
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 o
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