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Aug. 25, 2023

🌎 The Best Kinds of Stories

This Week: Telling better stories is a type of Compound Action. Here's What You Can Do: • Check out the Good Energy Project's (https://www.goodenergystories.com/) playbook on how to tell better climate stories. • Donate to Experiment (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/N5VPMbd61mETFbSU3e12aP0pdnQ5ix4rVUcLnPZ0Ba8B1U7lYJExJdGPkH_qBSst_VU3XezZ1G7cbVzq0Nvqbre220Eg_0O0YH2aENq3y15bIW9Dz_qQVnC1QupTiOq1XxXAsQUxlzmkfC8fSNzNaeoTRpnziHCOhsPn3sTNRk96HjxloDzVFX_IoyNDHY-w/3z1/1pXMbmzNROC90AmDWOj8eg/h5/wZiOFa1IZN037JhJQe8SYkhct_xUXqObjr2VY5WxUDQ), a platform where scientists can crowdfund their research, and you can pick and…

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Aug. 21, 2023

How To Access Better Maternal Mental Health Care

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…

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Aug. 21, 2023

How To Access Better Maternal Mental Health Care

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…

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Aug. 14, 2023

Is This How Evolution Started?

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…

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Aug. 14, 2023

What Can You Do With Just 493 Genes?

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…

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Aug. 7, 2023

Introducing: Degrees: How To Green Any Job

This week, we’re running an episode of Degrees: Real talk about planet-saving careers, from our friends at the Environmental Defense Fund (https://www.edf.org/). 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…

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Aug. 2, 2023

🌎 Shiny Things

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:…

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July 31, 2023

Introducing: Living Change: A Quest for Climate Leadership

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…

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July 25, 2023

The Pace of Progress to Electrify Everything with Rewiring America

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…

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July 25, 2023

🌎 Haggling Over The Future

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:…

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July 24, 2023

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

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…

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July 20, 2023

Why Public Transit Is Key To A Habitable Future

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…

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July 19, 2023

🌎 Farm to Table

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…

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July 17, 2023

Transit For A Habitable Planet

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…

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July 13, 2023

The biggest regrets in life

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July 12, 2023

Why people shouldn't live on autopilot

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July 11, 2023

🌎 Why I Don't Eat Animals

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…

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July 11, 2023

An 85-Year Study on Happiness | Marc Schulz

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,…

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July 10, 2023

How To Live A Happy Life

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,…

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June 30, 2023

🌎 Life, Liberty, and Solar Panels

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…

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June 28, 2023

🌎 An Apple A Day Keeps The Doctor Away

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 (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/I1vdo-7CUlzCAiV8jz_iiWPkymm4GVMJvF1n6ylGZk8MXETLuCBmqiTmMkoxQ9T0XlADBD4-Ha6O0HAUWYAH6HwAKjVz-DFGppX1ahM_7lVXWNLzTiZDSXgrwnkl0733Y04VxEP2uZdf03FIgW7Adzq6cq6FadX23p5PQop5DFXh1mUsHzzEnj26zKYibMJwoyyESt2tmqHMrDVhqHoTsg/3x3/pfmfyHz2QNuwRpWG6-OnHQ/h13/1kEaV3uDHuy6CneIr2KTKDPNxfZYQEZII0Xmr79ygvk) through crisis services, peer support, education, and advocacy. Happy Pride! 🏳️‍🌈 Get more: •…

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June 28, 2023

Is Starting Over the Answer to a Better Future?

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June 26, 2023

🌎 The Inevitable Future

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…

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June 13, 2023

10 Questions to Ask Before Using AI

With new AI products emerging daily and the humankind jumping into using all of them, protecting our data and asking questions has become more important than ever. This video includes a list of standard questions you and everyone should ask these AI revolutionaries before you even download their software, much…

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