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Let's Talk About Menopause

What if talking about menopause out loud was as normal as talking about sports scores or school pickup? Imagine it in movie plots, in your group chat, at the clinic, and on the campaign trail because when we name what's happe...

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Dec. 1, 2025

Let's Talk About Menopause

What if talking about menopause out loud was as normal as talking about sports scores or school pickup? Imagine it in movie plots, in your group chat, at the clinic, and on the campaign trail because when we name what's happe...
Nov. 24, 2025

The American Revolution's Unfinished Promise

If the American Revolution was, as Ken Burns put it, the biggest event since the birth of Christ, then there's probably never been a better time to explore and drastically expand on why it happened, who was involved, and what...
Nov. 17, 2025

History Is A Story We're Told

I've recorded hundreds of conversations with incredible people working on the front lines of the future. People who've asked the most important question: what can I do? Who found their answer and followed it. But for today's ...
Nov. 3, 2025

Running for Water (Because Shutoffs Are Immoral)

Chronically parched is not something anyone in this country or anywhere should ever have to feel, but here we are. So how are towns and states making clean water more affordable, reliable, and less controversial? 'cause remem...
Oct. 31, 2025

Running on School Meals (Because Learning Requires Eating)

I think we can all agree that kids shouldn't go hungry ever really, but especially at school. You might feel right now like you are giving it everything you got, but when you look around, things feel kind of dark out there. S...
Oct. 30, 2025

Running for Gun Control (In The Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens)

Maybe you feel like you're already giving it all you've got. You look around, and things are tough out there. You, our listeners and readers and viewers and users across the country and across the world, you're demanding more...
Oct. 24, 2025

Running for Transit (Because Your Commute Doesn't Have to Suck)

Things are a little tough out there. So you, want, no need, more examples of fight and progress you can actually see and touch and feel. And in these series of conversations, in partnership with our best friends at Run for So...
Oct. 20, 2025

Running for Housing (Because Someone Has To)

In a moment when the news out of Washington can seem untenably rough, when the gerontocracy that got us here won't give up their hold on power, when billionaires own every single media channel, when everything from housing to...
Oct. 6, 2025

(Re)Introducing The Science of Fiction

This week we're rerunning our 2024 episode with Maddie Stone , writer of The Science of Fiction blog, to celebrate the fact that Maddie has joined our team and The Science of Fiction now lives at Important, Not Important. The...
Aug. 18, 2025

The Answer is Always Run for Something

Turns out it's our 200th episode. It has been a journey. The show is now called The Most Important Question, and I can't think of a better answer than just fucking run for something. What can I do about anything? Run for some...