Health & Medicine Episodes
GOOD NEWS: What The Hell Is CRISPR?
June 15, 2020
Back in Episode 51 , Quinn & Brian asked: Are we thinking about CRISPR all wrong (and what the hell is it)? This is one of our most popular episodes, probably because it features one of our coolest guests: C. Brandon Ogbunu …
GOOD NEWS: Can Zebrafish Beat Childhood Cancer?
May 11, 2020
In Episode 75 , Quinn & Brian discussed: Beating the crap out of childhood cancer with science and... zebrafish? Our guests are Dr. Jaclyn Taroni and Dr. Genevieve Kendall . Dr. Kendall is a Postdoctoral scholar at UT Southw…
#90: What It’s Like to be a COVID-19 Lab Rat
April 13, 2020
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 …
BEST OF THE BEST: Is COVID-19 America’s Chernobyl?
March 31, 2020
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! W…
Special Edition: How You Can Help — And (Mostly) Still Stay Home
March 27, 2020
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/blo…
#87: What's In Your Moisturizer, Anyways?
March 9, 2020
In Episode 87 , Quinn & Brian ask: What, exactly, are we putting on our bodies (and why aren’t more people asking questions about it)? Our guest is: Gregg Renfrew . Gregg is a serial entrepreneur who most recently founded Be…
Special Edition: How to Survive the Coronavirus (With Your Sanity Intact)
March 3, 2020
In this special episode, Quinn (with some help from our friends at the CDC and elsewhere) talks you through everything you need to know about the coronavirus, what you can do to prepare, and — maybe most importantly — what y…
#80: Mosquitoes. The Serial Killers of Nature. Should We Make Them Go Away?
Oct. 1, 2019
In Episode 80, Quinn & Brian discuss Quinn’s wife’s least favorite thing: Mosquitoes! Our guest is Dr. Natalie Kofler, a trained scientist and the founding director of Editing Nature at Yale University, a global initiative t…
BEST OF THE BEST: Where Does Ebola Go From Here?
Aug. 21, 2019
In Episode 62, Quinn & Brian asked: Where does Ebola go from here? Our guest is Karin Huster, a Field Coordinator at Doctors Without Borders, where she is currently bouncing between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Mozam…
#75: Can Zebrafish Beat Childhood Cancer?
July 23, 2019
In Episode 75, Quinn & Brian discuss: Beating the crap out of childhood cancer with science and... zebrafish? We’re getting really nerdy about beating childhood cancer with Dr. Jaclyn Taroni and Dr. Genevieve Kendall. Dr. Ke…
#62: Where Does Ebola Go From Here?
April 16, 2019
In Episode 62, Quinn & Brian ask: Where does Ebola go from here? Our guest is Karin Huster, a Field Coordinator at Doctors Without Borders, where she is currently bouncing between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Mozambi…
#59: Is Florida the Harbinger of Doom? (Probably)
March 26, 2019
In Episode 59, Quinn & Brian ask: Is Florida the harbinger of doom? (Probably) Our guest is Dr. Salvador Almagro-Moreno, an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Ce…
#51: Are We Thinking About CRISPR All Wrong (& What the Hell is CRISPR)?
Jan. 22, 2019
In Episode 51, Quinn & Brian ask: Are we thinking about CRISPR all wrong (and what the hell is CRISPR)? Our guest is C. Brandon Ogbunu , an evolutionary systems biologist working as an Assistant Professor in the Department o…
BEST OF 2018: New Antibiotics in a Post-Antibiotic Era
Jan. 15, 2019
Back in Episode 19, Quinn & Brian asked: What’s the future of antibiotics? To find out, we sat down with bowtie enthusiast and professor of pathology and immunology and biomedical engineering Dr. Gautam Dantas. Dr. Dantas le…
#48: Why Does Childhood Cancer Exist & What Can We Do to Make It Go Away Forever?
Dec. 18, 2018
In Episode 48, Quinn & Brian ask: Why the hell does childhood cancer exist, isn't the world effed up enough as it is, and what can we do to make it go away forever? Our guest is one of our favorite humans, Jay Scott, Co-Exec…