This week it's just Quinn and Claire on the pod, crashing out over academic probation (which is actually kind of a relief?), school surveillance that catches kids Googling inappropriate things (it was obviously just a prank, dad), and the theoretical question: who would you get in a suicide capsule with?…
This week we have fiction writer and mom to one amazing 10-year-old, Joy Netanya Thompson, on the pod to discuss why she chose to stick with having just one kid. Joy gets real about postpartum depression, the decision to stop at one when she never imagined she'd only have one…
This week, we have registered dietitian and death doula, Deanna Rondero, on the pod to chat about food insecurity, death cafes, and how grief intersects with everything. Also: losing it over mac and cheese, the new food pyramid nobody asked for, and why there's no perfect way to show up…
If our mission is to help people, everyone, answer the most important question, what can I do? Then at some point we need to talk to the people who help really wealthy people, help people. So today's question, what can I do about high net worth philanthropy? And look, hey,…
This week: Not. Right. Now. I hope you enjoy our new show. It’s super, super informal, and fun, and full of profanity, and personal, and — I hope — something you or a parent in your life can identify with, and maybe get some relief from. It’s intentionally and decidedly…
Please enjoy this hopeful ditty on how we have finally harnessed the sun ☀️ — and how we’re just getting started. Get more: • Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at importantnotimportant.com (https://www.importantnotimportant.com/) • Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade (https://www.importantnotimportant.com/upgrade) • Get our merch (https://important-not-important.myshopify.com/)…
Hey friends, I want to talk about something big. Change the actual world big, because the world won't unfuck itself, as we all know. We are joining podcasts across the planet for Pods Fight Poverty, a campaign directly supporting our good friends at Give Directly. Now, if you've been with…
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This week, we have another guest! Dr. Devika Bhushan, a pediatrician, public health leader, former acting Surgeon General in California, and mom, chats with Quinn and Claire about the breastfeeding data nobody tells you about, why sleep protection is literally life-saving for some moms, vaccine hesitancy, raw milk, and all…
How can we better protect farmworkers? Here's What You Can Do: • Donate to the Food Chain Workers Alliance, a coalition dedicated to improving working conditions (https://foodchainworkers.org/?utm_source=importantnotimportant.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=farm-to-table) s for workers in every stage of food production, and to the Native CDFI Network (https://nativecdfi.net/donate/?utm_source=importantnotimportant.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=farm-to-table) to improve access to capital and credit…
This week, we have author and journalist Nefertiti Austin on the show to talk about her new book She's Just Spirited: Parenting a Neurodivergent Child and The Diagnosis that Changes Everything. Nefertiti gets real about raising a daughter with ADHD, why ADHD in girls often gets overlooked, glass children, mean…
This week: Can Apple help improve mental health? Get more: • Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at https://www.importantnotimportant.com/ • Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com (mailto:questions@importantnotimportant.com) • Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp (https://twitter.com/importantnotimp) • Subscribe to our YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkUwIVGwYxsZHEgL2fstz9Q) • Take a nap you deserve it…
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 happening in our bodies, three things can follow: better care,…
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 it set us up for than right now. My guest…
Are car dealers the devil? And why? Get more: Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at https://www.importantnotimportant.com/ Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Subscribe to our YouTube channel Take a nap you deserve it Advertise with us: https://www.importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors
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 conversation, we're going back to the front lines of the past because the…
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This week, Claire and Quinn chat Halloween logistics, the rear-facing car seat as the ultimate deterrent to having another baby, Claire's solo cabin getaway where doing absolutely nothing is worth every penny, and why it's better to just go to bed angry instead of drag out a fight when you're…
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