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…
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…
This week: Got fired? Start over. Plus: More young people are getting cancer, the rise of solar power, new YouTube misinformation rules, getting paid to bike to work, and more Here's What You Can Do: • ⚡️ If apocalyptic skies and hazardous air quality reports are making your climate anxiety…
This week: Ask these questions before you click on ANYTHING. Plus: Gut inflammation news, California insurance gets harder to find, 750k adults just lost Medicaid, what (non-vaccinated) COVID actually does to your lungs, and more Here's What You Can Do: • ⚡️ PFAS (“forever chemicals”) have been linked to serious…
What's in wildfire smoke and how can you protect yourself from it? Those are today's big questions, and my guest is Dr. Mary Prunicki. Dr. Prunicki is the Director of Air Pollution and Health Research at Stanford University under the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research. Her…
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This week: Things feel pretty out of control. Get used to it. Plus: The Canadian West is burning, Oregon bans PFAS, ChatGPT plugins for everyone, the All We Can Save project is hiring, and more Here's What You Can Do: • ⚡️Wildfire smoke exposure is directly linked to myriad health…
Is healthcare a human right? That's today's big question, and it clearly shouldn't be a question, but here we are. My guest to help explain the obvious today is Dr. Sheila Davis, the CEO of Partners in Health. Sheila entered the global health arena in 1999, responding to the global…
Is healthcare a human right? That's today's big question. It shouldn't be a question, but my guest today is Dr. Sheila Davis and she's the CEO of Partners in Health. Sheila entered the Global Health Arena in 1999, responding to the global HIV and AIDS pandemic. A few years later,…
This week: COVID is over (as far as we know it). What did we learn, and what’s next? PLUS: Gay blood donations are a go, wind power in the UK, social media guidelines, millions for Black farmers, water report cards, and more Here's What You Can Do: • ⚡️ Discover…
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Matt Rogers started at Apple, building the software team for 10 generations of the iPod. He was one of the first engineers on the original iPhone and involved in the development of 5 iPhone generations, and the first iPad. He is also the Co-Founder of Nest thermostats, Founder of insight.org,…
How much food do you throw away every week? And do you have to? That's today's big question, and my guest is Matt Rogers. Matt is a former Apple iPod and iPhone engineer. The Co-Founder of Nest thermostats, Founder of incite.org, and former Chairman of Carbon180. He is now the…
This week: Solutions to our biggest problems shouldn’t be so perplexing. On the other hand, washing our hands wasn’t obvious for a couple hundred thousand years, and my kids STILL don't want to do it. Plus: Seasonal allergy news, a new Barbie, non-profit grocery stores, climate hackers, the SEC, the…
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Brianna Sacks is an extreme weather and disaster reporter for the Washington Post where she explores how climate change is transforming the United States through violent storms, intense heat, widespread wildfires, and other forms of extreme weather. We're having this conversation today because last month Brianna revealed how insurers have…
You've got insurance, right? Are you sure? That's today's big question, and my guest is Washington Post reporter Brianna Sacks. Brianna's an extreme weather and disaster reporter for the Post where she explores how climate change is transforming the United States through violent storms, intense heat, widespread wildfires, and other…
This week: Is what you’re working on important? Plus: The cleanest produce, a mosquito factory, lots of rooftop solar, autonomous GPT, maybe, and the latest with the Colorado River Here's What You Can Do: • ⚡️ Climate change and mental health are inextricably linked. Get some help with the Climate…
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Dr. Heidi Roop is the author of The Climate Action Handbook, the Director of the University of Minnesota Climate Adaptation Partnership and an assistant professor of climate science and extension specialist at the University of Minnesota. She also serves as the Director of Knowledge Transfer for the NSF-funded COLDEX Science…
What can I do? The simple question is the underlying premise of everything we do here. It's often the easiest one to help people answer for themselves, but from the outside, it's often the most imposing. All of which is why we keep coming back to it, and why I'm…
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This week: A very basic way to use a mental model, you’re welcome. PLUS: Mosquitoes, overseas abortion pills, healthy ice cream, German nuclear power, electric school buses, and more. Here's What You Can Do: • ⚡️ Interested in community solar? Check out Wattbuy’s (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/I1vdo-7CUlzCAiV8jz_iiRIKwkr-c5Qm8D_nodB0Jhp5vQsymVQO-h_o61XFxLwNDQNTvX0UkzVddrPcFdAb5V3r5qh6rb5dP7ys0pnCE6dXCh2JZXFw_fIgn4MEkpK2uOOtBRLcGQvUvGRDGBPTABgkYDrzN3z8zTSTRepD5lRyjDqOK3FagygvqB0RCN_R/3vc/cdegTWCxTEiCd6rWDieusg/h17/4jFtrx6nV0yU1s0WvFYpiokE7emwaMqj2wDr9GT1yJk) tools to get some. • ⚡️…
