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Why is it so dangerous to have Black babies in America? April 11-17th is Black Maternal Health Week, and so we are replaying one of our favourite episodes from 2021 with guest Representative Lauren Underwood of Illinois, a nurse and former senior advisor to President Obama. We discuss how this…

Emma Pierson is an assistant professor of computer science at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech, and a computer science field member at Cornell University with a secondary joint appointment as an assistant professor of population health sciences at Weill Cornell Medical College. Sure. Why not? Emma has published…

If you had all of the data in the world at your hands, what question would you ask first? That's today's big question, and my guest is Dr. Emma Pierson. Emma is an assistant professor of computer science at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech, and a computer science…

What if we just gave people money? That's today's big question and my guests are Caroline Teti and Michael Faye from GiveDirectly. This conversation from 2021, one of my all-time favorites is one of those conversations that can help you truly think outside the box and reconsider how to most…

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We're going to keeping re-running this 2020 episode until America stops sacrificing children. --- Here we are, yet again. We first ran this episode with Fred Guttenberg, father of Parkland victim, Jaime Guttenberg in 2020 - and what has changed? More gun violence and more senseless deaths. It doesn't have…

Emily Pontecorvo was just until recently an energy, environment, and climate reporter at Grist, one of our favorite publications. She's now moved on to the new climate newsroom Heatmap. Emily has covered the whole enchilada from green hydrogen subsidies to coal ash, scope three emissions, Fashion Week, airports, locusts, frequent…

Where the hell did all of the electricians go? That's today's big question, and my guest is leading journalist Emily Pontecorvo. Until recently, Emily was an energy, environment, and climate reporter at Grist, one of our favorite publications. She's now moved on to the new climate newsroom Heatmap. Emily has…

This week: Fighting over ESG is stupid, risky, and bad business. Let’s move on. Plus: RSV vaccines, the E-BIKE Act, Skittles (?), deepfakes, allergies, and a new season of DRILLED What We Can Do: • ⚡️ Submit your comment (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/w3dYILNc3lH6MOK0tu1At5AX6K6Tv69AXNP1ZPKIEz2r2KOURRdvU3vSdDULPoTN1bD3wjezuQpv7X3T4kWiagjTAu9BzO0X0RsQywlhHeg/3ur/9iQ4LFMDQ9GIftB5luGpVg/h15/w-XXEPtDiFbfCVH23HTTrWPurh_j5_Q5r9AQZaY1UzU) to keep Virginia in the very-successful — and very lucrative…

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What if you got the chance to dive to the bottom of the ocean? Would you go? And what would you find there? That's today's big question and my returning guest, one of my all-time favorites, is Dr. Dawn Wright, better known the world over as Deep Sea Dawn. Dawn…

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This week: What we know — and more importantly, what we don’t — about what AI is capable of, and how much change we’re capable of absorbing. Plus: the Willow Project, H-1B visas, blueberries, honeybee vaccines, climate disclosure rules, next-gen bed nets, and health insurance in North Carolina Here's What…

Dr. Dawn Wright, or as many in the ocean community know her "Deep Sea Dawn" is an elected member of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering. She's the Chief Scientist at ESRI, where she works with other scientists to map the ocean floor in…

What if I told you there was less oxygen in the ocean than there used to be? That's today's big question, and my guest is Dr. Dawn Wright, or as many in the ocean community know her "Deep Sea Dawn." Dawn Wright is an elected member of both the National…

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This week: In response to our ongoing and delightful home electrification series with our friends at Rewiring America, we have received a hell of a lot of questions that are beyond our ability to answer. So we brought in the experts: previous pod guest John Semmelhack, home electrification wiz and…

This week: Can little-old-you really make a difference? Hell yes you can. Plus: cheaper insulin, cleaner camping gear, a new (lidless) coffee cup, good news on BetterHelp, and maybe even some paid leave. Here's What You Can Do: • ⚡️ Help your local farmers sell online (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/0Cf1srzExyTE9bt2YpTLVnpxKuMAKyWqcN1JEOqFG1A/3u6/CLSxUex1SreFa8nzPyY2RQ/h17/Dd2fMW__TXGe6FKM2N1ff6DiZkzU-pIOoPcKLRVO5UI)— not just at…

John Semmelhack is a co-owner of The Comfort Squad LLC, a home performance contracting + consulting firm helping clients create healthy, comfortable homes that run on clean electricity. Joel Rosenberg is here from Rewiring America, he is an educator and entrepreneur focused on helping solve the climate crisis. John has…

What can we learn from trees? That's today's big question, and my guest is Dr. Beronda Montgomery. Beronda's a transformative writer, researcher and scholar who pursues a common theme of understanding how individuals perceive, respond to and are impacted by the environments in which they exist. She recently moved from…