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Hey Sh*t Givers 🌎
We have something big, like change the actual world big (because the world won't unfuck itself). We are joining podcasts across the planet for #PodsFightPoverty, a campaign directly supporting our good friends at @give-directly.bsky.social
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We have something big, like change the actual world big (because the world won't unfuck itself). We are joining podcasts across the planet for #PodsFightPoverty, a campaign directly supporting our good friends at @give-directly.bsky.social
www.givedirectly.org/podsfightpov...
Pods Fight Poverty: 2x your impact for 700+ Rwandan families in poverty | GiveDirectly & Giving Multiplier
Join us in sending life-changing cash to 700+ Rwandan families, with your favorite podcasters helping deliver ~$1,100 per family to spend on what they need most. While match funds last, your donation…
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December 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Hey Sh*t Givers 🌎
We have something big, like change the actual world big (because the world won't unfuck itself). We are joining podcasts across the planet for #PodsFightPoverty, a campaign directly supporting our good friends at @give-directly.bsky.social
www.givedirectly.org/podsfightpov...
We have something big, like change the actual world big (because the world won't unfuck itself). We are joining podcasts across the planet for #PodsFightPoverty, a campaign directly supporting our good friends at @give-directly.bsky.social
www.givedirectly.org/podsfightpov...
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How Can I Stop My Wife From Badgering Our Friends About Climate Change?
A reader’s wife is angry about what she sees as insufficient commitment to the cause of environmentalism, alienating the couple’s friends.
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December 10, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Vibe this week: Stay informed, take action, and don’t let the robots win.
December 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Vibe this week: Stay informed, take action, and don’t let the robots win.
Our 2025 Charitable Giving Guide is here! LETS GO 🎉
Check out the full guide here or scroll through some quick links in this thread: www.importantnotimportant.com/p/the-2025-c...
Check out the full guide here or scroll through some quick links in this thread: www.importantnotimportant.com/p/the-2025-c...
December 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Our 2025 Charitable Giving Guide is here! LETS GO 🎉
Check out the full guide here or scroll through some quick links in this thread: www.importantnotimportant.com/p/the-2025-c...
Check out the full guide here or scroll through some quick links in this thread: www.importantnotimportant.com/p/the-2025-c...
⚡ NEW EPISODE⚡
This week, Quinn is chatting with How The Word Is Passed author, Clint Smith, about how the stories we tell about history -- and whether they are rooted in nostalgia or fact -- can help us make connections to today and make better decisions for tomorrow.
This week, Quinn is chatting with How The Word Is Passed author, Clint Smith, about how the stories we tell about history -- and whether they are rooted in nostalgia or fact -- can help us make connections to today and make better decisions for tomorrow.
November 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
⚡ NEW EPISODE⚡
This week, Quinn is chatting with How The Word Is Passed author, Clint Smith, about how the stories we tell about history -- and whether they are rooted in nostalgia or fact -- can help us make connections to today and make better decisions for tomorrow.
This week, Quinn is chatting with How The Word Is Passed author, Clint Smith, about how the stories we tell about history -- and whether they are rooted in nostalgia or fact -- can help us make connections to today and make better decisions for tomorrow.
⚡ NEW EPISODE⚡
Another one in our series with Run For Something, Quinn chats with RFS alum and Michigan State Rep Laurie Pohutsky and RFS candidate running for Detroit City Council, Denzel McCampbell, about their fight to make clean water a right, which shouldn't be controversial, but here we are.
Another one in our series with Run For Something, Quinn chats with RFS alum and Michigan State Rep Laurie Pohutsky and RFS candidate running for Detroit City Council, Denzel McCampbell, about their fight to make clean water a right, which shouldn't be controversial, but here we are.
November 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
⚡ NEW EPISODE⚡
Another one in our series with Run For Something, Quinn chats with RFS alum and Michigan State Rep Laurie Pohutsky and RFS candidate running for Detroit City Council, Denzel McCampbell, about their fight to make clean water a right, which shouldn't be controversial, but here we are.
Another one in our series with Run For Something, Quinn chats with RFS alum and Michigan State Rep Laurie Pohutsky and RFS candidate running for Detroit City Council, Denzel McCampbell, about their fight to make clean water a right, which shouldn't be controversial, but here we are.
⚡ NEW EPISODE⚡
Today Quinn is chatting with school board member and Manchester, NH mayoral candidate Jessica Spillers and Buffalo Public School Board candidate Talia Rodriguez about how we can use schools to make sure kids (and their communities!) get fed.
Today Quinn is chatting with school board member and Manchester, NH mayoral candidate Jessica Spillers and Buffalo Public School Board candidate Talia Rodriguez about how we can use schools to make sure kids (and their communities!) get fed.
October 31, 2025 at 11:18 PM
⚡ NEW EPISODE⚡
Today Quinn is chatting with school board member and Manchester, NH mayoral candidate Jessica Spillers and Buffalo Public School Board candidate Talia Rodriguez about how we can use schools to make sure kids (and their communities!) get fed.
Today Quinn is chatting with school board member and Manchester, NH mayoral candidate Jessica Spillers and Buffalo Public School Board candidate Talia Rodriguez about how we can use schools to make sure kids (and their communities!) get fed.
⚡ NEW EPISODE⚡
Today in our series with @runforsomething we're talking to RFS alum and Missouri State Representative, Ray Reed, and Minneapolis Mayor candidate Jazz Hampton about their work fighting for safer communities at the state and local level.
Today in our series with @runforsomething we're talking to RFS alum and Missouri State Representative, Ray Reed, and Minneapolis Mayor candidate Jazz Hampton about their work fighting for safer communities at the state and local level.
October 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
⚡ NEW EPISODE⚡
Today in our series with @runforsomething we're talking to RFS alum and Missouri State Representative, Ray Reed, and Minneapolis Mayor candidate Jazz Hampton about their work fighting for safer communities at the state and local level.
Today in our series with @runforsomething we're talking to RFS alum and Missouri State Representative, Ray Reed, and Minneapolis Mayor candidate Jazz Hampton about their work fighting for safer communities at the state and local level.
⚡ NEW EPISODE⚡
Next up in our series with Run For Something we're talking to RFS alum, New York State Senator Andrew Gounardes, and Tucson City Council candidate Miranda Schubert about why they are so passionate about better, safer, cheaper, more reliable transit.
Next up in our series with Run For Something we're talking to RFS alum, New York State Senator Andrew Gounardes, and Tucson City Council candidate Miranda Schubert about why they are so passionate about better, safer, cheaper, more reliable transit.
October 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
⚡ NEW EPISODE⚡
Next up in our series with Run For Something we're talking to RFS alum, New York State Senator Andrew Gounardes, and Tucson City Council candidate Miranda Schubert about why they are so passionate about better, safer, cheaper, more reliable transit.
Next up in our series with Run For Something we're talking to RFS alum, New York State Senator Andrew Gounardes, and Tucson City Council candidate Miranda Schubert about why they are so passionate about better, safer, cheaper, more reliable transit.
⚡ NEW EPISODE⚡
In our new series, co-developed with our friends @runforsomethingnow we're chatting with young people across the country who have stepped up to lead.
In our new series, co-developed with our friends @runforsomethingnow we're chatting with young people across the country who have stepped up to lead.
October 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
⚡ NEW EPISODE⚡
In our new series, co-developed with our friends @runforsomethingnow we're chatting with young people across the country who have stepped up to lead.
In our new series, co-developed with our friends @runforsomethingnow we're chatting with young people across the country who have stepped up to lead.
Wake up, the latest The Science of Fiction essay from Maddie Stone is out!
This week: What can Andor teach us about the impacts of critical mineral extraction on Earth?
Read it here: www.importantnotimportant.com/p/andor-show...
This week: What can Andor teach us about the impacts of critical mineral extraction on Earth?
Read it here: www.importantnotimportant.com/p/andor-show...
Andor Shows the Power and Peril of High-Tech Minerals
As the quest for Ghorman “kalkite” reveals, access to minerals can make or break empires, while raining riches or curses on mining communities.
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September 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Wake up, the latest The Science of Fiction essay from Maddie Stone is out!
This week: What can Andor teach us about the impacts of critical mineral extraction on Earth?
Read it here: www.importantnotimportant.com/p/andor-show...
This week: What can Andor teach us about the impacts of critical mineral extraction on Earth?
Read it here: www.importantnotimportant.com/p/andor-show...
200 episodes later and we're still asking: what can I do?
Amanda Litman's answer hasn't changed: RUN FOR SOMETHING.
We're diving into your responses about running for office. From "I don't feel qualified" to "people won't like me", Amanda tackles every concern and explains why you should run.
Amanda Litman's answer hasn't changed: RUN FOR SOMETHING.
We're diving into your responses about running for office. From "I don't feel qualified" to "people won't like me", Amanda tackles every concern and explains why you should run.
August 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
200 episodes later and we're still asking: what can I do?
Amanda Litman's answer hasn't changed: RUN FOR SOMETHING.
We're diving into your responses about running for office. From "I don't feel qualified" to "people won't like me", Amanda tackles every concern and explains why you should run.
Amanda Litman's answer hasn't changed: RUN FOR SOMETHING.
We're diving into your responses about running for office. From "I don't feel qualified" to "people won't like me", Amanda tackles every concern and explains why you should run.
New Life Finds A Way!
What can population dynamics in places like Yellowstone teach us about democracy?
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What can population dynamics in places like Yellowstone teach us about democracy?
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LFAW: Every Community Needs Its Wolves
How diversity creates stability in nature and democracy
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August 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
New Life Finds A Way!
What can population dynamics in places like Yellowstone teach us about democracy?
Read it here www.importantnotimportant.com/p/lfaw-every...
What can population dynamics in places like Yellowstone teach us about democracy?
Read it here www.importantnotimportant.com/p/lfaw-every...
Federal climate policy is gone. Strategic philanthropy just became our lifeline.
Listen to our new episode with Giving Green founder, Dan Stein to learn how to make your climate donations count.
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Listen to our new episode with Giving Green founder, Dan Stein to learn how to make your climate donations count.
👉 lnk.to/tmiq_ep199
Making Your Climate Dollars Count When Government Won't
Congress just jammed the brakes on America's clean energy boom, however short-lived it may have been.
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act was signed into law after a lot of debate in the House and the Sen...
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July 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Federal climate policy is gone. Strategic philanthropy just became our lifeline.
Listen to our new episode with Giving Green founder, Dan Stein to learn how to make your climate donations count.
👉 lnk.to/tmiq_ep199
Listen to our new episode with Giving Green founder, Dan Stein to learn how to make your climate donations count.
👉 lnk.to/tmiq_ep199
So excited to announce the debut essay for our new column, Life Finds A Way!
Our first post is from science writer Riley Black. She explores examples in other species that force us to expand our understanding of sex differences beyond a binary.
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Our first post is from science writer Riley Black. She explores examples in other species that force us to expand our understanding of sex differences beyond a binary.
www.importantnotimportant.com/p/every-body...
Every Body Is A Sex Spectrum
Introducing: Life Finds A Way - The original diversity initiative
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July 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
So excited to announce the debut essay for our new column, Life Finds A Way!
Our first post is from science writer Riley Black. She explores examples in other species that force us to expand our understanding of sex differences beyond a binary.
www.importantnotimportant.com/p/every-body...
Our first post is from science writer Riley Black. She explores examples in other species that force us to expand our understanding of sex differences beyond a binary.
www.importantnotimportant.com/p/every-body...
What happens when $35 billion in foreign aid vanishes overnight?
This week, Quinn is joined by Rob Rosenbaum, co-lead for PRO, a rapid response team sifting through every single grant, ranking them by lives saved per dollar and building lifeboat bridge grants before the lights go out.
This week, Quinn is joined by Rob Rosenbaum, co-lead for PRO, a rapid response team sifting through every single grant, ranking them by lives saved per dollar and building lifeboat bridge grants before the lights go out.
June 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
What happens when $35 billion in foreign aid vanishes overnight?
This week, Quinn is joined by Rob Rosenbaum, co-lead for PRO, a rapid response team sifting through every single grant, ranking them by lives saved per dollar and building lifeboat bridge grants before the lights go out.
This week, Quinn is joined by Rob Rosenbaum, co-lead for PRO, a rapid response team sifting through every single grant, ranking them by lives saved per dollar and building lifeboat bridge grants before the lights go out.
What can you do to combat deforestation and increase access to quality sanitation everywhere?
This week, Quinn chats with Bernie Wiley, Sustainability Director @whogivesacraptp about their mission to wipe away waste in the supply chain while donating 50% of profits to build toilets worldwide.
This week, Quinn chats with Bernie Wiley, Sustainability Director @whogivesacraptp about their mission to wipe away waste in the supply chain while donating 50% of profits to build toilets worldwide.
June 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
What can you do to combat deforestation and increase access to quality sanitation everywhere?
This week, Quinn chats with Bernie Wiley, Sustainability Director @whogivesacraptp about their mission to wipe away waste in the supply chain while donating 50% of profits to build toilets worldwide.
This week, Quinn chats with Bernie Wiley, Sustainability Director @whogivesacraptp about their mission to wipe away waste in the supply chain while donating 50% of profits to build toilets worldwide.
This week, Quinn chats with Marguerite Holloway, author of "Take To The Trees", about the hidden crisis happening to our forests, the scientists working to save them, simple ways we all can help, and why everything changes when you start paying attention to all the nature around you.
June 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
This week, Quinn chats with Marguerite Holloway, author of "Take To The Trees", about the hidden crisis happening to our forests, the scientists working to save them, simple ways we all can help, and why everything changes when you start paying attention to all the nature around you.
This week, IPCC scientist Dr. Minal Pathak isn't here for your city's token climate efforts.
In today's episode, she breaks down:
🔹 Why 3 electric buses isn't enough (how about the entire fleet?)
🔹 How one heat plan saved lives in 50+ cities
🔹 What you can do in your spheres of influence
In today's episode, she breaks down:
🔹 Why 3 electric buses isn't enough (how about the entire fleet?)
🔹 How one heat plan saved lives in 50+ cities
🔹 What you can do in your spheres of influence
May 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This week, IPCC scientist Dr. Minal Pathak isn't here for your city's token climate efforts.
In today's episode, she breaks down:
🔹 Why 3 electric buses isn't enough (how about the entire fleet?)
🔹 How one heat plan saved lives in 50+ cities
🔹 What you can do in your spheres of influence
In today's episode, she breaks down:
🔹 Why 3 electric buses isn't enough (how about the entire fleet?)
🔹 How one heat plan saved lives in 50+ cities
🔹 What you can do in your spheres of influence
What do "snot otters," missing boulders, and your drinking water have in common?
Our latest episode with science journalist, Jackie Flynn Mogensen, dives into how saving a 160-million-year-old salamander could be the key to protecting our communities from floods.
🎧 Listen now lnk.to/tmiq_ep194
Our latest episode with science journalist, Jackie Flynn Mogensen, dives into how saving a 160-million-year-old salamander could be the key to protecting our communities from floods.
🎧 Listen now lnk.to/tmiq_ep194
May 19, 2025 at 5:31 PM
What do "snot otters," missing boulders, and your drinking water have in common?
Our latest episode with science journalist, Jackie Flynn Mogensen, dives into how saving a 160-million-year-old salamander could be the key to protecting our communities from floods.
🎧 Listen now lnk.to/tmiq_ep194
Our latest episode with science journalist, Jackie Flynn Mogensen, dives into how saving a 160-million-year-old salamander could be the key to protecting our communities from floods.
🎧 Listen now lnk.to/tmiq_ep194
What if we stopped apologizing for abortion and started celebrating it as the social good it truly is?
In our newest episode, Quinn talks with Sophie Nir about the Abortion Positivity Project and their mission to transform how we talk about abortion.
Full episode here lnk.to/tmiq_ep193
In our newest episode, Quinn talks with Sophie Nir about the Abortion Positivity Project and their mission to transform how we talk about abortion.
Full episode here lnk.to/tmiq_ep193
Changing the Abortion Conversation
63% of Americans say abortion should be legal in all or most cases, and yet here we are. So what can we do to make the language around abortion more positive?
My guest today is Sophie Nir.
Sophie is...
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May 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
What if we stopped apologizing for abortion and started celebrating it as the social good it truly is?
In our newest episode, Quinn talks with Sophie Nir about the Abortion Positivity Project and their mission to transform how we talk about abortion.
Full episode here lnk.to/tmiq_ep193
In our newest episode, Quinn talks with Sophie Nir about the Abortion Positivity Project and their mission to transform how we talk about abortion.
Full episode here lnk.to/tmiq_ep193
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Hey everyone— @healthsciences.mcgill.ca is thinking of ditching X
Their Bluesky account is still empty, but if we can rally some followers, it might help them make the switch. Give them a boost?
Thank you!!🙏
Their Bluesky account is still empty, but if we can rally some followers, it might help them make the switch. Give them a boost?
Thank you!!🙏
April 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Hey everyone— @healthsciences.mcgill.ca is thinking of ditching X
Their Bluesky account is still empty, but if we can rally some followers, it might help them make the switch. Give them a boost?
Thank you!!🙏
Their Bluesky account is still empty, but if we can rally some followers, it might help them make the switch. Give them a boost?
Thank you!!🙏
The problem with farm-to-table? It doesn't change farming at scale.
Hear how chef and Zero Foodprint Executive Director Anthony Myint is building a table-to-farm revolution with just pennies on the dollar.
🎧 New episode out now lnk.to/tmiq_ep192
Hear how chef and Zero Foodprint Executive Director Anthony Myint is building a table-to-farm revolution with just pennies on the dollar.
🎧 New episode out now lnk.to/tmiq_ep192
April 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The problem with farm-to-table? It doesn't change farming at scale.
Hear how chef and Zero Foodprint Executive Director Anthony Myint is building a table-to-farm revolution with just pennies on the dollar.
🎧 New episode out now lnk.to/tmiq_ep192
Hear how chef and Zero Foodprint Executive Director Anthony Myint is building a table-to-farm revolution with just pennies on the dollar.
🎧 New episode out now lnk.to/tmiq_ep192
⚡ NEW EPISODE⚡
Disease doesn't discriminate, but our systems do. This week, we dive into "A History of the World in Six Plagues" with author Edna Bonhomme to unpack how epidemics expose inequality.
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#pandemics #healthcare #inequality #publichealth #history
Disease doesn't discriminate, but our systems do. This week, we dive into "A History of the World in Six Plagues" with author Edna Bonhomme to unpack how epidemics expose inequality.
🎧 Listen now lnk.to/tmiq191_edna...
#pandemics #healthcare #inequality #publichealth #history
April 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
⚡ NEW EPISODE⚡
Disease doesn't discriminate, but our systems do. This week, we dive into "A History of the World in Six Plagues" with author Edna Bonhomme to unpack how epidemics expose inequality.
🎧 Listen now lnk.to/tmiq191_edna...
#pandemics #healthcare #inequality #publichealth #history
Disease doesn't discriminate, but our systems do. This week, we dive into "A History of the World in Six Plagues" with author Edna Bonhomme to unpack how epidemics expose inequality.
🎧 Listen now lnk.to/tmiq191_edna...
#pandemics #healthcare #inequality #publichealth #history
What can you do when science is being dismantled?
Dr. Gretchen Goldman at the Union of Concerned Scientists shares actionable steps in our latest episode. The fight for evidence-based policy isn't over.
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#StandUpForScience
Dr. Gretchen Goldman at the Union of Concerned Scientists shares actionable steps in our latest episode. The fight for evidence-based policy isn't over.
🎧 Listen now lnk.to/190gretcheng...
#StandUpForScience
March 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
What can you do when science is being dismantled?
Dr. Gretchen Goldman at the Union of Concerned Scientists shares actionable steps in our latest episode. The fight for evidence-based policy isn't over.
🎧 Listen now lnk.to/190gretcheng...
#StandUpForScience
Dr. Gretchen Goldman at the Union of Concerned Scientists shares actionable steps in our latest episode. The fight for evidence-based policy isn't over.
🎧 Listen now lnk.to/190gretcheng...
#StandUpForScience