129 episodes
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4.9 • 249 Ratings
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The 3-time Webby-nominee for Best Host, Best Science show, and Best Podcast Episode dives into the brains of the world's smartest people to provide Action Steps you can take to fight for a better future -- for everyone.
Our topics include climate change, food & water, clean energy, biotech, artificial intelligence, medicine, and space.
Our diverse guests are on the frontlines of the future: scientists, doctors, farmers, CEO's, astronauts, politicians, even a reverend.
"A vital service in an era where important truths, outright fiction and mere trivia all compete for your attention.” - Craig Mazin, creator, writer, and executive producer of HBO's Chernobyl
Hosted by Quinn Emmett & Brian Colbert Kennedy
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Code Blue: Arizona Goes to The Emergency Room
Our guest is: Dr. Hiral Tipirneni. She is an emergency room physician, mom, immigrant, cancer research advocate, and congressional candidate in Arizona’s 6th district.
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Why 2020 State Elections Will Write a New Future for Our Planet
Our guests are Aimy Steele and Amanda Litman. Aimy is a candidate for the North Carolina House of Representatives in District 82 and Amanda is the co-founder and Executive Director of Run For Something.
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How You Doin’?
Our guest is Ali Pattillo, a health and science reporter at Inverse.com and co-producer of The Abstract podcast.
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How to Stop School Shootings in the USA
Our guest is Fred Guttenberg, who stepped up as a gun safety activist and political troublemaker after his daughter Jaime Guttenberg was killed in the Parkland school shooting. #orangeribbonsforjaime
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How Do We Rebuild Capitalism in a World on Fire?
Our guest is: Rebecca Henderson, a Harvard professor and the author of “Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire.”
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A Just Alternative to Climate Disaster *and* Gentrification
Our guest is Daphany Rose Sanchez, Executive Director of Kinetic Communities Consulting, Daphany, an advocate for energy equity and efficiency access in housing for New York City's low-income and immigrant communities.
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The guests on each episode are knowledgeable in their fields, and the hosts know how to engage them, contextualize their knowledge, and importantly, make the podcast entertaining in the meantime. You’ll learn a lot, and be a better person for it.