The Most Important Question

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The Most Important Question episodes

November 20, 2018 #44: Is Food Waste the Stupidest Thing We Do (& How Do We Cut it in Half)?
Our guest is Dr. James Rogers, founder and CEO of Apeel Sciences and one of our most mind-blowing guests yet.

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1 hr 1 min
November 13, 2018 #43: The Future of Digital Health, Part 1
Our guests are Dr. Indra Joshi & Maxine Mackintosh, the co-founders of One HealthTech.
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55 min
November 13, 2018 #43: The Future of Digital Health, Part 1
Our guests are Dr. Indra Joshi & Maxine Mackintosh, the co-founders of One HealthTech.

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56 min
November 06, 2018 #42: What Happens When You’re Almost an Astronaut... And What Comes Next?
Dr. Sian Proctor tells us how we can all help get more women and more people of color into space, one way or another.
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1 hr 9 min
November 06, 2018 #42: What Happens When You’re Almost an Astronaut... And What Comes Next?
Dr. Sian Proctor tells us how we can all help get more women and more people of color into space, one way or another.

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1 hr 10 min
October 31, 2018 Fun Talk #2
Quinn & Brian talk canvassing, the looming election, not being lawyers, Ready Player One, moving in with the girlfriend, waking up at a decent hour, upcoming guests, (not) sitting on stairs, movember, & more
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45 min
October 30, 2018 Trailer -- Important, Not Important
"The Conversations Most Vital to Our Survival As a Species”. Quinn Emmett & Brian Colbert Kennedy, publishers of the popular “Important, Not Important” weekly newsletter and otherwise regular, progressive, terrified folks like you, host weekly-ish conversations with awesome scientists, engineers, doctors, politicians, and journalists, as they discuss the questions and topics most likely to either save the planet, or end it! Topics include climate change, artificial intelligence, clean energy, space exploration, antibiotics, bio-tech and more. Follow Quinn: @quinnemmett Follow Brian: @briancolbertken Follow us: @importantnotimp
3 min
October 30, 2018 #41: Outsmarting Cholera
Our guest is Dr. Minmin Yen, the CEO and co-founder of medical startup PhagePro, where she and her team are developing viruses specifically designed to kill bacteria and prevent bacterial infections.
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1 hr 3 min
October 30, 2018 #41: Outsmarting Cholera
Our guest is Dr. Minmin Yen, the CEO and co-founder of medical startup PhagePro, where she and her team are developing viruses specifically designed to kill bacteria and prevent bacterial infections.

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1 hr 4 min
October 30, 2018 Trailer -- The Most Important Question
Science for people who give a sh*t. Want to feel better AND unf*ck the world?

The 6-time Webby nominee delivers deep conversations with the world's smartest people (scientists, doctors, CEO's, farmers, and more!), and digestible news updates every single week, to help you answer the world's most important question: What can I do?

We're talkin' clean energy and coral reefs, COVID vaccines and pediatric cancer research, clean water and carbon capture tech, asteroid deflection and artificial intelligence ethics.

"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 and produced by Willow Beck
2 min

About The Most Important Question

From the publisher's feed

The most important question in today's world of climate chaos, AI psychosis, and crumbling democracy is: what can I do? Your host, Quinn Emmett is completely unqualified to answer it, so he's calling the people that already are.