The Most Important Question

Our guest is Shantha Ready Alonso, Executive Director of Creation Justice Ministries, whose mission is to “educate, equip, and mobilize Christian communities and individuals to protect, restore, and rightly share God's Creation,” focusing on providing support to the vulnerable and marginalized.

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In Episode 31, Quinn & Brian ask: Can Texas Go (Clean Energy) Independent?

Joining us this week is candidate for Texas district 21, Joseph Kopser. He’s a military vet and clean energy entrepreneur on the hunt for enemy of science Lamar Hunt’s seat.

This is the first in our series of conversations with candidates supported by 314 Action, the largest pro-science advocacy organization committed to electing scientists and STEM professionals to public office. 

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Links:

Joseph Kopser on Twitter

Kopser for Congress

314 Action

Town Hall Project

Republicans for Carbon Tax, Fortune magazine

Operation Free

Rocky Mountain Institute

Stealth Power

Trump’s Book Club: How to Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie

Quinn Emmett on Twitter

Brian Colbert Kennedy on Twitter

Intro/outro by Tim Blane

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In Episode 31, Quinn & Brian ask: Can Texas Go (Clean Energy) Independent?

Joining us this week is candidate for Texas district 21, Joseph Kopser. He’s a military vet and clean energy entrepreneur on the hunt for enemy of science Lamar Hunt’s seat.

This is the first in our series of conversations with candidates supported by 314 Action, the largest pro-science advocacy organization committed to electing scientists and STEM professionals to public office. 

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Links:

Joseph Kopser on Twitter

Kopser for Congress

314 Action

Town Hall Project

Republicans for Carbon Tax, Fortune magazine

Operation Free

Rocky Mountain Institute

Stealth Power

Trump’s Book Club: How to Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie

Quinn Emmett on Twitter

Brian Colbert Kennedy on Twitter

Intro/outro by Tim Blane

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In Episode 30, Quinn & Brian ask: what’s the business incentive for climate/clean energy action?

In light of the Paris Agreement and all the bullshit that’s gone down since, we drafted Will Hackman to be our guest and explain it all. Will’s been a campaign manager for the House and Senate, he’s worked as a marine fisheries conservation advocate, he represented Georgetown University at the UN climate change conference, and he’s an author on various energy, environmental, and climate change topics. He’s also leaving immediately after this call to go to Alaska and potentially never come back. 

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Links:

Will Hackman on Instagram

Will on Medium

US leading on carbon reduction

The Paris Agreement

Bank of America and Wells Fargo climate funding 

McDonald’s reducing emissions

COP24

America’s Pledge

We Are Still In

ITC tax credit

Most effective steps to tackle climate change as an individual

Quinn Emmett on Twitter

Brian Colbert Kennedy on Twitter

Intro/outro by Tim Blane

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In Episode 30, Quinn & Brian ask: what’s the business incentive for climate/clean energy action?

In light of the Paris Agreement and all the bullshit that’s gone down since, we drafted Will Hackman to be our guest and explain it all. Will’s been a campaign manager for the House and Senate, he’s worked as a marine fisheries conservation advocate, he represented Georgetown University at the UN climate change conference, and he’s an author on various energy, environmental, and climate change topics. He’s also leaving immediately after this call to go to Alaska and potentially never come back. 

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Links:

Will Hackman on Instagram

Will on Medium

US leading on carbon reduction

The Paris Agreement

Bank of America and Wells Fargo climate funding 

McDonald’s reducing emissions

COP24

America’s Pledge

We Are Still In

ITC tax credit

Most effective steps to tackle climate change as an individual

Quinn Emmett on Twitter

Brian Colbert Kennedy on Twitter

Intro/outro by Tim Blane

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In Episode 29, Quinn & Brian ponder the fact that the Pope Has Decided to Defeat Climate Change With His Own Bare Hands. 

Our guest — Jose Aguto. Jose is the Associate Director of the Catholic Climate Covenant, where he works to lead Catholicism into climate action, which includes building and providing the tools to do so. 

We’re excited to continue our streak of talking to and hopefully not insulting the last segments of the population that we (desperately) need to get on board with climate action — whatever their beliefs. Cracking this little problem is gonna take every single last one of us, and yes that means you too, Steve.

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Links:

Jose on Twitter (j/k he’s not on Twitter because he’s smart)

Catholic Climate Covenant

Catholic Energies

Care for Creation

Catholic Climate Declaration

Pope Francis’ fresh new mixtape aka Laudato Si

Trump’s Book Club: The Imitation of Christ

Quinn Emmett on Twitter

Brian Colbert Kennedy on Twitter

Intro/outro by Tim Blane

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In Episode 29, Quinn & Brian ponder the fact that the Pope Has Decided to Defeat Climate Change With His Own Bare Hands. 

Our guest — Jose Aguto. Jose is the Associate Director of the Catholic Climate Covenant, where he works to lead Catholicism into climate action, which includes building and providing the tools to do so. 

We’re excited to continue our streak of talking to and hopefully not insulting the last segments of the population that we (desperately) need to get on board with climate action — whatever their beliefs. Cracking this little problem is gonna take every single last one of us, and yes that means you too, Steve.

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Links:

Jose on Twitter (j/k he’s not on Twitter because he’s smart)

Catholic Climate Covenant

Catholic Energies

Care for Creation

Catholic Climate Declaration

Pope Francis’ fresh new mixtape aka Laudato Si

Trump’s Book Club: The Imitation of Christ

Quinn Emmett on Twitter

Brian Colbert Kennedy on Twitter

Intro/outro by Tim Blane

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In Episode 28, Quinn & Brian ask: why the hell is space exploration important when the planet is literally on fire?

To answer that, they’ve brought on The Space Gal, Emily Calandrelli. And boy does she set the record straight.

Emily is an MIT-engineer turned Emmy-nominated science host on TV and online, and she’s also a children’s book author.

Join us as we discuss the history of space exploration, what she’d do as NASA administrator/dictator, and her own upbringing in West Virginia.

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Links:

Emily Calandrelli “The Space Gal” on Twitter

NASA Space Grant

Ada Lace

Bill Nye Saves The World

Trump’s Book Club: How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

Quinn Emmett on Twitter

Brian Colbert Kennedy on Twitter

Intro/outro by Tim Blane

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In Episode 28, Quinn & Brian ask: why the hell is space exploration important when the planet is literally on fire?

To answer that, they’ve brought on The Space Gal, Emily Calandrelli. And boy does she set the record straight.

Emily is an MIT-engineer turned Emmy-nominated science host on TV and online, and she’s also a children’s book author.

Join us as we discuss the history of space exploration, what she’d do as NASA administrator/dictator, and her own upbringing in West Virginia.

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Links:

Emily Calandrelli “The Space Gal” on Twitter

NASA Space Grant

Ada Lace

Bill Nye Saves The World

Trump’s Book Club: How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

Quinn Emmett on Twitter

Brian Colbert Kennedy on Twitter

Intro/outro by Tim Blane

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In Episode 27, Quinn & Brian ask: what happens when the Atlantic Ocean invades the Arctic Ocean?

Our guest: Julia Roberson, vice president of relations for the Ocean Conservancy in Washington D.C. Julia takes complex issues, like one ocean invading another, and makes them real and relevant to human beings, and finally (and most specific for us) helps us act on them. She’s damn funny and way smarter than us, but once again, a gentle reminder: it’s a low, low bar.

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Links:

Julia Roberson on Twitter

Ocean Conservancy on Twitter

Tuskfish use TOOLS

Bye, lobsters!

The Atlantic Ocean is Invading the Arctic Ocean

Ocean acidification

The great Pacific garbage patch

Straws are no bueno

Trump Book Club: The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison

Quinn Emmett on Twitter

Brian Colbert Kennedy on Twitter

Intro/outro by Tim Blane

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Ok that’s enough good lord