Ranked #1
#87: What's In Your Moisturizer, Anyways?
#87: What's In Your Moisturizer, Anyways?
In Episode 87, Quinn & Brian ask: What, exactly, are we putting on our bodies (and why aren’t more people asking que... Read more
9 Mar 2020
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1hr 3mins
Ranked #2
#56: What’s It Feel Like To Be Asked To Save the World?
#56: What’s It Feel Like To Be Asked To Save the World?
In Episode 56, Quinn & Brian ask: What’s it feel like to be asked to save the world?Our guest is Rhiana Gunn-Wright,... Read more
26 Feb 2019
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1hr 24mins
Ranked #3
#65: Chernobyl: A Preventable and Rare Accident from the Past or a Vivid Picture of Our Hellish Nuclear Future?
#65: Chernobyl: A Preventable and Rare Accident from the Past or a Vivid Picture of Our Hellish Nuclear Future?
In Episode 65, Quinn asks: Is Chernobyl a preventable and rare accident from the past or a vivid picture of our hellish ... Read more
6 May 2019
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1hr 23mins
Ranked #4
#45: Poop Vs. Cancer
#45: Poop Vs. Cancer
Our guest is Dr. Diwakar Davar, a Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh and a a medical oncologist/hemat... Read more
27 Nov 2018
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48mins
Ranked #5
#52: What’s the Deal With the Green New Deal?
#52: What’s the Deal With the Green New Deal?
In Episode 52, Quinn & Brian ask (using their best Seinfeld impression): What’s the deal with the Green New Deal?Our... Read more
29 Jan 2019
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53mins
Ranked #6
#71: Why Raising the Status of Girls Can Change Everything
#71: Why Raising the Status of Girls Can Change Everything
In Episode 71, Quinn & Brian discuss: Why raising the status of girls can help change everything.Our guest is Dr. Ka... Read more
18 Jun 2019
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1hr 27mins
Ranked #7
#70: Who’s Fixing the People Fixing Our Planet?
#70: Who’s Fixing the People Fixing Our Planet?
In Episode 70, Quinn & Brian discuss: When things are broken, when the people who are working on those things are al... Read more
11 Jun 2019
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1hr 27mins
Ranked #8
#74: Incentivizing Those Dirty Capitalists to Solve Climate Change for Us
#74: Incentivizing Those Dirty Capitalists to Solve Climate Change for Us
In Episode 74, Quinn & Brian discuss: Making carbon capture suck more (but this time, with carrots).Our guest is Hen... Read more
16 Jul 2019
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1hr 12mins
Ranked #9
#78: How to Be A Better Ancestor
#78: How to Be A Better Ancestor
In Episode 78, Quinn & Brian discuss: Planning for chaos. Our guest is Bina Venkataraman, author of the upcoming boo... Read more
27 Aug 2019
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1hr 9mins
Ranked #10
#75: Can Zebrafish Beat Childhood Cancer?
#75: Can Zebrafish Beat Childhood Cancer?
In Episode 75, Quinn & Brian discuss: Beating the crap out of childhood cancer with science and... zebrafish?We’re g... Read more
23 Jul 2019
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1hr 7mins
Ranked #11
#90: What It’s Like to be a COVID-19 Lab Rat
#90: What It’s Like to be a COVID-19 Lab Rat
In Episode 90, Quinn & Brian discuss: What it’s like to be a COVID-19 Lab Rat.Our guest is: Allie Broas, an almost-M... Read more
13 Apr 2020
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1hr 24mins
Ranked #12
#67: Is Climate Change "Flippable"?
#67: Is Climate Change "Flippable"?
In Episode 67, Quinn & Brian ask: Is Climate Change "Flippable"?Our guest is Catherine Vaughan, CEO and Co-Founder o... Read more
21 May 2019
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1hr 16mins
Ranked #13
#69: Rebuilding Los Angeles & L.A.’s Green New Deal
#69: Rebuilding Los Angeles & L.A.’s Green New Deal
In Episode 69, Quinn & Brian discuss: Rebuilding Los Angeles and L.A.’s Green New Deal.Our guest is Jeanalee Obergfe... Read more
4 Jun 2019
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1hr 10mins
Ranked #14
#51: Are We Thinking About CRISPR All Wrong (& What the Hell is CRISPR)?
#51: Are We Thinking About CRISPR All Wrong (& What the Hell is CRISPR)?
In Episode 51, Quinn & Brian ask: Are we thinking about CRISPR all wrong (and what the hell is CRISPR)?Our guest is ... Read more
22 Jan 2019
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1hr 11mins
Ranked #15
BEST OF 2018: New Antibiotics in a Post-Antibiotic Era
BEST OF 2018: New Antibiotics in a Post-Antibiotic Era
Back in Episode 19, Quinn & Brian asked: What’s the future of antibiotics?To find out, we sat down with bowtie enthu... Read more
15 Jan 2019
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1hr 7mins
Ranked #16
#57: Make Food Great (Nutritious) Again
#57: Make Food Great (Nutritious) Again
In Episode 57, Quinn & Brian discuss: Why more food ≠ more nutrition. Our excellent guests are Professors Kristie Eb... Read more
5 Mar 2019
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1hr 19mins
Ranked #17
BEST OF 2018: He’s Given 200+ Climate Speeches to Congress. What’s Next?
BEST OF 2018: He’s Given 200+ Climate Speeches to Congress. What’s Next?
Back in Episode 26, Quinn & Brian asked: what drives a man to give 200 climate speeches to Congress?Our guest was Se... Read more
8 Jan 2019
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53mins
Ranked #18
#50: It’s Getting Hot in Here & America’s Poor are (Not Surprisingly) Dying Fastest
#50: It’s Getting Hot in Here & America’s Poor are (Not Surprisingly) Dying Fastest
In Episode 50, Quinn & Brian discuss: How D.C. and LA are dealing with urban heat issues. Our guests are Yesim Sa... Read more
1 Jan 2019
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1hr 1min
Ranked #19
BEST OF THE BEST: What’s It Feel Like To Be Asked To Save the World?
BEST OF THE BEST: What’s It Feel Like To Be Asked To Save the World?
Today’s episode is a rerun of Episode 56, where Quinn & Brian asked: What’s it feel like to be asked to save the wor... Read more
10 Jul 2019
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1hr 27mins
Ranked #20
#89: Why Does It Require a PhD in Neuroscience Just to Support a Green New Deal?
#89: Why Does It Require a PhD in Neuroscience Just to Support a Green New Deal?
In Episode 89, Quinn & Brian discuss: Taking down the white guy who politically stabbed you (and the planet) in the ... Read more
23 Mar 2020
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1hr 11mins