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Are you ready for the next big test?

Here's What You Can Do:

• Donate to Cooperation Humboldt, a worker-led, non-hierarchical non-profit that delivers programming in seven areas that are key t…

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Because I am a sap, I have been thinking about my kids a lot lately. And kids in general. They’re going to grow up and live in a world that’s very different from ours, and it’s important t…

Over the past few years, more and more voters have cited “action on climate” as a reason for voting the way they do.

But here’s the thing: lots of voters who are registered, and even those who do vote…

Voluntary carbon credits are a lot like used cars: You really have no idea what their quality might be. Or maybe they’re more like expensive bottles of wine. Many people (or at least Shayle) can’t te…

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Telling better stories is a type of Compound Action.

Here's What You Can Do:

• Check out the Good Energy Project's playbook on how to tell better climate stories.
• Donate to Experiment, a platfor…

How can we provide better mental health support for pregnancy, postpartum, and loss around pregnancy?

That's today's big question, and obviously in America in 2023, it's a loaded one, so I'm so thank…

How did we get here?

That's today's big question, and today my guests are Roy Moger-Reischer, and our first three-time guest, Brandon Ogbunu.

Roy Moger-Reischer is a scientist trained in microbiology,…

This week, we’re running an episode of Degrees: Real talk about planet-saving careers, from our friends at the Environmental Defense Fund.

This episode is part of a new miniseries called “The Year of …

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How to be excited about the future, explained.

Plus, the news:

• 🌊 The tipping point for the Atlantic Ocean
• 👶 An RSV shot for babies
• 🥕 Examining the “N” in SNAP
• 🤖 Profiting from AI tools
• And more!

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This week, we want to tell you about Andrea Learned’s podcast: Living Change: A Quest for Climate Leadership. 

In season one, Andrea interviews local leaders living the change they want to see reflect…

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This week: Are car dealers the devil? And why?

Plus, the news:

• 🇨🇳 Can we build a green economy without China?
• 🦆 Bird flu, explained
• 🇷🇺 Russia quits the Black Sea grain deal
• 🤖 A.I. journalists
• An…

Sure, we've got to electrify everything, including 1 billion machines by 2050. But where are we now and how do we get there?

That's today's big question, and my guest is Cora Wyent from Rewiring Amer…

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How can we better protect farmworkers?

Plus, the news:

• A free online summit for eco-anxiety from RITA
• A new era for Alzheimer’s treatments
• Inflated prices of packaged food
• Saving lives with bet…

Why the hell is America's public transportation so terrible?

That's today's big question, and my guest is Nicholas Dagen Bloom.

He's the author of the subtly titled new book, the Great American Trans…

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Why don’t I eat animals?

Plus, the news:

• Carbon capture is (mostly) BS
• Narcan vending machines save lives
• The vertical farming boom doesn’t have enough power
• Hacking EV charging stations
• And mor…

How can we live happier lives?

That's today's big question, and my guest is Dr. Marc Schulz, the co-author with Dr. Robert Waldinger of “The Good Life: Lessons From the World's Longest Scientific Stu…

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Texans have a huge opportunity to get even MORE liberty — from the sun.

Plus: Diabetes is expected to double, the state of carbon removal, A.I. detection tools, future

pandemic prepping, BEE…

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Can Apple help improve mental health?

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⚡️LGBTQ+ youth are 4x more likely to attempt suicide than their peers. Help the The Trevor Project build a safer, more-inclusi…

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Is the future inevitable?

Plus: A lack of OB-GYN’s in a post-Roe world, some new bills for agrivoltaics, the best in climate journalism, the link between COVID and Alzheimer’s, misinformati…

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Got fired? Start over.

Plus: More young people are getting cancer, the rise of solar power, new YouTube misinformation rules, getting paid to bike to work, and more

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