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One Question to Rule Them All

One Question to Rule Them All

Once you ask it, you can never go back

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Why We Made An App

Why We Made An App

It's not why you think, or what I thought, either

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How To Give

How To Give

A core thesis of Compound Action

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Gradually, and then suddenly

Gradually, and then suddenly

For the rest of our lives

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Welcome to the Unknown Unknowns

Welcome to the Unknown Unknowns

Where do we go from here?

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Did You Hear The One About The Starfish?

Did You Hear The One About The Starfish?

Why I missed dinner last night

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Presenting: Not Right Now

A podcast about parenting through (waves hands) all this

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WCID Wednesday: It's on The YouTube!

WCID Wednesday: It's on The YouTube!

Plus: Tampons, sick deals on used cardigans, egg prices go up and up

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WCID Wednesday: Reproductive rights and clean banking

WCID Wednesday: Reproductive rights and clean banking

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Act Locally

Act Locally

Plus: microplastics in your brain, public data sieges, and fertilizer risks

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Defend Our Friends - world release

Defend Our Friends - world release

Know the rules. Share them. Shout them.

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🌎 Have mercy.

🌎 Have mercy.

And be merciless.

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WCID Wednesday: Stop RFK Jr, build local housing, air quality monitors

WCID Wednesday: Stop RFK Jr, build local housing, air quality monitors

Plus: Move your money away from your asshole bank, thx

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Bankrolling Big Oil

Bankrolling Big Oil

Plus: government data, anti-microbial resistance, and wind power

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🌎 How to see the big picture.

🌎 How to see the big picture.

When they don't want you to

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WCID Wednesday: Take back your school board

WCID Wednesday: Take back your school board

Plus: local housing, independent journalism, and clean air

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From Executive Order to Farm to Plate

From Executive Order to Farm to Plate

Plus: Climate Corps, malaria vaccines, and H5N1 updates

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