Solvable
Solvable showcases the world’s most innovative thinkers and their proposed solutions to the world’s most daunting problems. The interviews, hosted by Ronald Young Jr., will launch a dialogue that both acknowledges the complexity of the issues while inspiring hope that the problems are, in fact, solvable. iHeartMedia is the exclusive podcast partner of Pushkin Industries.
Episodes
Decoding Psychedelics with Dr. Grace Blest-Hopley from Decoding Women's Health
What if psychedelics could transform the way we treat trauma, chronic pain, and insomnia? This week, neuroscientist and psychedelic researcher Grace Blest-Hopley joins the show to break down the research on psychedelics and female biology. She discusses how psychedelics work in the brain, and the ways that psychedelic-assisted therapies might be beneficial for women in midlife. Links to resources
From Smart Talks with IBM: How AI Assistants Can Transform Education
Malcolm Gladwell visits Kennesaw State University to learn about Jiwoo, an AI Assistant that helps future teachers practice responsive teaching by simulating classroom interactions with students. Discover AI’s impact on teaching methods to prepare teachers for the classroom.This is a paid advertisement from IBM. The conversations on this podcast don't necessarily represent IBM's positions, s
Introducing Weight For It from Ronald Young Jr.
Former Solvable host Ronald Young Jr has a new podcast! “Weight For It unpacks the nuanced thoughts of fat folks, and of all folks who think about their weight all the time. Through narrative storytelling and some memoir, host Ronald Young Jr. hopes to have the conversations that we tend to avoid when it comes to our bodies.” Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts: https://apple.co/45kiRLGSee o
Paul Rosolie, Protecting the Amazon Rainforest
Paul Rosolie is an Amazon Rainforest conservationist, author, and filmmaker. He is the co-founder of Tamandua Expeditions and Junglekeepers.Here are links to those organizations he mentions in this episode:Www.Junglekeepers.org Www.Tamanduajungle.com Www.PaulRosolie.comSave the Sunlight, Brooklyn Botanical GardensSolvable is produced by Jocelyn Frank, research by David Zha, booking by Lisa Dunn, e
Sterlin Harjo, Reservation Dogs
Sterlin Harjo strives to tell the stories of Native and Indigenous people by positioning beauty and triumphs alongside honest frailty and shortcomings. Harjo is an award-winning film maker and he’s the creator and show runner of the TV show Reservations Dogs. Here are some links to organizations and works he recommends in this episode:https://illuminatives.org/Reservation DogsFour Sheets to the Wi
Misogyny in Game Design is Solvable
Laila Shabir is the co-founder and CEO of Girls Make Games. Here are some links to learn more about her game design studio, summer camp and quest to welcome more girls and women into the world of game design.Girls Make Gameshttps://www.girlsmakegames.com/What They Don’t Sea (2019) - Explore the underwater seas to collect special algae for an alternative energy projectShredded Secrets (2022) - A ga
Reality TV is Solvable
Lizzy Pace and Chad Kultgen are the hosts of the podcast, Game of Roses and they have ideas about how to solve The Bachelor and reality TV more generally.Solvable is produced by Jocelyn Frank, research by David Zha, booking by Lisa Dunn, editing help from Keishel Williams. The managing producer is Sachar Mathias and the executive producer is Mia Lobel. Here are additional resources suggested by Li
Solutions for 2022
The staff of Solvable discuss the problems, big and small, that they'd like to see solved in 2022 and beyond.Special thanks to Maggie Taylor and Pushkin podcast hosts Sam Fragoso (Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso), Tim Harford (Cautionary Tales), Michael Lewis (Against the Rules), Laurie Santos (The Happiness Lab) and Justin Richmond (Broken Record).Solvable is produced by Jocelyn Frank, research by Dav
Mike Gauyo: Insecure
Mike Gauyo is a TV writer in LA. Credits include Insecure (HBO) and Ginny & Georgia (Netflix) among other projects. He’s the founder of The Black Boy Writes Black Girl Writes Mentorship Initiative which is paving pathways for emerging Black writers in Hollywood. Here are some resources Gauyo recommends in this episode:Black Boy Writes Black Girl WritesInsecureFruit PodcastThe Writer's Room Pod
Kidney Failure is Solvable
Dr. Carmen Peralta is the Chief Medical Officer at Cricket Health. She co-founded the Kidney Health Research Collaborative at University of California San Francisco and the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center. She works to provide support to patients, doctors and all the steps in between to improve kidney health outcomes. Dr. Peralta recommends these sites to learn more:CDC Chronic Kidne
adrienne maree brown: Cancel Culture is Solvable
adrienne maree brown is the author of We Will Not Cancel Us and Other Dreams of Transformative Justice, Holding Change: The Way of Emergent Strategy Facilitation and Mediation, Pleasure Activism and also several works of fiction. She is the co-host of the podcasts How to Survive the End of the World, Octavia’s Parables and Emergent Strategy.Below are links to topics, resources and mentors mentione
Mary Aiken: Cybercrime is Solvable
Mary Aiken is a Cyberpsychologist and Chair of the Department of Cyberpsychology Capitol Technology University in Laurel Maryland. She is a member of the Interpol Global Cybercrime Expert Group.Want to learn more? Here are links to additional resources Dr. Aiken recommends:The Cyber Blue Line (Aiken & Amann ) https://www.europol.europa.eu/europol-spotlight/europol-spotlight-cyber-blue-line The
Jade Begay: Indigenous People Were The First Climate Scientists
Jade Begay is the NDN collective’s Climate Justice Campaign Director. She is Diné and Tesuque Pueblo, has a Master of Arts degree in Environmental Leadership and is part of President Biden’s White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council. Here are some resources that Jade Begay mentions in this episode:NDN Collectivehttps://ndncollective.org/Chasing Ice, Documentaryhttps://chasingice.com/Sal Y
The Ozone Hole Was Solvable, And So Is Climate Change
Dr. Susan Solomon’s research in the 1980’s confirmed that the presence of chlorofluorocarbons was largely responsible for the hole in the ozone and that led consumers, chemical companies and manufacturers to a path for fixing it. For her work, Solomon was awarded the National Medal of Science, the prestigious Blue Planet Prize, shared a Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 with Al Gore and was inducted into
Malcolm Gladwell on Near Misses
Ronald Young Jr. talks with Malcolm Gladwell (author of David and Goliath and the co-founder of Pushkin Industries) about what we can learn about surviving our current challenges by studying human behavior during past eras of stress and national threat.Solvable is produced by Jocelyn Frank, research by David Zha, booking by Lisa Dunn. Our managing producer is Sachar Mathias is the managing produce
Native Erasure and Invisibility is Solvable
Dr. Adrienne Keene is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. She’s an Assistant Professor of American Studies and Ethnic Studies at Brown University, co-hosts a podcast called “All My Relations” and she’s the author of the new book: Notable Native People.Here are links to some resources that Dr. Keene mentions in this episode:Notable Native People: 50 Indigenous Leaders, Dreamers, and Changemakers from
Government Policy is Solvable (with behavioral science)
Dr. Maya Shankar is the founder of the White House's Behavioral Science Team. She served as a senior advisor during the Obama administration and in 2016, Shankar was the first behavioral science advisor to the United Nations.She is the host of the podcast, A Slight Change of Plans.Here are some resources that Dr. Shankar mentions in this episode: Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, an
Psychedelics May Help Solve Addiction
Matthew Johnson is a Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins University where research is underway to explore the therapeutic potential of psychedelic drugs to break through the crushing impact of addiction and other mental health disorders.Here are some of the resources Johnson mentions in this episode:Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Re
Climate Change Despondency is Solvable
Host Ronald Young Jr. sits down with Malcolm Gladwell to talk about climate change: the power of individual choices, cultural shifts and what to expect from the business sector too. Meaningful climate action requires thoughtful engagement from across all sectors, regions, nations -- from all of us. Check out these recent Solvable episodes for additional solutions and for ways that you can get invo
Consumerism and Celebrity Culture in Faith Organizations are Solvable Problems
Ben Kirby is the founder of PreachersNSneakers, an Instagram account and book, that both ask, “how much is too much” to spend when it comes to presenting a compelling image of the church and it’s leaders? Kirby's got some answers and some solutions.Solvable is produced by David Zha, Jocelyn Frank, Sachar Mathias and Mia Lobel. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.c
The Lack of Creatives of Color in Positions of Power in Hollywood is Solvable
Mike Gauyo is a TV writer in LA including work on Insecure (HBO) and Ginny & Georgia (Netflix). He’s the founder of The Black Boy Writes Black Girl Writes Mentorship Initiative that is paving pathways for emerging Black writers in Hollywood. Here are some resources Gauyo recommends in this episode:Black Boy Writes Black Girl WritesInsecureFruit PodcastThe Writer's Room PodcastThe Screenwriters
Making Museums Relevant and Reflective is Solvable
Stephanie Cunningham is the director of Museum Hue which supports people of color within the museum field and works to situate and promote culturally informed museum exhibitions and experiences across the nation. Here are some of the resources she mentions in this episode:Museum HueMounting Frustration: Art Museums in the Age of Black Power by Susan E. CahanEyeMinded: Living and Writing Contempora
The Scantiness of Mental Health Resources For Black People is Solvable
Dr. Joy Harden Bradford is a licensed psychologist, author, podcast host and the founder of Therapy For Black Girls – an online resource, and podcast, that supports the mental well-being of Black women and girls.If you or someone you know is in crisis, please call the National Helpline: 1-800-662-HELP (4357)https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helplineHere are some of the resources that Dr. H
The Demands of Fighting Racism are Solvable
Dr. Ibram X. Kendi is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Boston University and the founding director of the BU Center for Antiracist Research. He is a contributing writer at The Atlantic and a CBS News correspondent. He is the author Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, which won the National Book Award for Nonfiction, and he’s written fou
Disordered Eating and Disconnection From Your Body are Solvable Problems
Bri Campos is a licensed mental health counselor and body image coach. She works with clients to improve their relationships with food and with their bodies and to approach health in a holistic way.Here are links to resources recommended in this episode:Body Image with Bri Food Addiction is Solvable with Michael Moss Hating Your Body is Solvable with Gabi FreshHealth at Every Size: The Surprising
Hating Your Body Is Solvable
Gabi Fresh is a body positive digital content creator. She was formerly an MTV Twitter Jockey and InStyle's first plus-size editor.Gabi Fresh on Instagram Solvable is produced by Jocelyn Frank, research by David Zha, booking by Lisa Dunn. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Food Addiction is Solvable
Michael Moss is a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter and author of the books Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us and Hooked: Food, Free Will, and How the Food Giants Exploit Our Addictions. He explains that food addiction is not our fault but we can break out of it. Here are some links to additional reading Moss recommends:The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease by Danie
Mapping Catholic Lands Can Help Solve Biodiversity Loss and Climate Change
Molly Burhans is the founder and executive director of GoodLands an organization that works to map the land holdings of the Catholic Church to encourage socially and ecologically sound decisions to help the future health of the earth and its people.GoodLandsBiodiversity Observation Tracking on Lands Owned by the Catholic Church (and other Catholic Organizations) using iNaturalist, Saint Kateri Con
Malcolm Gladwell is All Riled Up
We’re excited to share with you the new season of Revisionist History, Malcolm Gladwell’s podcast that re-examines something from the past and asks whether we got it right the first time. We’ve got to warn you, the new season is completely unbound. Malcolm Gladwell is finally out of the house, and taking you into the streets, and even under the sea. All in the name of continuing his journey throug
Making Transportation Systems Eco-friendly is a Solvable Problem
Laura Schewel is the CEO of StreetLight Data which provides data to help mold and monitor transportation systems to be more environmentally friendly. Check out the links below to some of the resources that Schewel mentions in this episode.Uncommon Carriers by John McPheeThe Power Broker by Robert Caro Dream Cities by Wade Graham Track your own transportation data: The Miles AppDriversnote Mileage
Reopening New York Safely and Securely is Solvable
Jason DiGianni is the project lead for the Excelsior Pass. He thinks the free digital tool (which confirms negative COVID-19 tests and positive vaccine statuses) can help New York reopen safely and swiftly. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Under-Representation in Robotics and AI is Solvable
Dr. Ayanna Howard is the dean of the College of Engineering of the Ohio State University as well as the founder and president of the board of directors of Zyrobotics, a company that develops mobile therapy and educational products for children with special needs. She believes that robots and artificial intelligence can make us better humans.Here is a list of some of the resources that Dr. Howard m
Presenting: Be Antiracist with Ibram X. Kendi
Host Ronald Young Jr. offers this sneak peak into Pushkin's newest show, Be Antiracist with Ibram X. Kendi. You can subscribe wherever you get your podcasts! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Social Isolation is a Solvable Problem for People With Disabilities
If the world has learned one thing in lockdown, it’s that staying isolated and confined to one place is hard. But for some people living with disabilities, a sense of social isolation predates the pandemic. Steven Spohn is a writer, philosopher, Twitch streamer, and the Chief Operations Officer of AbleGamers. His non-profit organization advocates for people with physical and mental disabilities in
Cultural Asymmetry in Music Technology is Solvable
A lot of popular music is dominated by the western musical constructions of scale and time but when it comes to creative work -- why be so limited? Khyam Allami is an Iraqi-British multi-instrumentalist musician, composer, researcher and founder of Nawa Recordings. In partnership with Counterpoint, (the creative studio of Tero Parviainen and Samuel Diggins), he launched new, free, transcultural mu
Addiction to Fossil Fuels is Solvable
Host Ronald Young Jr. speaks with Bill McKibben about how to break our destructive climate habits and about why we need a course correction urgently. Bill McKibben is an author, educator, environmentalist and the founder of 350.org.Check out the links below for his suggestions about how to quickly and efficiently build a movement to slow down climate change before its too late.350.orgSunrise Movem
Introducing Ronald Young Jr. Solvable’s Newest Host
Ronald Young Jr is the newest host of Solvable. Jacob Weisberg and Ronald Young Jr. talk about some of their hosting inspirations from Larry King, Studs Terkel, Terry Gross and Dick Cavett. Ronald Young Jr.Seizing Freedom, Northern Virginia MagazineTime Well Spent PodcastLeaving the Theater PodcastDick Cavett with actor and comedian Don RicklesStuds Terkel Radio Archive, WFMTFresh Air with Terry G
Being Victimized by Scams is Solvable
Maria Konnikova is the New York Times-bestselling author of The Biggest Bluff, The Confidence Game, and Mastermind: How To Think Like Sherlock Holmes.To learn more about scams and how to protect yourself check out the links below.Ricky Jay Remembered, NPR 2018The Biggest Bluff by Maria KonnikovaThe Confidence Game by Maria KonnikovaThe Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man by David MaurerMaster
Setbacks: Global Hunger is Solvable
Abby Maxman is President and CEO of Oxfam America and says “there's no reason in the 21st century that people should be going hungry.”Want to learn more about how you can reduce hunger locally and globally? Check out the links below to learn more about the suggestions that Maxman makes in this episode:Find Your Local Food Pantry, Feeding America Local Food Directories, USDAThe Last Hunger Season b
Presenting: An Excerpt from The Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell
The Bomber Mafia is the new audiobook by Revisionist History host (and Pushkin co-founder) Malcolm Gladwell. It examines the rise of air power, which created one of the greatest moral challenges of the Second World War. In The Bomber Mafia, you’ll hear the voices of the generals, aircraft soaring, and bombs crashing. It is history brought to life through the power of audio. Buy the audiobook at bo
Setbacks: Girls' Exclusion from Education is Solvable
Angeline Murimirwa is executive director of the Campaign for Female Education (CAMFED). By engaging local communities in their nomination process, young people and their families receive support that makes education more attainable and the benefits of that education more widely enjoyed.Want to learn more about the UN Sustainable Development goal to provide basic education to all young people? Chec
Setbacks: Global Health Inequity is Solvable
As part of our Setbacks series examining the impact of COVID-19 on global development, Paul Farmer explains why he is still optimistic after working for 40 years to end global health inequities. Paul Farmer is a professor at Harvard Medical School, Chief of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and Co-Founder of Partners In Health. He believes that solutions flow from add
Surgical Site Infections in Developing Countries Can be Solved
Dasia Taylor is a senior at Iowa City West High School. She’s working to develop and produce medical sutures, dyed with beets, that can detect infections and alert patients to signs of risk.According to the WHO patients with surgical site infections are twice as likely to spend time in an intensive care unit, five times more likely to be readmitted after discharge. And twice as likely to die.Out o
Psychological Manipulation is a Solvable Problem
Cults and other manipulative groups are an issue of public health and Diane Benscoter has strategies that may help.Diane Benscoter is the founder of Antidote and the author of Shoes of a Servant: My Unconditional Devotion to a Lie.Here are some links to additional information about cults and psychological manipulation and how to find support:Support for Individuals, from Antidote Support for Famil
Making Medical Deliveries by Drone is Solvable
Keller Rinaudo is the CEO and Founder of Zipline International. Their “sky ambulance” service is delivering medical supplies to hard to reach places via drone delivery.Here are some links to information and resources that Rinaudo mentioned in this episode.Zipline InternationalFactfulness by Hans and Ola Rosling Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker Children: Improving Survival and Wellbeing, UN World
Racialized Trauma is Solvable
Resmaa Menakem is an author and psychotherapist working in Minneapolis Minnesota. As a specialist focused on racial trauma, Menakem works to help people metabolize intergenerational pain and pay attention to the cues their bodies are communicating rather than burying them.Here are links that Menakem recommends to learn more about trauma and systemic racism, and links to some tools that can help to
Extreme Poverty in New York City is Solvable
Andrew Yang is running for Mayor of New York City and he thinks that extreme poverty is a solvable problem. Here are some links to learn more about universal basic income and guaranteed minimum income. “2021 Will Be the Year of Guaranteed Income Experiments,” Bloomberg News, Jan 4, 2021“Andrew Yang's 'People's Bank' to Help Distribute Basic Income to 55K New Yorkers,”Newsweek, Feb 17, 2021“Univers
The Lack of Basic Sanitation in the United States is Solvable
Catherine Coleman Flowers is the Founder and Director of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice. She was awarded a MacArthur Genius Grant in 2020 for her work researching and documenting America’s waste water failures. Learn more:Have you faced local sanitation issues in the US? We want to hear from you, The Guardian, 2021Waste: One Woman's Fight Against America's Dirty Secret B
The Problems of Regulating Algorithms are Solvable
Nathan Matias is a professor at Cornell University and leads the Citizens and Technology Lab. He believes that the strong tradition of scrappy, responsive, citizen science (which has led to positive changes in food safety and quality assurance regulations) can also bring positive changes to how algorithms impact our lives. The Citizens and Technology Lab, Cornell UniversityMozilla Foundation- volu
Designing Digital Spaces That Bring Us Together Is Solvable
Eli Pariser is a social activist and technology entrepreneur. He sits on the U.S. Programs Board of the Open Society Foundation and the Information and Democracy Commission. He is currently co-director of the Civic Signals project with Talia Stroud, at the National Conference on Citizenship.To learn more about urban planing and digital design check out these links below:New Public by Civic Signals
Political Polarization is Solvable
Anne Applebaum is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, contributing writer at The Atlantic and a co-host of Solvable and she believes that political polarization is solvable.Learn more about the topics that Anne discussed with Jacob:Coexistence is the Only Option, The Atlantic, Jan 20, 2021Quebec’s landmark 1995 independence referendum, The McGill Tribune, Nov 3, 2020The Northern Ireland Peace Proc
Civil War is Solvable (Again)
Juan Manuel Santos is credited with ending the long and violent civil war in Colombia. He believes that every conflict can have a solution. This episode originally published in 2019.Want to know more about making and maintaining peace in Colombia? Check out these links.Juan Manuel Santos, Nobel Prize, 2016Colombia peace built by British veterans of IRA accord, The Sunday Times, 2016Colombia Signs
Rural Vaccine Distribution is Solvable
Dr. Anne Zink is the Chief Medical Officer for the state of Alaska and has helped to coordinate one of the nation's most successful vaccine distribution efforts to date.Dr. Zink believes that part of their success comes from the many people joining in to the enormous effort, in creative and meaningful ways.Want to learn more about how to volunteer to help with vaccine distribution? Contact your lo
Bad Habits are Solvable
Dr. Wendy Wood is Provost Professor of Psychology and Business at the University of Southern California.Here are some links to the studies referenced in this episode and a few stories:Reducing Elevator Energy Use: A comparison of posted feedback and reduced elevator convenience, Journal of Applied Behavior AnalysisHow to Keep our Buildings from Making us Fat, Fast CompanyFinding a Closer Gym May B
Vaccine Hesitancy is Solvable
Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice is the President and Dean of the Morehouse School of Medicine. Even though systemic racism and a history of medical abuses against people of color are indisputable, she believes that the lack of trust in the COVID-19 vaccine can, should, and will be reversed.Dr. Montgomery Rice suggested these links, from trusted sources, for more information about the COVID-19 vaccines
Destructive Agriculture is Solvable
Rachel Stroer is the acting president of the Land Institute. She believes that many of the ecological and economic problems stemming from our current dependence on monoculture farming can be solved through investing in regenerative agriculture.Here are some ways to learn more!The Land InstituteProject DrawdownRegenerative Annual Cropping, Project DrawdownThe Carbon Farming Solution by Eric Toensme
Identifying Cost Effective Charities is Solvable
With so many worthy causes out there, GiveWell helps donors evaluate charities based on their ability to save and improve the greatest number of lives per dollar donated.Buddy Shah is the managing director of GiveWell.Here are some resources for learning more about informed giving.GiveWellThe Life You Can Save, by Peter SingerDoing Good Better, by William MacAskillStrangers Drowning, by Larissa Ma
The Tech Gender Gap is Solvable (again)
Award-winning technologist Lady Mariéme Jamme is the founder of iamtheCODE. Her organization seeks to educate women and girls about coding and to empower young women with digital skills that allow them to shape their own futures.I Am The CodeThe Gender Gap in Internet Access: Using a Women-Centred Method, 2020Open letter to Bono and Bob Geldof, 2010Marieme JammeWomen Who CodeGirls Who CodeScratch,
Solvable: The Depression and Anxiety We Can All Expect During This Pandemic
Astronaut Scott Kelly is no stranger to the impacts of social isolation after spending 520 days in space. He talks with Jacob Weisberg about how to confront the depression and anxiety that we can all expect during this pandemic.Here are some additional resources that Scott Kelly recommends:https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/https://connect2affect.org/Endurance by Alfred LansingEndurance: A Year
Remote Music Collaboration Online (in real time) is Solvable
Mike Dickey is co-founder and chairman of the JackTrip Foundation and the creator of Virtual Studio.The awkward and disjointed experience of making music over the internet is a solvable problem. Virtual Studio is a device that works with the open source software application JackTrip to enable musicians of all ages to collaborate across locations online.Virtual StudioJackTrip Open Source Software A
Culturally Competent and Financially Sustainable Healthcare
Dr. Lutfi Lokman co-founded Hospitals Beyond Boundaries to provide culturally competent and financially sustainable healthcare. His clinic follows a model pioneered by Muhammad Yunus (founder of the Grameen Bank) which leans on cross-subsidization to address the healthcare needs of economically diverse communities.Here are a few additional resources related to this episode:Hospitals Beyond Boundar
Political Demonization is Solvable (again)
Flavia Kleiner is the co-founder of Operation Libero. The organization works to combat populism in Switzerland. Operation Libero has launched and won a variety of proactive campaigns to promote a more diverse and inclusive Switzerland. (This conversation was originally published in 2019)Here are a few additional resources related to this episode:Change the narrative: how a Swiss group is beating r
Disinformation is Solvable
Emily Bazelon is a staff writer for the New York Times Magazine and the Truman Capote Fellow for Creative Writing and Law at Yale Law School. She believes that disinformation is solvable. Want to learn more about this and get more involved? Here are some ways to do so:“The Problem of Free Speech in an Age of Disinformation,” Emily Bazelon for the New York Times Magazine, Oct 15, 2020The Cyber Poli
Solvable: Stereotypical Refugee Narratives
Ahmed Badr is an Iraqi-American writer, social entrepreneur, former refugee and the founder of Narratio. Narratio is a creative platform and set of initiatives that carve out spaces for displaced young people to transcend the tragedies that may have initially caused their displacement.Here are a few additional resources related to this episode:Narratio.orgWhile the Earth Sleeps We Travel: Stories,
The Slow Regrowth of Vulnerable Coral Reefs is Solvable
Saving coral reefs will take a lot of teamwork and collaboration across scientists, industries and individuals. One important tool is micro-fragmentation and re-skinning. Sarah Hamlyn is a scientist at the Mote Marine Labs’ Elizabeth Moore International Center for Coral Reefs Research and Restoration. She helps maintain 21 species of stony and branching coral and works to regrow damaged coral reef
Wildfire Ignition is Solvable
Eric Appel is a Professor of Materials Science & Engineering at Stanford University. His lab has designed an improved delivery system for fire retardant to keep fires from starting across hotspots and known ignition areas.Here are a few additional resources related to this episode:Wildfire prevention through prophylactic treatment of high-risk landscapes using viscoelastic retardant fluids, PN
COVID-19 Transmission is Solvable
Michael Mina is an epidemiologist and immunologist at the Harvard School of Public Health and a physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Here are a few of the resources related to this episode:Additional articles on rapid testsTrump to Announce $750 million deal with Abbott, CNBC August 27, 2020@michaelmina_labSample letter about rapid tests to send to your representativeswww.RapidTests.orgSolva
Cancel Culture is Solvable
John McWhorter is a linguistics professor at Columbia University, contributing writer at The Atlantic and hosts the podcast Lexicon Valley. He believes that “cancel culture” is solvable.Here are a few of the resources related to this episode:After Ann Coulter Backs Out Of Visit, UC Berkeley Braces For Free Speech RalliesThe Fine Line Between A Bad Date And Sexual Assault: 2 Views On Aziz AnsariA L
The Decline of Local News is Solvable
Margaret Sullivan is the media columnist for The Washington Post and formerly the public editor with the New York Times. Her new book is called Ghosting the News: Local Journalism and the Crisis of American Democracy. She believes that the decline of local news is solvable.Here are a few resources related to this episode:Ghosting the News: Local Journalism and the Crisis of American Democracy by M
Election Security is (mostly) Solvable
Bruce Schneier is an internationally renowned security technologist. He teaches cyber security at the Harvard Kennedy School. Schneier believes that election security risks are solvable.Here are a few resources related to this episode:VerifiedVoting.OrgThe Brennan Center for JusticeNational Electorial Defense CoalitionNational Mail Voter Registration Form (multilingual)Voter Registration and Elect
Voter Suppression is Solvable
Kirsten Clarke is the president and executive director of the National Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. The committee was established in 1963 at the request of President John F. Kennedy to address the inequities confronting African Americans and other minorities. Clarke believes that reversing, or preventing, the disenfranchisement of millions of American voters is central to her wor
A Low-Turnout Election is Solvable (Even During COVID-19)
Michael Waldman is the president of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law. The non-partisan center works to strengthen America's democracy. Waldman is the author of The Fight to Vote. He believes that the United States can have an election that is safe, participatory and with a robust turnout in 2020.Here are a few of the resources related to this episode:Voting by Mail / Voting Abse
Lack of Accountability for Police Violence is Solvable
Chiraag Bains is the Director of Legal Strategies at Demos, a think tank focused on strengthening democracy and fighting for racial justice. He previously served as Senior Counsel to the head of the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. He co-wrote the Ferguson Report. The Department of Justice sued Ferguson, Missouri, over unconstitutional policing and court practices. He belie
Mass Incarceration is Solvable
Insha Rahman is the director of strategy and new initiatives at the Vera Institute of Justice. She believes that mass incarceration is solvable. At Vera, Rahman’s work is focused on prosecutorial reform, bail, and decarceration, with an emphasis on developing advocacy-related strategies and accountability. Prior to Vera, Rahman worked as a public defender at The Bronx Defenders. She currently serv
Unjust Systems of Power are Solvable
Host Anne Applebaum speaks with Srdja Popovic about how strategic nonviolent action can bring about lasting and meaningful social change.Srdja Popovic is the executive director of the Centre for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies (CANVAS). He's a social change educator who draws on his experience as a leader of the student movement Otpor! Optor! is credited with helping to oust Serbian presi
The Mental Health Crisis is Solvable
Jacob Weisberg talks to Dixon Chibanda about giving access to mental health care in non-Western nations. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Maternal Mortality is Solvable
Anne Applebaum talks to Dr. Naveen Rao about fostering safe pregnancies and healthy deliveries worldwide. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Widespread Poverty is Solvable
Jacob Weisberg talks to Michael Faye about cutting out the middle man in charitable donations via GiveDirectly. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Extreme Inequality is Solvable
Jacob Weisberg talks with Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz about closing the wealth gap in the United States. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Youth Unemployment is Solvable
Anne Applebaum talks with Nicola Galombik about increasing access to future work for young people in South Africa. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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