Solutions From The Multiverse

Send us Fan Mail Are you ready to have your perspective on American higher education thoroughly challenged? Brace yourselves as we bring to the table, "The Caging of the American Mind", a book that shines a torch on the issues plaguing American higher education today. Far from blaming political correctness or multiculturalism, we delve deep into the problems of sky-high costs and predato...

Send us Fan Mail A few clarifications : 1) our current calendar is the Gregorian calendar. The Julian was similar but came before that. 2) the solar year is roughly 365 days long and the lunar year is roughly 354 days so the month of Yule is always  11 days long.  3) Braus weighs 13.5 stone.  Ready to shake up your golf game and shake off an outdated calendar system? We're plunging headfirst...

Send us Fan Mail What if the future of podcasting isn't live and synchronized, but rather recorded at your convenience? We’re pioneering into the uncharted territory of asynchronous podcasting and believe us, it’s been quite a ride! We'll share the highs and lows, the convenience versus the occasional disconnect, and the interesting parallels with other forms of asynchronous communicatio...

Send us Fan Mail Are you ready to challenge conventional wisdom? This episode is a journey into unexpected climate change solutions. We're shaking things up by talking about deconstructing highways and replacing them with multi-use neighborhoods. Imagine a world where highways, traditionally seen as symbols of progress, are torn down to make way for sustainable, human-scale neighborhoods that...

Send us Fan Mail What if there was a way to truly express your opinions on movies, restaurants, and more, using a simple scoring system? Welcome to our new recording space in Oakland where we're about to explore how the Net Promoter Score (NPS), a tool known to the marketing and product design world, can revolutionize the way we evaluate our entertainment and dining experiences. From dissecti...

Send us Fan Mail Imagine a world where artificial intelligence reigns supreme, making pivotal decisions that directly impact humanity. Sounds like a dystopian movie plot, right? Not in this thought-provoking episode with AI ethics expert Ben Byford. Ben unravels the complex web of AI ethics, shedding light on the importance of ethical considerations in AI deployment and consumption. How do we inst...

Send us Fan Mail Strap in as we navigate the complex landscape of emotions. Feelings – good, bad, and ugly, they're all essential. We're shining a light on the importance of understanding and expressing emotions, and the contrasting ways different cultures and genders approach this. Let's not forget the intriguing twins paradox – two doctors in one family. And, the cherry on top - t...

Send us Fan Mail Are you ready to fasten your seatbelts and embark on a journey where we tackle the real essence of safety, its influence on progress, and the way it shapes the notion of justice? Get set to traverse the intriguing world of football, examine the role of safety in the professional success of Deion Sanders, and chuckle over the quirky title of the Tight End position. We also meander...

Send us Fan Mail Prepare to be enthralled by our fascinating guest Eric Finkelstein, a food enthusiast whose passion has led him on an extraordinary journey involving Michelin-star restaurants and the Guinness World Records. Eric, who is known for his unique practice of photographing his restaurant meals and sharing them on Google Maps, spills the beans on his record-breaking feat of visiting the...

Send us Fan Mail Imagine a world where mothers and those without children earn the same, where parental leave is a basic human right and not a luxury. Is it a utopia or a feasible reality? In this episode, we tackle the contentious topic of the wage gap between mothers and other workers, arguing for the adoption of universal maternity and paternity paid leave. We discuss the potential of such poli...

Send us Fan Mail Ready to take a leap from the conventional board gaming realm? We promise to rattle your neurons with an innovative twist to your favourite game, Pandemic, called Oligarchy. Brace yourselves as we navigate through the mechanism of this rousing version that not only promises fun but also poses intriguing questions about societal dynamics. We also have some exciting news from a frie...

Send us Fan Mail We're using our YouTube for something new! Today we bring you this new episode of Scot's Great Idea Show, where Scot grabs the driver's wheel from Adam for an episode and guides the topic. Today's topic is all about bugs, and how eating insects and other tiny creatures can help solve problems big and small. With a strong nutritional profile and a low carbon foo...

Send us Fan Mail The second half of our outside experiment.  This was the episode we recorded right after the park canvasing we did in Episode 60. Imagine a world where the economically disadvantaged are the first to be supported in times of crisis, not the last. Where instead of bailing out the wealthy, bailouts work from the bottom up. This is the concept we're examining in our latest episo...

Send us Fan Mail A peek behind the curtain as we bring you a different type of episode, recording us as we went to meet people in person out in the park last Saturday.  We walked and met people, then set up a table and recorded outside in the park. The episode we recorded there is also being released today as SFM episode 61. How often do you find yourself in a park, lost in the beauty of nature, a...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome, listeners, to an episode that bursts with wild ideas, insightful discussions, and creative thinking. Today, we're exploring the unexpected, from the adrenaline-fueled thrill of rage rooms to honking horns in Delhi, and their innovative solution. We dive headfirst into a birthday party in a rage room, equipped with sledgehammers, crowbars, and artifacts ready for dest...

Send us Fan Mail Imagine a world without sushi or vanilla ice cream. Harrowing, isn't it? This week, we're exploring the ramifications of climate change on our favorite foods, and the conversation gets as juicy as a prime cut of Brazilian steakhouse beef. From the idea of climate calming to the concept of a Rube Goldberg machine, we're serving up a discussion as diverse as an intern...

Send us Fan Mail Ready to get your mind buzzing with the electrifying possibilities of fusion energy? This episode is exactly what you need. We pull back the curtain on this enigmatic power source, exploring why it’s been elusive for decades and how AI might pave the way for its development. You'll learn about the parallels between the urgency of the Manhattan Project and today's quest f...

Send us Fan Mail Feeling overwhelmed by the world's biggest issues and struggling to see how your individual actions can make a meaningful difference? Let's shake up your perspective. In our latest episode, we dip our toes into the turbulent yet intriguing waters of general strikes, drawing parallels with historical game-changers like the invention of chain mail and the anatomists defyin...

Send us Fan Mail There is a build-up of small solutions, each one too short for its own episode. So here they are rapid-fire style. The last one is a doozy! What's your favorite?  Support the show Help these new solutions spread by ... Subscribing wherever you listen to podcasts Leaving a 5-star review   Sharing your favorite solution with your friends and network (this makes a BIG difference...

Send us Fan Mail It is SFM's 1 year anniversary! 🎉🎊🍾🥳 In this episode, Scot and Braus celebrate and reminisce on the past year of presenting new and unheard-of solutions to all of you. Thanks for your support. Enjoy! Support the show Help these new solutions spread by ... Subscribing wherever you listen to podcasts Leaving a 5-star review   Sharing your favorite solution with your friends...

Send us Fan Mail You probably know that buying local is good to do, but what if there were a full theory of economic development based on the idea? There is a near-universal consensus that countries should do the opposite of buying local—the theory of "export-oriented development" says countries should maximize their exports and then import everything they need from elsewhere. But this c...

Send us Fan Mail Enjoy this sprawling episode in which Braus and Scot discuss a bunch of different solutions, the biggest one being how cremation, like everything else, has to ditch natural gas in favor of a low-carbon alternative. 🌎  In the second half, our hosts debate cremation vs. burial and celebrity vs. being historical.  Enjoy! Support the show Help these new solutions spread by ... Subscr...

Send us Fan Mail Slavery... sucks. And it wasn't "abolished" with the civil war. " 49.6 million people live in modern slavery – in forced labour and forced marriage." (Antislavery.org) One form of modern human bondage is human trafficking in the sex trade. In this episode, Braus and Scot bring their solutions and humor (respectively) into this serious topic. Braus proposes...

Send us Fan Mail **Click and Clack here on Car Talk ** We've been pretty car-phobic on SFM so far, so in this sprawling and goofy episode, Scot and Braus reverse that trend and consider some car solutions that you will likely not expect. No flying cars here! Most of the episode focuses on the right to die with dignity and how cars, oddly, could be part of the solution to that massive and grow...

Send us Fan Mail Happy 4th of July! 🦅💥🇺🇸 Come to think of it, do you really live in a democracy if you spend 95% of your time lorded over by our bosses and CEOs? No! So how could we have more democracy at work? Today Braus proposes a new designation of "democratic corporations". These corporations would continue to pay the rock-bottom low corporate tax rate of 21% (lowered from 35% in...