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.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 Da...

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. GoodLands Biodiversity Observation Tracking on Lands Owned by the Catholic Church (and other Catholic Organizations) using iNaturalist , Saint Kateri...

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...

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 McPhee The Power Broker by Robert Caro  Dream Cities by Wade Graham  Track your own transportation data: The Miles App Driversnote Mil...

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.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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...

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.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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...

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 m...

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.org Sunrise M...

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 Magazine Time Well Spent Podcast Leaving the Theater Podcast Dick Cavett with actor and comedian Don Rickles Studs Terkel Radio Archive , WFMT Fresh Air wit...

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 2018 The Biggest Bluff by Maria Konnikova The Confidence Game by Maria Konnikova The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man by David Maur...

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 , USDA The Last Hunger Se...

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 ...

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? Che...

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...

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...

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...

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 International Factfulness by Hans and Ola Rosling  Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker  Children: Improving Survival and Wellbeing , UN...

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 t...

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...

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, 2021 Waste: One Woman's Fight Against America's Dirty Secr...

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 University Mozilla Foundation- v...

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 Signa...