

Solvable
Pushkin Industries
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.
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Dec 15, 2021 • 33min
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 PodcastThe Screenwriters Rant Room PodcastOn Writing Podcast from WGA The Screenwriter's Bible, A Complete Guide to Writing, Formatting, and Selling Your Script by David Trottier Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dec 8, 2021 • 19min
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 Kidney Disease Initiativehttps://www.cdc.gov/kidneydisease/index.htmlUCSF Kidney Health Research Collaborativehttps://khrc.ucsf.edu/Solvable is produced by Jocelyn Frank, David Zha, Lisa Dunn and Keishel Wiliams. The managing producer is Sachar Mathias and our executive producer is Mia Lobel. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dec 1, 2021 • 22min
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 mentioned in this episode:Ashlee Marie Preston calls on Netflixhttps://www.them.us/story/activists-celebrities-protest-netflix-chappelle-specialGrace Lee Boggs Activist and American Revolutionary Turns 100, Code Switch NPR, 2015 https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2015/06/27/417175523/grace-lee-boggs-activist-and-american-revolutionary-turns-100Mariame Kabahttp://mariamekaba.com/Ways to Implement Restorative Practices in the Classroomhttps://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/opinion-ways-to-implement-restorative-practices-in-the-classroom/2020/01Why American Prisons Owe Their Cruelty to Slaveryhttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/prison-industrial-complex-slavery-racism.htmlThe Center for Nonviolent Communicationhttps://www.cnvc.org/Hollow Water First Nations Community Holistic Healing Circlehttps://cncfr.jbsinternational.com/node/589Truth and Reconciliation Commission, South Africahttps://www.usip.org/publications/1995/12/truth-commission-south-africaTruth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada https://nctr.ca/12 Ways to Engage in Truth and Reconciliation at Western University Ontario, Canadahttps://indigenous.uwo.ca/initiatives/learning/12-ways.html Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nov 24, 2021 • 30min
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 Cyber Effect - how human behavior changes online (Aiken, 2016) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cyber-Effect-Pioneering-Cyberpsychologist-Explains/dp/0812997859 Manipulating Fast and Slow (Aiken, 2018 ) https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/manipulating-fast-and-slow#:~:text=As%20a%20discipline%2C%20cyberpsychology%20focuses,emerging%20technologies%20on%20human%20behavior.&text=this%20article%2C%20Dr.-,Mary%20Aiken%20talks%20about%20how%20the%20discipline%20helps%20us%20better,the%20context%20of%20recent%20elections.15 minutes of Shame, Documentary HBO Max https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhJrnNdH-awMaster of Research (M.Res.) in Cyberpsychology https://www.captechu.edu/degrees-and-programs/masters-degrees/cyberpsychology-mresDoctorate in Cyberpsychology https://www.captechu.edu/degrees-and-programs/doctoral-degrees/cyberpsychology-phdSolvable is produced by Jocelyn Frank, research by David Zha, booking by Lisa Dunn. Sachar Mathias is the managing producer and Mia Lobel the executive producer. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nov 10, 2021 • 20min
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 Cielo, Documentaryhttps://www.taylorfreesolorees.com/project/sal-y-cieloThe New Zealand river that became a legal person, BBC March 2020https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20200319-the-new-zealand-river-that-became-a-legal-personWill Northwest Seaweed Farming Finally Take Off?https://www.nativeconservancy.org/2020/12/16/will-northwest-seaweed-farming-finally-take-off/Solvable is produced by Jocelyn Frank, research by David Zha, booking by Lisa Dunn, our managing producer is Sachar Mathias and our Executive Producer is Mia Lobel. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nov 3, 2021 • 28min
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 the Women’s Hall of Fame in 2009. Solomon Glacier in Antarctica was named for her.Solvable is produced by Jocelyn Frank, research by David Zha, booking by Lisa Dunn. Our managing producer is Sachar Mathias is the managing producer and Mia Lobel is the executive producer. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oct 27, 2021 • 29min
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 producer and Mia Lobel is the executive producer. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oct 20, 2021 • 36min
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 Past and Present by Adrienne Keene. Illustrations by Ciara SanaSarah Winnemucca Devoted Her Life to Protecting Native Americans in the Face of an Expanding United States, Smithsonian Magazine, 2016Landback.orgNDN CollectiveWhy Native Hawaiians are fighting to protect Mauna Kea from a telescopeVox.com, 2019Indigenous Opposition to Line ThreeReuters, 2021Solvable is produced by Jocelyn Frank, research by David Zha, booking by Lisa Dunn. The show's managing producer is Sachar Mathias and the executive producer is Mia Lobel. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oct 13, 2021 • 16min
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, and Happiness, by Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein“A Slight Change of Plans” with Adam Grant“A Slight Change of Plans” with Dr. Katy MilkmanSolvable is produced by Jocelyn Frank, research by David Zha, booking by Lisa Dunn, The managing producer is Sachar Mathias and the executive producer is Mia Lobel. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oct 6, 2021 • 21min
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 Researchhttps://hopkinspsychedelic.org/National Institutes of Health Clinical Trials https://clinicaltrials.gov/Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) https://maps.org/Solvable is produced by Jocelyn Frank, research by David Zha, booking by Lisa Dunn, managing producer is Sachar Mathias and the executive producer is Mia Lobel. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.


