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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 address both. Hotlines for Survivors of Violence and Trauma My Grandmother’s Hands, by Resmaa Menakem More about Somatic Abolitionism from Resmaa Menakem Me and White Supremacy , by Layla F. Saad…
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Solvable
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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, solv
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S2 · E35 · 21 Apr 2021 · 26 min
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? Check out the links below. My Better World : Lifeskills and Wellbeing Curriculum from CAMFED Yidan Prize Half the Sky by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn Half the Sky PBS Documentary Development…
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S2 · E34 · 14 Apr 2021 · 29 min
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 addressing social pathologies along with pathogens. Looking to learn more about global health? Check out these links: Partners In Health Fevers, Feuds, And Diamonds: Ebola and the Ravages of History by…
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S2 · E33 · 7 Apr 2021 · 12 min
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 of nearly 2000 students Taylor was recently named one of 40 finalists in the Regeneron Science Talent Scholar program and awarded $25,000 for her work. Want to learn more about health equity,…
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S2 · E32 · 31 Mar 2021 · 28 min
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 Families , from Antidote Freedom of Mind Institute Cult Deprogramming vs. Strategic Interactive Approach from Steven Hassan Course: Understand Cults: The Basics , by Steven Hassan Open Minds…
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S2 · E31 · 24 Mar 2021 · 22 min
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 International Factfulness by Hans and Ola Rosling Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker Children: Improving Survival and Wellbeing , UN World Health Organization, Sept 8, 2020 Mobile Money Adoption in Kenya , TechCrunch, March 25, 2020 Zipline’s drones are delivering medical supplies and PPE in North Carolina , The Verge, May 2020…
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S2 · E29 · 10 Mar 2021 · 25 min
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 “ Universal Basic Income: A Thoroughly Wrongheaded Idea ,” Forbes, Jan 16, 2019 “ Free cash handouts: What is universal basic income or UBI,” CNBC, June 27, 2019 “ Payment Guaranteed: How Would…
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S2 · E28 · 3 Mar 2021 · 26 min
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, 2021 Waste: One Woman's Fight Against America's Dirty Secret By Catherine Coleman Flowers Catherine Coleman Flowers, Class of 2020 , MacArthur Foundation Biden Urged to Back Water Bill in Amid US Worst Crisis in Decades , The Guardian, 2021 The people…
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S2 · E27 · 24 Feb 2021 · 28 min
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 University Mozilla Foundation- volunteer opportunities Algorithmic Justice League Joy Buolamwini , TED Talk, Fighting Bias in Algorithms The Markup Consumer Reports The History of the Good Housekeeping Institute Elinor Ostrom’s…
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S2 · E26 · 17 Feb 2021 · 30 min
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 What obligation do social media platforms have to the greater good? , Eli Pariser, TED Palaces For the People , Eric Klinenberg The Death and Life of Great American Cities , Jane Jacobs The…
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S2 · E25 · 10 Feb 2021 · 35 min
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, 2021 Quebec’s landmark 1995 independence referendum , The McGill Tribune, Nov 3, 2020 The Northern Ireland Peace Process , Council on Foreign Relations, March 5, 2020 Infrastructure and Peacebuilding , United Nations 2020 report of the Secretary General, January 2020 Bridging Divides : Trends in…
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