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Under-Representation in Robotics and AI is Solvable Jun 16, 2021

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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 mentions during this conversation:

Zyrobotics

Tommy the Robot

New York Returns Police ‘Robodog’ After Public Outcry, Wired April, 2021

Wired Magazine

Solvable is produced by Jocelyn Frank. Research by David Zha. Sachar Mathias is Solvable's managing producer.

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Presenting: Be Antiracist with Ibram X. Kendi Jun 09, 2021

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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!

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Social Isolation is a Solvable Problem for People With Disabilities Jun 02, 2021

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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 the gaming world, providing peer counseling and adaptive technology to help them play the games that they love and connect with worlds beyond their own.

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Cultural Asymmetry in Music Technology is Solvable May 26, 2021

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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 music software to solve this problem and facilitate the creation of increasingly fresh music.

Learn more:

CTM 2021 Apotome Live Performance, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn8XHijHUm8

Apotome software, https://ctm.isartum.net/

More about Apotome, https://khyamallami.com/Apotome-Khyam-Allami-x-Counterpoint

Leimma software, https://isartum.net/

Khyam Allami, https://khyamallami.com/

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Addiction to Fossil Fuels is Solvable May 19, 2021

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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 Movement

The Green New Deal

Fridays for the Future

Extinction Rebellion

Stanford engineers develop state-by-state plan to convert U.S. to 100% clean, renewable energy by 2050 Stanford News, 2015

Biden’s “all of government” plan for climate, explained, Vox Jan 2021

Strengthening the Financial System to Meet the Challenge of Climate Change, by Governor Lael Brainard, Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve System, December 2020

Solvable is produced by Jocelyn Frank, David Zha, Lisa Dunn, Sachar Mathias and Mia Lobel.

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Introducing Ronald Young Jr. Solvable’s Newest Host May 12, 2021

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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 with Terry Gross, NPR

Larry King with Jesse Thorn, The Turnaround

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Being Victimized by Scams is Solvable May 05, 2021

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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 Maurer

Mastermind: How To Think Like Sherlock Holmes by Maria Konnikova

Psychological Manipulation is a Solvable Problem featuring Diane Benscoter

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Setbacks: Global Hunger is Solvable Apr 28, 2021

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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 Season by Roger Thurow

The Hungry Farmer- My Moment of Great Disruption Roger Thurow at TEDxChange

In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto by Michael Pollan

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, Netflix

Oxfam America

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Presenting: An Excerpt from The Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell Apr 27, 2021

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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 bombermafia.com and receive an exclusive Listener's Guide full of photos and commentary. Print and ebook editions available wherever books are sold.

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Setbacks: Girls' Exclusion from Education is Solvable Apr 21, 2021

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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 Skyby Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

Half the Sky PBS Documentary

Development as Freedom by Amartya Sen

Gender Justice, Development and Rights, edited by Maxine Molyneux and Shahra Razavi

The 17 Goals, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Sustainable Development

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