Solvable

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Civil War is Solvable (Again) Feb 03, 2021

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Juan Manuel Santos is credited with ending the long and violent civil war in Colombia. He believes that every conflict can have a solution. This episode originally published in 2019.

Want to know more about making and maintaining peace in Colombia? Check out these links.

Juan Manuel Santos, Nobel Prize, 2016

Colombia peace built by British veterans of IRA accord, The Sunday Times, 2016

Colombia Signs Peace Agreement with FARC rebels, The New York Times, 2016

Colombia’s Peace Deal Promised a New Era. So Why Are These Rebels Rearming? The New York Times, 2019

Three Years After the Signing of the Final Agreement in Colombia: Moving Toward Territorial Transformation, Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies,June 2020

Solvable is produced by Jocelyn Frank. Research and Booking by Lisa Dunn.

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Rural Vaccine Distribution is Solvable Jan 27, 2021

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Dr. Anne Zink is the Chief Medical Officer for the state of Alaska and has helped to coordinate one of the nation's most successful vaccine distribution efforts to date.

Dr. Zink believes that part of their success comes from the many people joining in to the enormous effort, in creative and meaningful ways.

Want to learn more about how to volunteer to help with vaccine distribution? Contact your local health department and check out the links below.

Volunteer with the American Red Cross

How to Support Elderly Friends and Family During COVID-19, Cedars Sinai

Volunteering during a pandemic, Sterling volunteers

Talking to Recipients about COVID-19 Vaccines, CDC.gov

Frequently Asked Questions about COVID-19 Vaccination, CDC.gov

Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Fact Sheet, FDA.gov

Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Fact Sheet, FDA.gov

Solvable is produced by Jocelyn Frank. Research and booking by Lisa Dunn.

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Bad Habits are Solvable Jan 20, 2021

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Dr. Wendy Wood is Provost Professor of Psychology and Business at the University of Southern California.

Here are some links to the studies referenced in this episode and a few stories:

Reducing Elevator Energy Use: A comparison of posted feedback and reduced elevator convenience, Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

How to Keep our Buildings from Making us Fat, Fast Company

Finding a Closer Gym May Be the Key to Working Out More, Men’s Health

Good Habits, Bad Habits, by Wendy Wood

Solvable is produced by Jocelyn Frank. Research and booking by Lisa Dunn.

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Vaccine Hesitancy is Solvable Jan 13, 2021

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Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice is the President and Dean of the Morehouse School of Medicine. Even though systemic racism and a history of medical abuses against people of color are indisputable, she believes that the lack of trust in the COVID-19 vaccine can, should, and will be reversed.

Dr. Montgomery Rice suggested these links, from trusted sources, for more information about the COVID-19 vaccines.

Information about the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, CDC

Information about the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine, CDC

What to Expect after Getting a COVID-19 Vaccine, CDC

COVID-19 vaccine information, National Institutes of Health

COVID-19 Vaccines and Allergic Reactions, CDC

Consider Joining a Clinical Trial, National Institutes of Health

Phase 3 trial of Novavax investigational COVID-19 vaccine opens, National Institutes of Health

Community Vaccination Saturdays, Morehouse School of Medicine

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Destructive Agriculture is Solvable Dec 23, 2020

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Rachel Stroer is the acting president of the Land Institute. She believes that many of the ecological and economic problems stemming from our current dependence on monoculture farming can be solved through investing in regenerative agriculture.

Here are some ways to learn more!

The Land Institute

Project Drawdown

Regenerative Annual Cropping, Project Drawdown

The Carbon Farming Solution by Eric Toensmeier

Perennial Vegetables, Fruits, Herbs and Nuts, The Spruce

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Identifying Cost Effective Charities is Solvable Dec 16, 2020

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With so many worthy causes out there, GiveWell helps donors evaluate charities based on their ability to save and improve the greatest number of lives per dollar donated.

Buddy Shah is the managing director of GiveWell.

Here are some resources for learning more about informed giving.

GiveWell

The Life You Can Save, by Peter Singer

Doing Good Better, by William MacAskill

Strangers Drowning, by Larissa MacFarquhar

Charity Watch

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The Tech Gender Gap is Solvable (again) Dec 09, 2020

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Award-winning technologist Lady Mariéme Jamme is the founder of iamtheCODE. Her organization seeks to educate women and girls about coding and to empower young women with digital skills that allow them to shape their own futures.

I Am The Code

The Gender Gap in Internet Access: Using a Women-Centred Method, 2020

Open letter to Bono and Bob Geldof, 2010

Marieme Jamme

Women Who Code

Girls Who Code

Scratch, Info For Parents

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Solvable: The Depression and Anxiety We Can All Expect During This Pandemic Nov 25, 2020

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Astronaut Scott Kelly is no stranger to the impacts of social isolation after spending 520 days in space. He talks with Jacob Weisberg about how to confront the depression and anxiety that we can all expect during this pandemic.

Here are some additional resources that Scott Kelly recommends:

https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/

https://connect2affect.org/

Endurance by Alfred Lansing

Endurance: A Year in Space, a Lifetime of Discovery, by Scott Kelly

How Volunteering Can Help your Mental Health, Greater Good

The Happiness Lab (podcast)

Knowable, Go For Launch, course with Scott Kelly

Solvable is produced by Camille Baptista. Senior producer: Jocelyn Frank. Managing producer: Catherine Girardeau. Executive producer: Mia Lobel.

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Remote Music Collaboration Online (in real time) is Solvable Nov 18, 2020

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Mike Dickey is co-founder and chairman of the JackTrip Foundation and the creator of Virtual Studio.

The awkward and disjointed experience of making music over the internet is a solvable problem. Virtual Studio is a device that works with the open source software application JackTrip to enable musicians of all ages to collaborate across locations online.

Virtual Studio

JackTrip Open Source Software Application

JamKazam

11 Tools for Collaborating on Music Remotely

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Culturally Competent and Financially Sustainable Healthcare Nov 11, 2020

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Dr. Lutfi Lokman co-founded Hospitals Beyond Boundaries to provide culturally competent and financially sustainable healthcare. His clinic follows a model pioneered by Muhammad Yunus (founder of the Grameen Bank) which leans on cross-subsidization to address the healthcare needs of economically diverse communities.

Here are a few additional resources related to this episode:

Hospitals Beyond Boundaries

NGOs in Cambodia: It’s Complicated The Diplomat, Dec. 2013

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