Solvable

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Political Demonization is Solvable (again) Oct 28, 2020

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Flavia Kleiner is the co-founder of Operation Libero. The organization works to combat populism in Switzerland. Operation Libero has launched and won a variety of proactive campaigns to promote a more diverse and inclusive Switzerland. (This conversation was originally published in 2019)

Here are a few additional resources related to this episode:

Change the narrative: how a Swiss group is beating rightwing populists, The Guardian April 2019

Swiss voters appear to reject limiting jobs for EU citizens, Associated Press, Sept 2020

Solvable is produced by Camille Baptista, Jocelyn Frank, Catherine Girardeau and Mia Lobel. Special thanks to Heather Fain, Eric Sandler, Kobe Guilford, Carly Migliori and Khadijah Holland.

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Disinformation is Solvable Oct 21, 2020

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Emily Bazelon is a staff writer for the New York Times Magazine and the Truman Capote Fellow for Creative Writing and Law at Yale Law School. She believes that disinformation is solvable.

Want to learn more about this and get more involved? Here are some ways to do so:

“The Problem of Free Speech in an Age of Disinformation,” Emily Bazelon for the New York Times Magazine, Oct 15, 2020

The Cyber Policy Center at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Election Integrity Partnership

Avaaz

Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society

The Landscape For Campaign Finance, 10 Years After Citizens United, Ari Shapiro with Nate Persily for NPR, Jan 21, 2020

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Solvable: Stereotypical Refugee Narratives Oct 07, 2020

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Ahmed Badr is an Iraqi-American writer, social entrepreneur, former refugee and the founder of Narratio. Narratio is a creative platform and set of initiatives that carve out spaces for displaced young people to transcend the tragedies that may have initially caused their displacement.

Here are a few additional resources related to this episode:

Narratio.org

While the Earth Sleeps We Travel: Stories, Poetry, and Art from Young Refugees Around the World

Solvable is produced by Camille Baptista, Jocelyn Frank, Catherine Girardeau and Mia Lobel. Special thanks to Heather Fain, Eric Sandler, Carly Migliori and Khadijah Holland.

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The Slow Regrowth of Vulnerable Coral Reefs is Solvable Sep 30, 2020

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Saving coral reefs will take a lot of teamwork and collaboration across scientists, industries and individuals. One important tool is micro-fragmentation and re-skinning. Sarah Hamlyn is a scientist at the Mote Marine Labs’ Elizabeth Moore International Center for Coral Reefs Research and Restoration. She helps maintain 21 species of stony and branching coral and works to regrow damaged coral reefs off the Florida coast 40 to 50 times faster than they can regrow in the wild.

Here are a few additional resources related to this episode:

FishWatch.gov

Slow Release Fertilizers

Mote’s Elizabeth Moore International Center for Coral Reef Research and Restoration

Solvable is produced by Camille Baptista, Jocelyn Frank, Catherine Girardeau and Mia Lobel. Special thanks to Heather Fain, Eric Sandler, Carly Migliori and Khadijah Holland.

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Wildfire Ignition is Solvable Sep 23, 2020

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Eric Appel is a Professor of Materials Science & Engineering at Stanford University. His lab has designed an improved delivery system for fire retardant to keep fires from starting across hotspots and known ignition areas.

Here are a few additional resources related to this episode:

Wildfire prevention through prophylactic treatment of high-risk landscapes using viscoelastic retardant fluids, PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America)

Stanford researchers have developed a gel-like fluid to prevent wildfires, Stanford News

Phos-Chek fire retardant

Developing Community Wildfire Protection Plans, US Forest Service

Mitigate Wildfire Risk, US Forest Service

Solvable is produced by Camille Baptista, Jocelyn Frank, Catherine Girardeau and Mia Lobel. Special thanks to Heather Fain, Eric Sandler, Carly Migliori and Khadijah Holland.

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COVID-19 Transmission is Solvable Sep 16, 2020

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Michael Mina is an epidemiologist and immunologist at the Harvard School of Public Health and a physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Here are a few of the resources related to this episode:

Additional articles on rapid tests

Trump to Announce $750 million deal with Abbott, CNBC August 27, 2020

@michaelmina_lab

Sample letter about rapid tests to send to your representatives

www.RapidTests.org

Solvable is produced by Camille Baptista, Jocelyn Frank, Catherine Girardeau and Mia Lobel. Special thanks to Heather Fain, Eric Sandler, Carly Migliori and Khadijah Holland.

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Cancel Culture is Solvable Sep 09, 2020

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John McWhorter is a linguistics professor at Columbia University, contributing writer at The Atlantic and hosts the podcast Lexicon Valley. He believes that “cancel culture” is solvable.

Here are a few of the resources related to this episode:

After Ann Coulter Backs Out Of Visit, UC Berkeley Braces For Free Speech Rallies

The Fine Line Between A Bad Date And Sexual Assault: 2 Views On Aziz Ansari

A Letter on Justice and Open Debate

Academics Are Really, Really Worried About Their Freedom

Critical Race Theory

Solvable is produced by Camille Baptista, Jocelyn Frank, Catherine Girardeau and Mia Lobel.

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The Decline of Local News is Solvable Sep 02, 2020

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Margaret Sullivan is the media columnist for The Washington Post and formerly the public editor with the New York Times. Her new book is called Ghosting the News: Local Journalism and the Crisis of American Democracy. She believes that the decline of local news is solvable.

Here are a few resources related to this episode:

Ghosting the News: Local Journalism and the Crisis of American Democracy by Margaret Sullivan

Saint Francis de Sales

Solvable is produced by Camille Baptista, Jocelyn Frank, Catherine Girardeau and Mia Lobel.

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Election Security is (mostly) Solvable Jul 22, 2020

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Bruce Schneier is an internationally renowned security technologist. He teaches cyber security at the Harvard Kennedy School. Schneier believes that election security risks are solvable.

Here are a few resources related to this episode:

VerifiedVoting.Org

The Brennan Center for Justice

National Electorial Defense Coalition

National Mail Voter Registration Form (multilingual)

Voter Registration and Election Dates (by state)

Solvable is produced by Camille Baptista, Jocelyn Frank is the senior producer, Catherine Girardeau is the managing producer and Mia Lobel is the executive producer.

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Voter Suppression is Solvable Jul 15, 2020

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Kirsten Clarke is the president and executive director of the National Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. The committee was established in 1963 at the request of President John F. Kennedy to address the inequities confronting African Americans and other minorities. Clarke believes that reversing, or preventing, the disenfranchisement of millions of American voters is central to her work and that voter suppression is solvable.

Here are a few of the resources related to this episode:

National Mail Voter Registration Form (multilingual)

Voter Registration and Election Dates (by state)

Solvable is produced by Camille Baptista, Jocelyn Frank and Catherine Girardeau.

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