What Could Go Right?

By The Progress Network with Zachary Karabell and Emma Varvaloucas

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What if instead of being on the brink of disaster, we’re on the cusp of a better world? No one can deny the challenges the world faces, from pandemics to climate change to authoritarianism. But pessimism and despair are too easy a response. Each week, Progress Network Founder Zachary Karabell and Executive Director Emma Varvaloucas convene a diverse panel of experts to discuss the central issues of our era, including sustainability, polarization, work, and the economy, and make the case for a brighter future. They emerge from their conversations with a counterintuitive but informed take: progress is on its way.

Episode Date
BONUS: We want to hear from YOU
Dec 11, 2024
Looking Back and Moving Forward
Dec 04, 2024
Introducing What’s Your Problem: The World Is Getting Better with Hannah Ritchie
Nov 27, 2024
The Progress Report: Legislative Transplants
Nov 22, 2024
Election Reflection with Robert Wright
Nov 20, 2024
The Progress Report: Recovered Life Expectancy
Nov 15, 2024
The Throes of Trumplandia with Ana Marie Cox
Nov 13, 2024
The Progress Report: Here and Now
Nov 06, 2024
Maggots, Monkeys, and Mars with Mary Roach
Nov 06, 2024
The Progress Report: Looming Changes
Nov 01, 2024
Past and Present Power with Peter Frankopan
Oct 30, 2024
The Progress Report: Advancements and Deposits
Oct 25, 2024
Undertaking Utopia with Kristen R. Ghodsee
Oct 23, 2024
The Progress Report: Improving Communication
Oct 18, 2024
The Beleaguered Club of Eternal Optimists with Bill Burke
Oct 16, 2024
The Progress Report: Good Decreases
Oct 11, 2024
From Hamas to Hezbollah with Steven A. Cook
Oct 09, 2024
A Community Fight in Wisconsin, From To See Each Other
Oct 07, 2024
The Progress Report: Positive Innovation
Oct 04, 2024
The Dish on Disinformation with Jiore Craig
Oct 02, 2024
The Progress Report: Interest Rates of Social Change
Sep 27, 2024
The Attention Deficit with Gloria Mark
Sep 25, 2024
The Progress Report: New Discoveries
Sep 20, 2024
What's So Good About Immigration? with Zeke Hernandez
Sep 18, 2024
The Progress Report: Shifting Attitudes
Sep 13, 2024
The Politics of Ranked Choice with Andrew Yang
Sep 11, 2024
The Progress Report: Expect the Unexpected
Sep 06, 2024
Introducing The Global Story
Sep 04, 2024
The Progress Report: Medical Advancements
Aug 30, 2024
The Kamala Pivot with Evan Osnos
Aug 28, 2024
The Two Sides of Gene Editing with Kevin Davies
Aug 21, 2024
The Progress Report: Smarter Insulin
Aug 16, 2024
Elite Gatekeepers with Musa al-Gharbi
Aug 14, 2024
The Progress Report: Pro-Democracy Protests
Aug 09, 2024
Psychedelic Sea Change with Oshan Jarow
Aug 07, 2024
The Progress Report: Olympic Strides Forward
Aug 02, 2024
Beyond the Bluff with Maria Konnikova
Jul 31, 2024
The Progress Report: Green Steel Revolution
Jul 26, 2024
The Wild Week with Bret Stephens
Jul 24, 2024
The Progress Report: The Implications of an Assassination Attempt and A Global News Roundup
Jul 19, 2024
Mental Health & the Impact of Therapy Culture with Author Abigail K. Shrier
Jul 17, 2024
The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of New Media with Buzzfeed's Founding Editor Ben Smith
Jul 10, 2024
Introducing Say More: Beating Burnout with Krista Tippett
Jul 03, 2024
The Progress Report: Decriminalizion of Marijuana & A Global News Roundup
Jun 28, 2024
India Rising with Ravi Agrawal
Jun 26, 2024
The Progress Report: Repairs to the Ozone & A Global News Roundup
Jun 21, 2024
How to Be a Supercommunicator with Journalist & Author Charles Duhigg
Jun 19, 2024
The Progress Report: Elections in the EU and A Global News Roundup
Jun 14, 2024
Progress, Polarization, and Backlash with CNN host Fareed Zakaria
Jun 12, 2024
The Social Media Generation with Psychologist Jonathan Haidt
Jun 05, 2024
Red, White, and Due: The Polarizing Topic of Taxes with Scholar Vanessa Williamson
May 29, 2024
The Poll Miner: Elections and Polling with CEO John Gerzema
May 22, 2024
Being Jewish Today with Author & Professor Noah Feldman
May 15, 2024
America's Next Economy with Natalie Foster
May 08, 2024
Veterans and Invisible War: Lessons from Phil Klay
May 01, 2024
The Honesty of Our Economy with Allison Schrager
Apr 24, 2024
A Colorblind Nation: A Conversation About Race and Progress With Coleman Hughes
Apr 17, 2024
Introducing What Could Go Right: A News Show Making the Case for a Brighter Future
Apr 03, 2024
Introducing The Ongoing Transformation: Finding Collective Advantage in Shared Knowledge
Mar 20, 2024
Progress Check: Season 5 Recap with Zachary Karabell and Emma Varvaloucas
Feb 21, 2024
Lessons From Former Presidents with Jared Cohen
Feb 14, 2024
Inside Election Administration with Arizona's Secretary of State with Adrian Fontes
Feb 07, 2024
Marxism and Modern Society with Freddie deBoer
Jan 31, 2024
Can We Collectively Change the Internet? with Chris Anderson
Jan 24, 2024
Is Free Speech Dead? with Greg Lukianoff
Jan 17, 2024
Progress Check: 2024's Election Frenzy with Zachary Karabell and Emma Varvaloucas
Jan 10, 2024
Hashtag Trauma with Scott Barry Kaufman
Jan 03, 2024
A Science of Culture with Michael Muthukrishna
Dec 20, 2023
Revisiting The Feminine Mystique with Rachel Shteir
Dec 13, 2023
Climate Capital and a Green Tech Future with Jigar Shah
Dec 06, 2023
Progress Check: Politics and AI, Homeless Vets, and STDs with Zachary Karabell and Emma Varvaloucas
Nov 29, 2023
Change Is the Operative Force of History with Drew Gilpin Faust
Nov 15, 2023
Not Too Late for the Climate with Rebecca Solnit and Thelma Young Lutunatabua
Nov 08, 2023
Progress Check: Climate Dads, Cell Phone Bans, and Asteroid Sampling with Zachary Karabell and Emma Varvaloucas
Nov 01, 2023
Navigating Israel-Palestine with Ian Bremmer
Oct 25, 2023
The Great Awokening's Great Mistakes with Yascha Mounk
Oct 18, 2023
A System Under Stress: Lincoln and Today with Steve Inskeep
Oct 11, 2023
Progress Check: Catching Up on the News with Zachary Karabell and Emma Varvaloucas
Oct 04, 2023
Introducing What’s Your Problem: Building a Plane to Help Save the World
Aug 23, 2023
Introducing Smart People Podcast: Lessons From the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness
Aug 09, 2023
Introducing Ones and Tooze: Could Green Hydrogen Revolutionize the Energy Sector?
Jul 26, 2023
A Look Back and A Look Forward with Zachary Karabell and Emma Varvaloucas
Jun 21, 2023
Renovating Our House with Danielle Allen
Jun 14, 2023
A Better World with James Pethokoukis
Jun 07, 2023
What We Talk About When We Talk About Science with Sara Walker
May 31, 2023
How to Be Optimistic About America with John Avlon
May 24, 2023
Ukraine's Counteroffensive with Tim Mak
May 17, 2023
Demon Drugs and Moral Panics with Maia Szalavitz
May 10, 2023
Artificial Unintelligence with Baratunde Thurston
May 03, 2023
Challenging the Consensus on China with Jessica Chen Weiss
Apr 26, 2023
Demanding More: Politics in Sub-Saharan Africa with Ebenezer Obadare
Apr 19, 2023
The Boys Are Not All Right with Richard Reeves
Apr 12, 2023
The Globalization Myth with Shannon O'Neil
Apr 05, 2023
How to Create Positive Change with Danielle Moodie and Wajahat Ali
Mar 29, 2023
Entangled with Isaac Saul
Mar 22, 2023
Bootstrapping the American Dream with Alissa Quart
Mar 15, 2023
Government Secrecy with Matthew J. Connelly
Mar 08, 2023
Living Up to America's Promises with Peniel E. Joseph
Mar 01, 2023
Moral Ambition with Rutger Bregman
Feb 22, 2023
Good Indicators: A Bird's Eye View of 2023 with Zachary Karabell and Emma Varvaloucas
Feb 15, 2023
Misinformation, Climate Momentum, and Negative Headlines with Bina Venkataraman
Dec 14, 2022
The Modern Muslim World, Social Media's Positive Effects, and Gay Marriage in America with Mustafa Akyol
Dec 07, 2022
The Fix for Crypto, Healthcare, and Equal Opportunity with Avik Roy
Nov 30, 2022
Moving Away from Toxicity: Recapping the Midterms with Steve Clemons
Nov 16, 2022
Democracy on the Ballot, Climate Change, and Salary Transparency
Nov 09, 2022
World Energy, Student Loans, and Iran with Reza Aslan
Nov 02, 2022
Midterms, Gerrymandering, Bias, and Conspiracy with Sharon McMahon
Oct 26, 2022
Space News, Hearing Aids, and a Changing Tomorrow with Jason Feifer
Oct 19, 2022
Pardons, Guaranteed Income, and "Superabundance" with Gale L. Pooley and Marian L. Tupy
Oct 12, 2022
Why Is Violent Crime Rising? with Jennifer Doleac
Oct 05, 2022
Legalizing Marijuana, Electric Cars, and What’s Going on with California? with Sen. Robert Hertzberg
Sep 28, 2022
Vaccine Equity and Bipartisan Reality with Rep. Eric Swalwell and Gov. Jeff Colyer
Sep 21, 2022
The New Space Race with Ché Bolden
Jun 22, 2022
Facing America's Biggest Challenges with Victoria Pratt & Lauren Leader
Jun 15, 2022
The Interfaith Imperative with Eboo Patel
Jun 08, 2022
Wisdom for Smart Tech with Ayesha Khanna
Jun 01, 2022
Race in America, 2 Years After George Floyd with Theodore R. Johnson
May 25, 2022
The Philanthropic Moment with Rachel Pritzker and David Callahan
May 18, 2022
Global Trade: The Race to the Top with Gregg Easterbrook
May 11, 2022
Pandemic "Retrospective" with Nicholas Christakis and Ezekiel Emanuel
May 04, 2022
The Information Horizon with Tyler Cowen
Apr 27, 2022
The World Post-Putin with Anne-Marie Slaughter
Apr 20, 2022
The Happiness Rebellion with Arthur C. Brooks
Apr 13, 2022
Does Work Work Anymore? with Roy Bahat
Apr 06, 2022
The Progress Movement with Jason Crawford
Mar 30, 2022
The Plague Cycle (Bonus)
Feb 23, 2022
Bridging Our Divides (Bonus)
Feb 16, 2022
The Population Explosion (Bonus)
Feb 09, 2022
Our Lonely Century (Bonus)
Feb 02, 2022
We Are the Outrage Machine (Bonus)
Jan 26, 2022
The Crypto Dream (Bonus)
Jan 19, 2022
This Changes Everything: The World-Turning Power of Ideas (Bonus)
Jan 12, 2022
Rethinking Today's Capitalism (Bonus)
Dec 22, 2021
The Next Wave of Higher Education (Bonus)
Dec 15, 2021
Maybe We're Not F*cked: Moving the Climate Conversation Forward (Bonus)
Dec 08, 2021
Live from Web Summit: An Affordable Internet & Pharmaceutical Psychedelics (Bonus)
Dec 01, 2021
Live from Web Summit: Drone Delivery & Turning Buildings into Teslas (Bonus)
Nov 24, 2021
A Future We Want with Yancey Strickler
Oct 27, 2021
You Can't Say Anything Anymore with Suzanne Nossel
Oct 20, 2021
Global Change Starts at Home with James Fallows and Parag Khanna
Oct 13, 2021
What's Next for the World? with John McArthur
Oct 06, 2021
Are We In a Transformational Moment? with John Wood, Jr.
Sep 29, 2021
GDP Ain't Measuring Up with Diane Coyle
Sep 22, 2021
Politics Doesn't Have To Be Our Everything with Jonathan Haidt and Alison Goldsworthy
Sep 15, 2021
Building a Better Internet with Danielle Keats Citron and Eli Pariser
Sep 08, 2021
The Future of Work with Zeynep Ton and Joan C. Williams
Sep 01, 2021
The Raging 2020s with Alec Ross
Sep 01, 2021