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What Could Go Right?

What Could Go Right?

A Better World Is Possible

The Progress Network with Zachary Karabell and Emma Varvaloucas

255 episodesEN

Show overview

What Could Go Right? has been publishing since 2021, and across the 5 years since has built a catalogue of 255 episodes, alongside 4 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 180 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.

Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 19 min and 56 min — with run-times ranging widely across the catalogue. It is catalogued as a EN-language Society & Culture show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 2 days ago, with 49 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2024, with 66 episodes published. Published by The Progress Network with Zachary Karabell and Emma Varvaloucas.

Episodes
255
Running
2021–2026 · 5y
Median length
51 min
Cadence
Weekly

From the publisher

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.

Latest Episodes

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Are We Becoming Too Afraid to Take Risks? | With Allison Schrager

Oct 7, 202653 min

Why Scientists Are Suddenly So Optimistic About Alzheimer’s

Oct 5, 202618 min

The Race for the Arctic Has Already Begun. Is America Ready? | With Rana Foroohar

Sep 30, 202644 min

AI Experts Are Warning About Human Extinction. Here’s What They’re Missing

Sep 28, 202619 min

The Science of Sports Betting: How Gambling Apps Are Changing Our Brains | with Dr. Brendan Dwyer and Isaac Rose-Berman

Sep 23, 202648 min

The World Map You Grew Up With Is Wrong

Sep 21, 202617 min

Could Reparations Actually Happen in America? With Prof. Dorothy Brown

Sep 16, 202657 min

AI Was Supposed to Destroy Jobs. Here's What Actually Happened

Sep 14, 202616 min

Why We Can't Picture a Good Future Anymore | With Ari Wallach

Sep 11, 202656 min

AI Designed a Cancer Therapy, Cyborg Bugs Are Saving Lives, and Farmers Are Fighting Back

Sep 7, 202618 min

Alien Civilizations, Mars Colonization & Humanity in the Age of AI | With Dr. Dakotah Tyler

Sep 2, 202649 min

Introducing: The Ongoing Transformation

Aug 31, 202624 min

Social Media Is Making Politics Feel Worse Than It Really Is | With David Pakman

Aug 26, 20261h 1m

1. The Crime Wave Is Over. Why Does Nobody Believe It?

Aug 24, 202617 min

The AI Future Isn’t Inevitable. So Why Are We Told It Is? | With Carissa Véliz

Aug 19, 202649 min

Why the Experts Were Wrong about India

Aug 17, 202613 min

How Haters Can Accidentally Make You Happier | with Ronda Rousey

Aug 12, 202639 min

The Case for Rewriting Nature's Code | with Ben Lamm

Aug 5, 202656 min

Global Shark Conservation Sees Historic Regulatory Breakthroughs

Aug 3, 202616 min

Why the Economic Numbers Don't Match How You Feel | With Mark Zandi

Jul 29, 202654 min
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