# What Could Go Right? Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-could-go-right-4120319 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-could-go-right-4120319.md RSS feed: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/TPG9895805104 Official site: https://theprogressnetwork.org/ Author: The Progress Network with Zachary Karabell and Emma Varvaloucas Episodes: 224 ## Resource It's easy to be pessimistic, especially with headlines dominated by global challenges like a changing geopolitical landscape, the rise in authoritarianism, and a seemingly unstable global economy. But what if, despite all that, humanity is actually making progress?Join Progress Network Founder Zachary Karabell every Wednesday as he chats with leading experts like Ian Bremmer and Anne Marie Slaughter to challenge the negativity and find out whether we should be so pessimistic about everything from sustainability and polarization to the future of work. Plus, start your week right with Progress Network Executive Director Emma Varvaloucas, who delivers a weekly dose of essential good news every Monday. If environmental success stories and medical breakthroughs are your thing, you won’t want to miss it.Tune in to discover the evidence for progress and find your reason for cautious optimism. ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/what-could-go-right-4120319 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-could-go-right-4120319.md ## Episodes - [The 30-Year Animation Problem Pixar Just Solved + Accessible Travel is Booming and AI-Designed Vaccines](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-could-go-right-4120319/the-30-year-animation-problem-pixar-just-solved-accessible-travel-is-booming-and-ai-designed-vaccines) — 2026-06-15T06:00:00+00:00 - [Surviving the 80-Year Cycle of American Crises | with Anthony Scaramucci](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-could-go-right-4120319/surviving-the-80-year-cycle-of-american-crises-with-anthony-scaramucci) — 2026-06-10T06:00:00+00:00 - [What Really Happened After the Affirmative Action Ban + Deep Sea Discoveries and Moon Base Missions](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-could-go-right-4120319/what-really-happened-after-the-affirmative-action-ban-deep-sea-discoveries-and-moon-base-missions) — 2026-06-08T06:00:00+00:00 - [Why AI and Drones Won’t Bring the Apocalypse | with Sarah Kreps](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-could-go-right-4120319/why-ai-and-drones-won-t-bring-the-apocalypse-with-sarah-kreps) — 2026-06-03T06:00:00+00:00 - [What the Headlines Aren’t Telling You About Ebola, Plus India's Solar Revolution and a Chicago Medical Miracle](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-could-go-right-4120319/what-the-headlines-aren-t-telling-you-about-ebola-plus-india-s-solar-revolution-and-a-chicago-medical-miracle) — 2026-06-01T06:00:00+00:00 - [The Surprising Ritual Renaissance | with Bruce Feiler](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-could-go-right-4120319/the-surprising-ritual-renaissance-with-bruce-feiler) — 2026-05-27T06:00:00+00:00 - [American Dads Are Stepping Up, Hope for Pancreatic Cancer Patients, and Oklahoma Bans Child Marriage](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-could-go-right-4120319/american-dads-are-stepping-up-hope-for-pancreatic-cancer-patients-and-oklahoma-bans-child-marriage) — 2026-05-25T06:00:00+00:00 - [Real Progress: Why We Ignore How Good We Have It | with Nick Gillespie](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-could-go-right-4120319/real-progress-why-we-ignore-how-good-we-have-it-with-nick-gillespie) — 2026-05-20T06:00:00+00:00 - [Looted Artifacts Returned, Rape Kit Backlogs Slashed, and a Fatal Disease That's Now Treatable](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-could-go-right-4120319/looted-artifacts-returned-rape-kit-backlogs-slashed-and-a-fatal-disease-that-s-now-treatable) — 2026-05-18T06:00:00+00:00 - [The Case for Not Knowing | with Simone Stolzoff](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-could-go-right-4120319/the-case-for-not-knowing-with-simone-stolzoff) — 2026-05-13T06:00:00+00:00 - [Gene Therapy Is Giving Blind People Their Sight Back + The UK Bans Smoking Forever and Solar Power From Space](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-could-go-right-4120319/gene-therapy-is-giving-blind-people-their-sight-back-the-uk-bans-smoking-forever-and-solar-power-from-space) — 2026-05-11T06:00:00+00:00 - [Why $6 Gas Isn't the End of the World | with Jason Bordoff](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-could-go-right-4120319/why-6-gas-isn-t-the-end-of-the-world-with-jason-bordoff) — 2026-05-06T06:21:00+00:00 - [Chernobyl’s Unintended Nature Reserve + The End of the Coal Era and a New Frontier in IVF](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-could-go-right-4120319/chernobyl-s-unintended-nature-reserve-the-end-of-the-coal-era-and-a-new-frontier-in-ivf) — 2026-05-04T06:00:00+00:00 - [Can We Achieve "Super Abundance" Without AI Doom? | with Sebastian Mallaby](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-could-go-right-4120319/can-we-achieve-super-abundance-without-ai-doom-with-sebastian-mallaby) — 2026-04-29T06:10:00+00:00 - [Trump’s Surprising Move on Psychedelics + A Record Year for Humpback Whales](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-could-go-right-4120319/trump-s-surprising-move-on-psychedelics-a-record-year-for-humpback-whales) — 2026-04-27T06:00:00+00:00 - [Is the World Order Actually Disintegrating? | with Ian Bremmer](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-could-go-right-4120319/is-the-world-order-actually-disintegrating-with-ian-bremmer) — 2026-04-22T06:00:00+00:00 - [How Hungary Ousted an Authoritarian + Ocean Progress, Falling Rents, and Thailand’s New DM Laws](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-could-go-right-4120319/how-hungary-ousted-an-authoritarian-ocean-progress-falling-rents-and-thailand-s-new-dm-laws) — 2026-04-20T06:00:00+00:00 - [Do we need a NEW America? | with Anne-Marie Slaughter](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-could-go-right-4120319/do-we-need-a-new-america-with-anne-marie-slaughter) — 2026-04-15T13:11:00+00:00 - [Turning Down the Headline Noise](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-could-go-right-4120319/turning-down-the-headline-noise) — 2025-10-08T07:00:00+00:00 - [The Progress Report: China’s Climate Change Commitment](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-could-go-right-4120319/the-progress-report-china-s-climate-change-commitment) — 2025-10-03T07:00:00+00:00 - [Whatever Happened to Civics? with Nick Capodice](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-could-go-right-4120319/whatever-happened-to-civics-with-nick-capodice) — 2025-10-01T07:00:00+00:00 - [The Progress Report: This Bacteria Beats Dengue Fever](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-could-go-right-4120319/the-progress-report-this-bacteria-beats-dengue-fever) — 2025-09-26T07:00:00+00:00 - [Turning Science Fiction Into Reality with Ed Finn](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-could-go-right-4120319/turning-science-fiction-into-reality-with-ed-finn) — 2025-09-24T07:00:00+00:00 - [The Progress Report: Techie to Trekkie: AirPods That Translate!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-could-go-right-4120319/the-progress-report-techie-to-trekkie-airpods-that-translate) — 2025-09-19T07:00:00+00:00 - [The Guardian of Public Lands with Josh Jackson](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-could-go-right-4120319/the-guardian-of-public-lands-with-josh-jackson) — 2025-09-17T07:00:00+00:00 - [Democracy’s Next Chapter: Hope or Decline? with Brink Lindsey](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-could-go-right-4120319/democracy-s-next-chapter-hope-or-decline-with-brink-lindsey) — 2025-09-10T07:00:00+00:00 - [Parent by Numbers with Emily Oster](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-could-go-right-4120319/parent-by-numbers-with-emily-oster) — 2025-09-03T07:00:00+00:00 - [The Progress Report: Clean Energy Is Crushing It](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-could-go-right-4120319/the-progress-report-clean-energy-is-crushing-it) — 2025-08-29T07:00:00+00:00 - [Godfather of the New Right with Sam Tanenhaus](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-could-go-right-4120319/godfather-of-the-new-right-with-sam-tanenhaus) — 2025-08-27T07:00:00+00:00 - [The Progress Report: We're Divorcing Like It's 1959](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-could-go-right-4120319/the-progress-report-we-re-divorcing-like-it-s-1959) — 2025-08-22T07:00:00+00:00 - [Is the US Still a Rule of Law Country? with Joyce Vance](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-could-go-right-4120319/is-the-us-still-a-rule-of-law-country-with-joyce-vance) — 2025-08-20T07:00:00+00:00 - [The Progress Report: Crime Is Down, Fear Is Up!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-could-go-right-4120319/the-progress-report-crime-is-down-fear-is-up) — 2025-08-15T07:00:00+00:00 - [Shaking Up the Vatican with Austen Ivereigh](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-could-go-right-4120319/shaking-up-the-vatican-with-austen-ivereigh) — 2025-08-13T07:00:00+00:00 - [Are We Wasting Our Talent? with Rutger Bregman](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-could-go-right-4120319/are-we-wasting-our-talent-with-rutger-bregman) — 2025-08-06T07:00:00+00:00 - [The Progress Report: Japan’s Tsunami Tech Saves Lives](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-could-go-right-4120319/the-progress-report-japan-s-tsunami-tech-saves-lives) — 2025-08-01T07:00:00+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. 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