{"podcast":{"title":"What Could Go Right?","slug":"what-could-go-right-4120319","podcast_index_feed_id":4120319,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/TPG9895805104","website_url":"https://theprogressnetwork.org/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/955cf968-ea1f-11eb-945e-7fe197163d6b/image/bc00763cfb961de16b88744e1460f4c9.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"The Progress Network with Zachary Karabell and Emma Varvaloucas","episode_count":224,"summary":"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-15T14:17:19.191197+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-could-go-right-4120319"},"episode":{"title":"The Progress Report: This Bacteria Beats Dengue Fever","slug":"the-progress-report-this-bacteria-beats-dengue-fever","published_at":"2025-09-26T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-could-go-right-4120319/the-progress-report-this-bacteria-beats-dengue-fever","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-could-go-right-4120319","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/TPG9499544007.mp3?updated=1758826598","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/TPG9499544007.mp3?updated=1758826598","summary":"Emma brings you a solo edition of the Progress Report, highlighting several positive global advancements. Brazil goes bold with a two-part strategy against dengue fever, involving both a homegrown vaccine and specially bred mosquitoes that carry an anti-dengue bacteria. Africa is leading a major expansion of school meal programs for children. And around the world we have two stories of security, with the High Seas Treaty recently ratified to protect international waters along with a reported rise in people’s sense of safety.","meta_description":"Emma brings you a solo edition of the Progress Report, highlighting several positive global advancements. Brazil goes bold with a two-part strategy agains…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1208,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/what-could-go-right-4120319/episodes/the-progress-report-this-bacteria-beats-dengue-fever/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-could-go-right-4120319/the-progress-report-this-bacteria-beats-dengue-fever.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}