What Could Go Right?

The Progress Network with Zachary Karabell and Emma Varvaloucas

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Turning Down the Headline Noise

10/8/2025 • 54 min

Let’s close out Season 7! Zachary and Emma look back on seven months of thought-provoking positive conversations, from global politics to the depths of sci-fi, exploring how to stay hopeful in a world hooked on negative news. They dive into protecting your mental health by controlling your news intake while also celebrating how social media platforms empower 8 b… Play episode

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The Progress Report: This Bacteria Beats Dengue Fever
Turning Science Fiction Into Reality with Ed Finn
The Progress Report: Techie to Trekkie: AirPods That Translate!
The Guardian of Public Lands with Josh Jackson
Democracy’s Next Chapter: Hope or Decline? with Brink Lindsey
Parent by Numbers with Emily Oster
The Progress Report: Clean Energy Is Crushing It
Godfather of the New Right with Sam Tanenhaus
The Progress Report: We're Divorcing Like It's 1959
Is the US Still a Rule of Law Country? with Joyce Vance
The Progress Report: Crime Is Down, Fear Is Up!
Shaking Up the Vatican with Austen Ivereigh
Are We Wasting Our Talent? with Rutger Bregman
The Progress Report: Japan’s Tsunami Tech Saves Lives
Does the Deficit Even Matter? with Stephanie Kelton
Education Where the Internet Can't Reach with Laura Hosman
The Progress Report: $16 Billion for Childcare and the World's First Clima…
A Historian’s Look Into America’s Future with Garrett Graff
The Progress Report: Clean Up on Aisle Everest
What Makes Societies Thrive? with Johan Norberg
The Progress Report: A Robot Saved My Heart
Climate Change's Agriculture Problem with Michael Grunwald
The Progress Report: FDA Approves HIV Prevention Gamechanger
Are High-Achieving Families Born or Made? with Susan Dominus
The Progress Report: Child Labor Drops by 100 Million
The Capitalism Conundrum with John Cassidy
The Progress Report: With or Without the U.S.
Judicial vs. Executive: Preventing a King with Jeffrey Rosen
Progress Report: Vatican City Runs on Pure Sunshine
Democrats: What the Heck Happened? with Jaime Harrison
The Progress Report: The US Says 'I Don't' to Child Marriage
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The Progress Report: Crime Plummets in 2025!
The View from Canada with David Frum
The Progress Report: Would You Let Snakes Bite You for Science?
Modern Money and Marketcrafters with Chris Hughes
Introducing The Hidden Economics of Remarkable Women (HERO)
The Progress Report: Ancient Scrolls Decoded by AI!
The Supreme Court vs. Donald Trump with Stephen Vladeck
The Progress Report: Science Tastes Like Chicken
Is the US Repeating Brexit's Mistakes? with Gillian Tett
The Progress Report: We've Got Aliens!
Navigating and Negotiating the Middle East with Dr. Jon Alterman
The Progress Report: Brazil Could Go Right!
What American Global Empire? with Daniel Bessner & Derek Davison
The Progress Report: All Aboard the 3D Express!
The Antitrust Advocate with Matt Stoller

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