What’s Your Problem?

John Mills is the CEO and co-founder of a nonprofit called Watch Duty. His problem is this: How do you build an app to warn people when they are in immediate danger from a natural…

Josh Tyrangiel is the author of “AI for Good: How Real People Are Using Artificial Intelligence to Fix Things That Matter.” On today’s show, Josh talks about some of these real people and the problems…

Betsey Stevenson is a labor economist at the University of Michigan, and she was an economic adviser to President Obama. Betsey’s problem is this: How can we create a world where the benefits of AI…

Maps have gotten much better over the past few decades. But they’re still mostly two dimensional, and they struggle to keep up with a world that is always changing. Brian McClendon is the Chief Technology…

Dan Shipper is the co-founder and CEO of Every, a company that publishes newsletters about AI, develops AI-related software, and helps other companies use AI. Dan has two problems. One, how do you build a…

The apples you can buy at the grocery store have gotten profoundly better over the past few decades. It’s a kind of everyday, hiding-in-plain sight innovation.  Kate Evans is an apple breeder and professor at…

Drilled, a new addition to the Pushkin network, is a true-crime climate change podcast exposing how corporate corruption and political operatives built decades of climate denial and delay. Award-winning investigative journalist Amy Westervelt unravels evidence…

Rob Meyerson is the co-founder and CEO of Interlune. Rob’s problem is this: How do you help build an economy on the moon? Eventually, Rob hopes Interlune will help build a moon base. For now,…

Aaron Edsinger left his job as director of robotics at Google to start a company called Hello Robot. Aaron’s problem is this: How do you build an affordable robot that people can use to solve…

Ben Christensen is the co-founder and CEO of Cambium, the largest seller of salvaged wood in America. Ben’s problem is this: How can we turn the trees that are falling to the ground all around…