Solvable

Pushkin Industries

Solvable showcases the world’s most innovative thinkers and their proposed solutions to the world’s most daunting problems. The interviews, hosted by Ronald Young Jr., will launch a dialogue that both acknowledges the complexity of the issues while inspiring hope that the problems are, in fact, solvable. iHeartMedia is the exclusive podcast partner of Pushkin Industries. read less
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Episodes

Misogyny in Game Design is Solvable
Feb 9 2022
Misogyny in Game Design is Solvable
Laila Shabir is the co-founder and CEO of Girls Make Games. Here are some links to learn more about her game design studio, summer camp and quest to welcome more girls and women into the world of game design.Girls Make Gameshttps://www.girlsmakegames.com/What They Don’t Sea (2019) - Explore the underwater seas to collect special algae for an alternative energy projectShredded Secrets (2022) - A game about bullying, that follows the bullied kid and the struggling bully as well. Nintendo SwitchFind Me (2021) - A beautiful and surreal 2D puzzle platformer about a lost shadow seeking to be reunited with her human girl, while searching for memories and avoiding the dangerous city lights. Steam, PlaystationBlubblub (2016) - Jennifer is out on a hunt to extract cuteness from anything and everything in sight to create the world's finest line of make up. It just so happens, BlubBlub is the cutest blub there ever was... Rescue your friends and thwart Jennifer's scheme for building a cosmetics empire. Down with the syringes! Steam, X-boxInterfectorem (2015) - A young sheriff-in-training who lives alone with her sister Sali in a small town next to the woods decides to go on a hike one day, but comes home to find her younger sister brutally murdered! Steam, PlaystationThe Hole Story (2014) - When an unsuspecting young girl finds herself transported to a mystical world, she must rely on her trusty shovel and quick wits to find her way home. SteamSolvable is produced by Jocelyn Frank, research by David Zha, booking by Lisa Dunn, and editing support from Keishel Williams. The Managing Producer is Sachar Mathias and Executive Producer is Mia Lobel. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
adrienne maree brown: Cancel Culture is Solvable
Dec 1 2021
adrienne maree brown: Cancel Culture is Solvable
adrienne maree brown is the author of We Will Not Cancel Us and Other Dreams of Transformative Justice, Holding Change: The Way of Emergent Strategy Facilitation and Mediation, Pleasure Activism and also several works of fiction. She is the co-host of the podcasts How to Survive the End of the World, Octavia’s Parables and Emergent Strategy.Below are links to topics, resources and mentors mentioned in this episode:Ashlee Marie Preston calls on Netflixhttps://www.them.us/story/activists-celebrities-protest-netflix-chappelle-specialGrace Lee Boggs Activist and American Revolutionary Turns 100, Code Switch NPR, 2015 https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2015/06/27/417175523/grace-lee-boggs-activist-and-american-revolutionary-turns-100Mariame Kabahttp://mariamekaba.com/Ways to Implement Restorative Practices in the Classroomhttps://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/opinion-ways-to-implement-restorative-practices-in-the-classroom/2020/01Why American Prisons Owe Their Cruelty to Slaveryhttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/prison-industrial-complex-slavery-racism.htmlThe Center for Nonviolent Communicationhttps://www.cnvc.org/Hollow Water First Nations Community Holistic Healing Circlehttps://cncfr.jbsinternational.com/node/589Truth and Reconciliation Commission, South Africahttps://www.usip.org/publications/1995/12/truth-commission-south-africaTruth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada https://nctr.ca/12 Ways to Engage in Truth and Reconciliation at Western University Ontario, Canadahttps://indigenous.uwo.ca/initiatives/learning/12-ways.html Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mary Aiken: Cybercrime is Solvable
Nov 24 2021
Mary Aiken: Cybercrime is Solvable
Mary Aiken is a Cyberpsychologist and Chair of the Department of Cyberpsychology Capitol Technology University in Laurel Maryland. She is a member of the Interpol Global Cybercrime Expert Group.Want to learn more? Here are links to additional resources Dr. Aiken recommends:The Cyber Blue Line (Aiken & Amann ) https://www.europol.europa.eu/europol-spotlight/europol-spotlight-cyber-blue-line The Cyber Effect - how human behavior changes online (Aiken, 2016)  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cyber-Effect-Pioneering-Cyberpsychologist-Explains/dp/0812997859 Manipulating Fast and Slow (Aiken, 2018 )  https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/manipulating-fast-and-slow#:~:text=As%20a%20discipline%2C%20cyberpsychology%20focuses,emerging%20technologies%20on%20human%20behavior.&text=this%20article%2C%20Dr.-,Mary%20Aiken%20talks%20about%20how%20the%20discipline%20helps%20us%20better,the%20context%20of%20recent%20elections.15 minutes of Shame, Documentary HBO Max https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhJrnNdH-awMaster of Research (M.Res.) in Cyberpsychology https://www.captechu.edu/degrees-and-programs/masters-degrees/cyberpsychology-mresDoctorate in Cyberpsychology https://www.captechu.edu/degrees-and-programs/doctoral-degrees/cyberpsychology-phdSolvable is produced by Jocelyn Frank, research by David Zha, booking by Lisa Dunn. Sachar Mathias is the managing producer and Mia Lobel the executive producer. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.