190 Episodes

  1. A Colorblind Nation: A Conversation About Race and Progress With Coleman Hughes

    Published: 17/04/2024

  2. Introducing The Ongoing Transformation: Finding Collective Advantage in Shared Knowledge

    Published: 20/03/2024

  3. Progress Check: Season 5 Recap with Zachary Karabell and Emma Varvaloucas

    Published: 21/02/2024

  4. Lessons From Former Presidents with Jared Cohen

    Published: 14/02/2024

  5. Inside Election Administration with Arizona's Secretary of State with Adrian Fontes

    Published: 7/02/2024

  6. Marxism and Modern Society with Freddie deBoer

    Published: 31/01/2024

  7. Can We Collectively Change the Internet? with Chris Anderson

    Published: 24/01/2024

  8. Is Free Speech Dead? with Greg Lukianoff

    Published: 17/01/2024

  9. Progress Check: 2024's Election Frenzy with Zachary Karabell and Emma Varvaloucas

    Published: 10/01/2024

  10. Hashtag Trauma with Scott Barry Kaufman

    Published: 3/01/2024

  11. A Science of Culture with Michael Muthukrishna

    Published: 20/12/2023

  12. Revisiting The Feminine Mystique with Rachel Shteir

    Published: 13/12/2023

  13. Climate Capital and a Green Tech Future with Jigar Shah

    Published: 6/12/2023

  14. Progress Check: Politics and AI, Homeless Vets, and STDs with Zachary Karabell and Emma Varvaloucas

    Published: 29/11/2023

  15. Change Is the Operative Force of History with Drew Gilpin Faust

    Published: 15/11/2023

  16. Not Too Late for the Climate with Rebecca Solnit and Thelma Young Lutunatabua

    Published: 8/11/2023

  17. Progress Check: Climate Dads, Cell Phone Bans, and Asteroid Sampling with Zachary Karabell and Emma Varvaloucas

    Published: 1/11/2023

  18. Navigating Israel-Palestine with Ian Bremmer

    Published: 25/10/2023

  19. The Great Awokening's Great Mistakes with Yascha Mounk

    Published: 18/10/2023

  20. A System Under Stress: Lincoln and Today with Steve Inskeep

    Published: 11/10/2023

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What if instead of being on the brink of disaster, we’re on the cusp of a better world? No one can deny the challenges the world faces, from pandemics to climate change to authoritarianism. But pessimism and despair are too easy a response. Each week, Progress Network Founder Zachary Karabell and Executive Director Emma Varvaloucas convene a diverse panel of experts to discuss the central issues of our era, including sustainability, polarization, work, and the economy, and make the case for a brighter future. They emerge from their conversations with a counterintuitive but informed take: progress is on its way.

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