What's Your Problem?

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Every week on What's Your Problem?, former Planet Money host Jacob Goldstein talks with entrepreneurs and engineers tackling the biggest challenges at the forefront of technology. How do you make a trip to space as routine as a plane flight? How do you turn solar energy into clean fuel? How do you use AI to stop deadly infections before they spread? We hear a lot these days about how the world is getting worse. What's Your Problem? learns from the thinkers and doers trying to make our future better. iHeartMedia is the exclusive podcast partner of Pushkin Industries.

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Can You Fix Insurance?

2026-11-12 · 31 min · Season 1, episode 199

Sid Jha is the CEO of an insurance company called Arbol. Sid's problem is this: Can you make insurance cheaper and more accessible by using new technology, new sources of capital, and new ways of thinking about risk? In…
Can a Cancer Gene Keep Muscles Young?

2026-11-05 · 32 min · Season 1, episode 198

Kevin Murach is a professor who studies muscle cells at the University of Missouri. Kevin's problem is this: Can we understand what's going on in our cells when we lift weights – and can we use that knowledge to help…
How Warren Buffet Built His Legacy By Finding Value No One Else Could See from Business History

2026-11-02 · 44 min

Throughout the next few weeks, every Monday we'll be sharing some of our favorite episodes from Jacob's other show Business History. We hope you enjoy them and if you want to hear more, subscriber to Business History on…
Every Cell in Your Body Has a Clock

2026-10-29 · 30 min · Season 1, episode 197

Circadian rhythm isn’t just controlled by your brain. Every cell in your body runs on a 24-hour cycle, including your muscle cells. Karyn Esser is the chair of the department of physiology and aging at the University of…
How a Bad Boss Kickstarted Silicon Valley... from Business History

2026-10-26 · 48 min

Throughout the next few weeks, every Monday we'll be sharing some of our favorite episodes from Jacob's other show Business History. We hope you enjoy them and if you want to hear more, subscriber to Business History on…
Solving the Trust Problem in AI Shopping

2026-10-22 · 40 min

Note: Today’s show is sponsored by PayPal. Kartik Hosanagar is a professor at the Wharton School. The problems he studies include: What will it take for people to trust AI agents to buy stuff for them? And how should…
Can a Robot Build Better, Cheaper Houses?

2026-10-15 · 51 min · Season 1, episode 196

Jason Ballard is the co-founder and CEO of ICON. Jason's problem is this: Can you use 3-D printing to build houses that are cheaper, better and more interesting than the houses we build now? In this episode, Jason…
Did AI Write This?

2026-10-08 · 39 min · Season 1, episode 195

Celebrated novelists, countless students and at least one billionaire have recently been accused of using AI in their writing. The most commonly cited AI detector in these cases is called Pangram. Max Spero is the…
Blockers | A Preview of Michael Lewis's New Audiobook

2026-10-06 · 50 min

I'm here with a preview of Blockers, a new audiobook from Michael Lewis, the author of Liars Poker, Moneyball, The Big Short and more. In Blockers, Lewis tells the story of a handful of people who dedicated their…
Can We Defeat Deepfakes?

2026-10-01 · 39 min · Season 1, episode 194

We’ve all heard that nothing ever gets deleted from the internet. Luke Arrigoni says that just isn’t true. His company deletes thousands of deepfakes every day. Luke is the founder and CEO of Loti, and his problem is…

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Oldest episode in feed: 02/2022 · over 4 years
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