What's Your Problem?

What's Your Problem?

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.

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Smallpox: Gone but Not Forgotten from Incubation

Smallpox: Gone but Not Forgotten from Incubation

What can we learn from the centuries-long quest to eradicate smallpox, once the scourge of humanity? And how did it set the stage for all vaccines to come? First we meet Edward Jenner, a doctor in 18t...

11 Sep 202327min

Going to the Doctor Sucks. Can AI Make it Better?

Going to the Doctor Sucks. Can AI Make it Better?

Allon Bloch is the co-founder and CEO of K Health. Allon’s problem is this: Can you use AI to make seeing a doctor easier and more helpful? Today, thousands of patients a month are treated through K H...

7 Sep 202327min

Spotting Wildfires with AI

Spotting Wildfires with AI

Sonia Kastner is the founder and CEO of Pano. Sonia’s problem is this: How do you use data and machine learning to mitigate the damage caused by climate change? Pano mounts cameras on remote mountaint...

31 Aug 202324min

Is the Era of Free Returns Over?

Is the Era of Free Returns Over?

Amit Sharma is the founder and CEO of Narvar. Narvar works with companies such as Sephora, Lululemon and Home Depot to manage the post-purchase phase of online shopping — tracking, alerts and returns....

24 Aug 202324min

Creative Technology at Pixar

Creative Technology at Pixar

Danielle Feinberg is a Visual Effects Supervisor at Pixar Animation Studios. Danielle’s problem is this: How do you optimize technology so that you can spend more time being creative? Danielle Feinber...

17 Aug 202336min

How To Make AI Safer & More Reliable

How To Make AI Safer & More Reliable

Yaron Singer is the founder and CEO of Robust Intelligence. Yaron’s problem is this: How do you reduce AI’s security and reliability risks? Yaron was a computer science professor at Harvard and worked...

10 Aug 202329min

Quantum Computers Could Change Everything

Quantum Computers Could Change Everything

Chris Monroe is the co-founder and chief scientist of IonQ. Chris’s problem is this: How do you build a quantum computer that will actually work? Quantum computing has the potential to transform field...

3 Aug 202323min

The 2023 Unhedged Stock Draft

The 2023 Unhedged Stock Draft

Seven stocks are powering the market: Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Tesla. How will they do in the second half of this year? Ethan Wu hosts as Rob ‘Value This’ Armstrong takes o...

27 Juli 202320min

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