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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.

Solvable

What if psychedelics could transform the way we treat trauma, chronic pain, and insomnia? This week, neuroscientist and psychedelic researcher Grace Blest-Hopley joins the show to break down the research on psychedelics and female biology. She discusses how psychedelics work in the brain, and the ways that psychedelic-assisted therapies might be beneficial for women in midlife.
 
Links to resources mentioned in this episode:
 
Hystelica’s resources on psychedelic retreats
 
The Heroic Hearts Project
 
Psychedelics and Neuroplasticity: A Systematic Review Unraveling the Biological Underpinnings of Psychedelics
 
Exploring the Therapeutic Effects of Psychedelics Administered to Military Veterans in Naturalistic Retreat Settings
 
The acute effects of classic psychedelics on memory in humans
 
Psilocybin with psychological support for treatment-resistant depression: six-month follow-up
 
Single-Dose Psilocybin for a Treatment-Resistant Episode of Major Depression
 
Psilocybin produces substantial and sustained decreases in depression and anxiety in patients with life-threatening cancer: A randomized double-blind trial
 
Johns Hopkins study on psychedelics and Alzheimer’s
 
Note: In this show, we use “women” as shorthand for people with XX chromosomes. We understand sex and gender are more complex, and acknowledge the experiences we describe reach beyond that word.

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Decoding Psychedelics with Dr. Grace Blest-Hopley from Decoding Women's Health

Malcolm Gladwell visits Kennesaw State University to learn about Jiwoo, an AI Assistant that helps future teachers practice responsive teaching by simulating classroom interactions with students. Discover AI’s impact on teaching methods to prepare teachers for the classroom.

This is a paid advertisement from IBM. The conversations on this podcast don't necessarily represent IBM's positions, strategies or opinions.

Visit us at https://www.ibm.com/think/podcasts/smart-talks
 
 

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From Smart Talks with IBM: How AI Assistants Can Transform Education

Former Solvable host Ronald Young Jr has a new podcast! “Weight For It unpacks the nuanced thoughts of fat folks, and of all folks who think about their weight all the time. Through narrative storytelling and some memoir, host Ronald Young Jr. hopes to have the conversations that we tend to avoid when it comes to our bodies.” Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts: https://apple.co/45kiRLG

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Introducing Weight For It from Ronald Young Jr.

Paul Rosolie is an Amazon Rainforest conservationist, author, and filmmaker. He is the co-founder of Tamandua Expeditions and Junglekeepers.

Here are links to those organizations he mentions in this episode:

Www.Junglekeepers.org 

Www.Tamanduajungle.com 

Www.PaulRosolie.com

Save the Sunlight, Brooklyn Botanical Gardens

Solvable is produced by Jocelyn Frank, research by David Zha, booking by Lisa Dunn, editorial support for Keishel Williams. The Managing Producer is Sachar Mathias and the Executive Producer is Mia Lobel.

 
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Paul Rosolie, Protecting the Amazon Rainforest

Sterlin Harjo strives to tell the stories of Native and Indigenous people by positioning beauty and triumphs alongside honest frailty and shortcomings. Harjo is an award-winning film maker and he’s the creator and show runner of the TV show Reservations Dogs. 

Here are some links to organizations and works he recommends in this episode:

https://illuminatives.org/

Reservation Dogs

Four Sheets to the Wind

Barking Water

Mekko

This May Be the Last Time 

Love and Fury

Solvable is produced by Jocelyn Frank, research by David Zha, booking by Lisa Dunn, editorial support for Keishel Williams. The Managing Producer is Sachar Mathias and the Executive Producer is Mia Lobel.

 
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Sterlin Harjo, Reservation Dogs

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 Games

https://www.girlsmakegames.com/

What They Don’t Sea (2019) - Explore the underwater seas to collect special algae for an alternative energy project

Shredded Secrets (2022) - A game about bullying, that follows the bullied kid and the struggling bully as well. Nintendo Switch

Find 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, Playstation

Blubblub (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-box

Interfectorem (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, Playstation

The 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. Steam

Solvable 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.

 
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Misogyny in Game Design is Solvable

Lizzy Pace and Chad Kultgen are the hosts of the podcast, Game of Roses and they have ideas about how to solve The Bachelor and reality TV more generally.

Solvable is produced by Jocelyn Frank, research by David Zha, booking by Lisa Dunn, editing help from Keishel Williams. The managing producer is Sachar Mathias and the executive producer is Mia Lobel. 

Here are additional resources suggested by Lizzy and Chad, where you can learn more:

 

How To Win The Bachelor by Lizzy Pace and Chad Kultgen

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/How-to-Win-The-Bachelor/Chad-Kultgen/9781982172947

Bachelor Nation by Amy Kaufman

https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781101985915

TV Show: Unreal

https://www.hulu.com/series/unreal-dcd85133-0465-410f-8792-aeb94ebd5755

 
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Reality TV is Solvable

The staff of Solvable discuss the problems, big and small, that they'd like to see solved in 2022 and beyond.

Special thanks to Maggie Taylor and Pushkin podcast hosts Sam Fragoso (Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso), Tim Harford (Cautionary Tales), Michael Lewis (Against the Rules), Laurie Santos (The Happiness Lab) and Justin Richmond (Broken Record).

Solvable is produced by Jocelyn Frank, research by David Zha, booking by Lisa Dunn, Editing support from Keishel Williams. The managing producer is Sachar Mathias and executive producer is Mia Lobel.

 
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Solutions for 2022

Mike Gauyo is a TV writer in LA. Credits include Insecure (HBO) and Ginny & Georgia (Netflix) among other projects. He’s the founder of The Black Boy Writes Black Girl Writes Mentorship Initiative which is paving pathways for emerging Black writers in Hollywood. 

Here are some resources Gauyo recommends in this episode:

Black Boy Writes Black Girl Writes

Insecure

Fruit Podcast

The Writer's Room Podcast

The Screenwriters Rant Room Podcast

On Writing Podcast from WGA 

The Screenwriter's Bible, A Complete Guide to Writing, Formatting, and Selling Your Script by David Trottier

 
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Mike Gauyo: Insecure

Dr. Carmen Peralta is the Chief Medical Officer at Cricket Health. She co-founded the Kidney Health Research Collaborative at University of California San Francisco and the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center. She works to provide support to patients, doctors and all the steps in between to improve kidney health outcomes. 

Dr. Peralta recommends these sites to learn more:

CDC Chronic Kidney Disease Initiative

https://www.cdc.gov/kidneydisease/index.html

UCSF Kidney Health Research Collaborative

https://khrc.ucsf.edu/

Solvable is produced by Jocelyn Frank, David Zha, Lisa Dunn and Keishel Wiliams. The managing producer is Sachar Mathias and our executive producer is Mia Lobel.

 
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Kidney Failure is Solvable

Cults and other manipulative groups are an issue of public health and Diane Benscoter has strategies that may help.

Diane Benscoter is the founder of Antidote and the author of Shoes of a Servant: My Unconditional Devotion to a Lie.

Here are some links to additional information about cults and psychological manipulation and how to find support:

Support for Individuals, from Antidote 

Support for Families, from Antidote

Freedom of Mind Institute 

Cult Deprogramming vs. Strategic Interactive Approach from Steven Hassan

Course: Understand Cults: The Basics, by Steven Hassan

Open Minds Foundation: Resources

 
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Psychological Manipulation is a Solvable Problem

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