What's Your Problem?
iHeartPodcasts and Pushkin IndustriesEvery 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 ... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 222 | Founded | 5 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | TechnologyBusinessEntrepreneurship | |||
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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 Apple, Spotify or wherever you... more
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 Florida, and she’s a leadin... more
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 Apple, Spotify or wherever you... more
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 businesses prepare for a world ... more
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- No problem!
Jacob is one of the most skillful interviewers I listen to. He asks the tough questions with a light of touch, always respectful but never settling for b.s. answers. One of my favorite podcasts!
Apple Podcasts5J. Boher
United States2 months ago - Delete the Process, Crash the Car
The advertisements are annoying, frequent and blaring.
Interesting topic but turned off when it was revealed the guest was an Elon Musk fan. Sure it’s possible to work faster but when it comes to public safety this can result in cars that crash and kill people, rockets that crash land in areas where rockets shouldn’t crash. Then there is what was done to Twitter and to democracy and government. Very broken and toxic. Delete the process, demolish the rose garden.
Musk is also a liar who said he ... more
Apple Podcasts1acuteangle
Australiaa year ago - Good, but...
You have really good content. BUT, you like, can't speak an entire like sentence without like using really distracting like language. Like grow up and learn how to like speak. Your language is like way too like distracting
Apple Podcasts3disappointed 206United Statesa year ago Love the podcast...... Jacob covers lots of interesting topics and the length of the episodes are perfect for when I'm out walking. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is the amount of commercials. I get it, you have to generate income to finance the podcast, but a recent episode i listened to had almost 10 minutes of commercials in the 28 minute length.
Podcast Addict4a year agokathyaj- Fantastic
Jacob, come on, Nan kept explaining that their climate capture strategy is the opposite of a marginal investor (they are a first mover investor at much higher than marginal cost ) and you kept repeating marginal several times!
Apple Podcasts5Charly358
United Kingdoma year ago
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Across recent episodes, rigorous experts and ambitious founders discuss how technology, policy, and entrepreneurship collide to tackle big problems—from aging biology and AI in medicine to 3D mapping, lunar economies, and climate solutions. Conversations mix practical deployments (home robotics, AI agents, phage therapy) with systemic questions about education, labor markets, and global competition, often highlighting the human side of ambitious tech—trust, governance, and the storytelling needed to turn breakthroughs into real-world impact. A notable strength is the breadth: interviews span biotech, AI, space, agriculture, and energy, always centering how thoughtful experimentation and pragmatic business sense can move society forward. The... more
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Recent guests on What's Your Problem? include:
1. Karyn Esser
2. Kartik Hosanagar
3. Jason Ballard
4. Max Spero
5. Luke Aragoni
6. Zvi Mosiewicz
7. Christine Chase
8. Saif Khawaja
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