Bushkin.

This is an I-Heart podcast.

This is Solvable. I'm Ronald Young Jr.

I'm Sam Fragoso, host of Talk Easy with San Francisco.

What if we called our parents more, our friends, had better, more full-hearted conversations,

the kinds we always say we don't have time for or are just too busy to have?

Listeners, tis the season for problem solving.

I mean, at solvable, we're always steeped in it.

But this is the time of year that the rest of America takes a few extra minutes to look

carefully at their lives, then set goals, carve out resolutions, make fresh intentions

for a better life.

Hi, I'm Tim Harford.

I'm the host of cautionary tales.

The problem I'd like to see solved is creating more beautiful, lively, walkable neighborhoods.

If we could solve this problem, that would be good for mental health, it would be good for the economy, good for jobs, good for the planet.

There are so many ways in which this is a problem worth solving, and it seems like it shouldn't be such a hard problem.

We think some problems really should not be too hard to solve.

And I usually bring someone with the wealth of

knowledge and a roadmap to tell us how. But we have a special episode today, a chance to peer

behind the curtain with the team that makes solvable possible each week. I've invited my colleagues

to sit down and talk about the things we'd like to see solved. We'll also hear from some other

Pushkin podcast hosts about problems they'd like to see solved.

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