The Resolve to Solve with Miles O'Brien Podcast is the official companion to the Arizona PBS and Mobias Media documentary television series Resolve to Solve with Miles O'Brien. After watching each episode of the TV series, host Elise Hu takes us behind the scenes with veteran science journalist Miles O’Brien, breaking the episode down into two podcast discussions about each episode’s two topics and providing even more insights into today’s hardest problems and the human ingenuity working to solve them. Watch or listen to the Resolve to Solve with Miles O’Brien Podcast wherever you get your podcasts.
Miles talks about the ironies of unlikely allies in the search for renewable energy. When an environmental activist meets the oil and gas industry, she harnesses a powerful force to scale up the geothermal energy industry. When the two sides understand and respect each other, they can work together towards a solution - one that is appealing because of its practicality.
17 Sept 2026
Imperial Valley
In this episode, Miles discusses the strain on the Colorado River and the farmers, water managers, and negotiators working for a solution to support the American West. With the key players and their interests all laid out, the solution for this problem remains elusive, highlighting the long road it takes to get to innovation.
10 Sept 2026
Rewiring the Brain: Psychedelics
When a clinical trial testing psychedelics to alleviate phantom limb pain came on the Resolve to Solve radar, Miles figured he better sign himself up! This episode gives us a deep dive into Miles’s experiences — the highs and the lows. He can’t exactly say that he no longer experiences phantom pain, but he shares that he did get something quite remarkable out of the treatment.
10 Sept 2026
Rewiring the Brain: Addiction
Miles and Elise discuss a groundbreaking medical intervention for addiction: focused ultrasound, pioneered by neurosurgeon Ali Rezai. Miles reports on the clinical trial’s progress and delves into why the West Virginia region is so impacted by the addiction crisis, closing with how we can support our loved ones who struggle with addiction.
3 Sept 2026
Doomsday Glacier
In his 30+ years of experience as a science reporter, Miles claims that scientists’ reaction to the “sea curtain solution” to the melting Thwaites (or Doomsday) Glacier is the most vehement he has ever seen. He goes into the reasons behind this, how a 10 foot rise in sea levels would change our world, and a peek into life onboard a ship at the bottom of the world.
3 Sept 2026
Rewilding
Miles reflects on the once in a lifetime experience of touching a sedated jaguar in Argentina. Her name was Acai, and she was part of Tomkins Conservation’s ongoing efforts to reintroduce jaguars to the Iberá Wetlands, where they are locally extinct. He dives into the rewilding efforts of South Africa, which set the standard for the work that Rewilding Argentina is doing now.
27 Aug 2026
Offshore Wind
In this episode, we dive into the politics of the offshore wind industry in New Bedford, Massachusetts - practically in Miles’s own backyard. A town once known for its whaling industry is now becoming the poster child for renewable energy. In the television episode, we see Miles in action as a pilot, and here on the podcast, he tells us all about his and his family’s history in the sky.
27 Aug 2026
Extreme Heat
In this episode, we’ll learn about the problem-solvers in Phoenix and Sydney trying to make life better by managing the increasingly high temperatures. Miles shares his experiences of sitting in a heat chamber that simulated the 1995 Chicago heat wave. We also learn about the surprising role the Australian Open played in developing heat research.
20 Aug 2026
Beaver Builders
In this episode, we learn that problem-solvers also come in the form of furry little construction workers: beavers. Miles talks about the role beavers fill in the American West and what happens when the so-called “beaver haters” eradicate them. He also looks at innovations in technology and the price tag that often comes with them.
20 Aug 2026
The Seaweed Solution
In this episode, Elise and Miles talk about a surprising solution to methane emissions that come in the form of cow burps. The solution? Seaweed in cow feed. Miles recounts his decades-long friendship with the innovator behind this solution, Joan Salwen, and talks about how the purpose of Resolve to Solve is to get to know the people behind the science.
11 Aug 2026
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