Solvable
Hosted by Malcolm Gladwell and Leon Neyfakh · Pushkin Industries
4.3from 590 ratings
- 140
- Episodes
- 27
- Transcribed
- 590
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
- 812K
- YouTube views
About Solvable
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.
- Publisher
- Pushkin Industries
- Category
- news · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 13 May 2019
- Latest episode
- 29 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
27 of 140 episodes have a transcript.
29 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The American Way of Killing: An Investigation of America’s Gun Violence Epidemic
12 May 2026TRANSCRIPT
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25 Feb 2026TRANSCRIPT
How to Design a More Meaningful Life (with Dave Evans and Bill Burnett) from The Happiness Lab
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The American Way of Killing: An Investigation of America’s Gun Violence Epidemic
Published 29 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] From the slave plantations of the South Carolina Lowcountry to a prison in Germany, that would be unrecognizable to any American. In the famous parable of the blind man and the elephant, each man touches a different part of the animal and draws a different conclusion. One touches the trunk and decides the elephant is like a snake. One touches the animal's leg and concludes the elephant is a tree. One touches the tusk and says the elephant is like a spear and so on. This is the American problem, the source of the conflict and misunderstanding that marks so much of the ongoing argument over what to do about the country's violence. […]
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Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Dave Evans
- Bill Burnett
- Grace Blest-Hopley
- Arvind Krishna
- Emi Nakamura
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 812,267
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.3 / 5
- 563 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.1 / 5
- 27 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 84 / 100
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- Quality
- 92
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 97
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Questions about Solvable
Who hosts Solvable?
Malcolm Gladwell and Leon Neyfakh host the show. Published by Pushkin Industries.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes bi-weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does Solvable take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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