What Could Go Right?
Hosted by Zachary Karabell and Emma and Emma Varvaloucas · The Progress Network with Zachary Karabell and Emma Varvaloucas
4.2from 146 ratings
- 272
- Episodes
- 54
- Transcribed
- 146
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
- 126K
- YouTube views
About What Could Go Right?
It's easy to be pessimistic, especially with headlines dominated by global challenges like a changing geopolitical landscape, the rise in authoritarianism, and a seemingly unstable global economy. But what if, despite all that, humanity is actually making progress?Join Progress Network Founder Zachary Karabell every Wednesday as he chats with leading experts like Ian Bremmer and Anne Marie Slaughter to challenge the negativity and find out whether we should be so pessimistic about everything from sustainability and polarization to the future of work. Plus, start your week right with Progress Network Executive Director Emma Varvaloucas, who delivers a weekly dose of essential good news every Monday. If environmental success stories and medical breakthroughs are your thing, you won’t want to miss it.Tune in to discover the evidence for progress and find your reason for cautious optimism.
- Publisher
- The Progress Network with Zachary Karabell and Emma Varvaloucas
- Category
- government · news · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 1 Sept 2021
- Latest episode
- 7 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
54 of 272 episodes have a transcript.
7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Are We Becoming Too Afraid to Take Risks? | With Allison Schrager
5 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
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30 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Race for the Arctic Has Already Begun. Is America Ready? | With Rana Foroohar
Inside a recent episode
Are We Becoming Too Afraid to Take Risks? | With Allison Schrager
Published 7 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] There's clearly something in the human spirit that is true from time immemorial. I mean, a Maori getting on a boat to nowhere because they thought there was something out there, I would think for myself, I mean, if you got me in a dugout canoe and said, just go and try to find an island, that to me would be rather risky. Yeah. And probably ill-advised. Yeah. I mean, maybe with the GPS. But, you know, that's what they did, right? Well, they had no choice. Did they? I mean, they could have just stayed where they were. They could, but, you know, there were problems with that, too, and it wasn't that great. […]
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- Allison Schrager
- Rana Foroohar
- Brendan Dwyer
- Isaac Rose-Berman
- Dorothy Brown
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- YouTube views
- 125,543
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.2 / 5
- 88 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.2 / 5
- 58 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 77 / 100
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- Quality
- 82
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 82
- Engagement
- 99
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Zachary Karabell and Emma and Emma Varvaloucas host the show. Published by The Progress Network with Zachary Karabell and Emma Varvaloucas.
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