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Catherine Coleman Flowers is the Founder and Director of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice. She was awarded a MacArthur Genius Grant in 2020 for her work researching and documenting America’s waste water failures. 

Learn more:
Have you faced local sanitation issues in the US? We want to hear from you, The Guardian, 2021
Waste: One Woman's Fight Against America's Dirty Secret By Catherine Coleman Flowers
Catherine Coleman Flowers, Class of 2020, MacArthur Foundation
Biden Urged to Back Water Bill in Amid US Worst Crisis in Decades, The Guardian, 2021
The people suffering have to have a seat at the table, Southerly Dec. 2020
At Canaan’s Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68 By Taylor Branch

Solvable's senior producer is Jocelyn Frank. Research and booking by Lisa Dunn.
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Nathan Matias is a professor at Cornell University and leads the Citizens and Technology Lab. He believes that the strong tradition of scrappy, responsive, citizen science (which has led to positive changes in food safety and quality assurance regulations) can also bring positive changes to how algorithms impact our lives. 

The Citizens and Technology Lab, Cornell University
Mozilla Foundation- volunteer opportunities  
Algorithmic Justice League 
Joy Buolamwini, TED Talk, Fighting Bias in Algorithms
The Markup
Consumer Reports
The History of the Good Housekeeping Institute
Elinor Ostrom’s Work on Governing The Commons: An Appreciation, LSE
Kurt Lewin, American Social Psychologist, Encyclopedia Britanica
Democratic, Authoritarian, Laissez-Faire: What Type Of Leader Are You?, Forbes 2019
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Eli Pariser is a social activist and technology entrepreneur. He sits on the U.S. Programs Board of the Open Society Foundation and the Information and Democracy Commission. He is currently co-director of the Civic Signals project with Talia Stroud, at the National Conference on Citizenship.

To learn more about urban planing and digital design check out these links below:
New Public by Civic Signals 
What obligation do social media platforms have to the greater good?, Eli Pariser, TED
Palaces For the People, Eric Klinenberg 
The Death and Life of Great American Cities, Jane Jacobs
The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces, William Whyte
Run Your Own Social, A social media toolkit
The Media is the Message, Marshall McLuhan
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Anne Applebaum is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, contributing writer at The Atlantic and a co-host of Solvable and she believes that political polarization is solvable.
Learn more about the topics that Anne discussed with Jacob:
Coexistence is the Only Option, The Atlantic, Jan 20, 2021
Quebec’s landmark 1995 independence referendum, The McGill Tribune, Nov 3, 2020
The Northern Ireland Peace Process, Council on Foreign Relations, March 5, 2020
Infrastructure and Peacebuilding, United Nations 2020 report of the Secretary General, January 2020
Bridging Divides: Trends in Demonstrations, Princeton University
Over Zero, working to prevent identity-based violence
Braver Angels, bringing red and blue together
One in five voters (21%) said they supported the Capitol insurrection, YouGov survey, Jan 2021

Solvable is produced by Jocelyn Frank with research and booking by Lisa Dunn.
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Juan Manuel Santos is credited with ending the long and violent civil war in Colombia. He believes that every conflict can have a solution. This episode originally published in 2019.
Want to know more about making and maintaining peace in Colombia? Check out these links.
Juan Manuel Santos, Nobel Prize, 2016
Colombia peace built by British veterans of IRA accord, The Sunday Times, 2016
Colombia Signs Peace Agreement with FARC rebels, The New York Times, 2016
Colombia’s Peace Deal Promised a New Era. So Why Are These Rebels Rearming? The New York Times, 2019
Three Years After the Signing of the Final Agreement in Colombia: Moving Toward Territorial Transformation, Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies,June 2020

Solvable is produced by Jocelyn Frank. Research and Booking by Lisa Dunn.
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Dr. Anne Zink is the Chief Medical Officer for the state of Alaska and has helped to coordinate one of the nation's most successful vaccine distribution efforts to date.
Dr. Zink believes that part of their success comes from the many people joining in to the enormous effort, in creative and meaningful ways.
Want to learn more about how to volunteer to help with vaccine distribution? Contact your local health department and check out the links below.
Volunteer with the American Red Cross
How to Support Elderly Friends and Family During COVID-19, Cedars Sinai
Volunteering during a pandemic, Sterling volunteers   
Talking to Recipients about COVID-19 Vaccines, CDC.gov
Frequently Asked Questions about COVID-19 Vaccination, CDC.gov

Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Fact Sheet, FDA.gov
Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Fact Sheet, FDA.gov

Solvable is produced by Jocelyn Frank. Research and booking by Lisa Dunn.
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