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The Solve Effect is a podcast by MIT Solve that hosts leaders, visionaries, and barrier-breakers intent on wielding technology for good. Each episode explores the journeys of people rewriting the rules for global problem solving—from questioning the ethics of data to tackling bias in AI to applying traditional knowledge in the modern world. Join us in inspiring action to global problem-solving!
MIT Solve hosts The Solve Effect, a business show with 20 episodes published.
Snap two magnetic blocks together, and a light comes on. In that second, wonder becomes pride because you made it. Ayah Bdeir built a career on that distinction. littleBits, her magnetic electronics kits, turned millions
How do millions of strangers come to trust one another enough to share a common reality? In this episode of The Solve Effect, we welcome Katherine Maher, President and CEO of NPR and former CEO of the Wikimedia Foundatio
Namya Mahajan built a product for parents. Daycare workers started using it too, without anyone asking them to. Namya is our third guest in the 10 Years, 10 Solvers series. Solve is celebrating its 10th anniversary this
Kumi Naidoo once helped lead a funeral for an iceberg. Several hundred people gathered in Iceland to mourn something precious that had been with us for centuries and was never coming back. That single act of mourning gen
What if we treated democracy the way Silicon Valley treats software—a flexible tool that we can control and iterate on together until we get it right, knowing that it’s a project with no real end? In this episode of The
What does it take to rewire a public health system from the inside out? In this episode of The Solve Effect, guest host Alexander Dale, Director of Global Programs at MIT Solve, sits down with Ruchit Nagar, co-founder of
Are we living in unprecedented times for philanthropy, or have we seen this all before? In this episode of The Solve Effect, we welcome the CEO and co-founder of The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Stacy Palmer. For four deca
Rama Kayyali brought an artifact from her early entrepreneurial days–a homemade VHS tape–during this recording. That’s how long her company, Little Thinking Minds, and her product, I Read Arabic, have been making an impa
Her grandfather picked up litter in the amusement park he helped build. She continues that legacy by taking out the trash of inherited wealth and showing a better way forward. On this episode of The Solve Effect, Hala Ha
Every startup has its origin story. Some started in garages while others started in Ivy League dorm rooms. MIT Solve’s story may have started in a broom closet in the UN. On this episode of The Solve Effect, Hala sits do
Where do you go after building a unicorn? For Jessica Jackley, the possibilities are infinite. After redefining how the world thinks about microlending by cofunding Kiva, Jessica could have stayed in her lane. Instead, s
What does joyful and courageous giving look like in practice? Carrie Morgridge, Co-Founder and CEO of the Morgridge Family Foundation, has a few ideas. For seven years, Carrie and the Morgridge Family Foundation have bee
What does it take to build a system of welcome that reflects the best of who we are? In this episode of The Solve Effect, we sit down with Nazanin Ash, CEO of Welcome.US, to explore how millions of Americans are reshapin
What does it mean to design for life beyond Earth without losing our humanity? In this episode of The Solve Effect, we sit down with Dr. Ariel Ekblaw, founder and CEO of the Aurelia Institute and General Partner of the A
What does it mean to innovate when lives depend on it? In this episode of The Solve Effect, host Hala Hanna sits down with Dr. Mohamed Aburawi, a Harvard-trained surgeon and founder of Speetar, a cloud-based telehealth p
What happens when a childhood experience becomes the seed for a global movement? In this episode of The Solve Effect, host Hala Hanna sits down with Atif Javed, co-founder and Executive Director of Tarjimly, a nonprofit
How does a painful accident turn into a startup pushing the needle on male fertility? On the latest episode of The Solve Effect, Khaled Kteily, founder of Legacy, opens up about turning personal panic into a global missi
Over 260 million children are out of school, but what if the answer isn’t more classrooms, but more connection? In this episode of The Solve Effect, Hala is joined by Katrin McMillan, founder of Hello World, to discuss h
What does a 72-year-old textile titan have to do with saving our water supply? Host Hala Hanna talks with long-time Solve advisor Margie Yang, Chairman of the Esquel Group, about generational leadership, navigating crisi
Conversations with leaders, visionaries, and barrier-breakers, intent on using technology for good. Each episode explores the journeys of people rewriting the rules for global problem-solving, from questioning the ethics
Audrey Tang
Taiwan’s first Digital Minister, nonbinary cabinet minister · Taiwan government
1 appearance on this show
Stacy Palmer
longtime top editor · The Chronicle of Philanthropy
1 appearance on this show
Jessica Jackley
Kiva
1 appearance on this show
Ariel Ekblaw
space architect, scientist, entrepreneur · Aurelia Institute & Foundry
1 appearance on this show
Ruchit Nagar
Khushi Baby
1 appearance on this show
Rama Kayyali
Little Thinking Minds
1 appearance on this show
Carrie Morgridge
Morgridge Family Foundation
1 appearance on this show
Nazanin Ash
Welcome.US
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Ariel Ekblaw
Aurelia Institute
1 appearance on this show
Atif Javed
Tarjimly
1 appearance on this show
Khaled Kteily
Legacy
1 appearance on this show
Katrin McMillan
Hello World
1 appearance on this show
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