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What's Your Problem?

What's Your Problem?

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Every week on What's Your Problem?, former Planet Money host Jacob Goldstein talks with entrepreneurs and engineers tackling the biggest challenges at the forefront of technology. How do you make a trip to space as routine as a plane flight? How do you turn solar energy into clean fuel? How do you use AI to stop deadly infections before they spread? We hear a lot these days about how the world is getting worse. What's Your Problem? learns from the thinkers and doers trying to make our future better.

iHeartMedia is the exclusive podcast partner of Pushkin Industries.

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      On the show today, he talks about the long arc of autonomous driving, why he left Google, and the future of autonomous trucking.

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      44 min
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      Michael Porter is the Chief Technology Officer of OceanWell.

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      On today’s show, Michael explains how he built OceanWell’s prototype in his kitchen, what it takes to make a system that’s less disruptive to marine life, and why innovations from the oil and gas industry are making his work possible.

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      32 min
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      Oct 23 2025

      Justin Lopas is the COO and co-founder of Base Power, a battery and power company based in Texas.

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      On today’s show, Justin explains why the grid needs a major upgrade, and how putting batteries next to homes could help. Also: what Texas’ embrace of renewable energy could mean for the future of power in the U.S.

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      31 min
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