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A Shot At History, Part 1 - The Stakes
Episode 6
Malaria is one of the deadliest diseases of all time - responsible for more deaths than all of humanity's wars combined. That means that the arrival …
8 months, 1 week ago
A Shot At History - Trailer
Episode 6
Over a year ago, we decided that we wanted to tell the storyof the malaria vaccine; one of the most important yet hidden stories of progress in the w…
8 months, 1 week ago
Ask Us Anything
Season 4 Episode 5
What do KPop Demon Hunters and Bluey have to do with stories of progress? Well, you’ll hear the answer in this ‘Ask Us Anything’ episode. From contro…
8 months, 1 week ago
Rutger Bregman – Quit Your Job, Change The World
Season 4 Episode 4
Meet Rutger Bregman, a Dutch historian, bestselling author andour first repeat guest on the podcast! In this episode we chat with Rutger about his ne…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Paulie Stewart - Punk Magic
Season 4 Episode 3
Meet Paulie Stewart, an Australian punk rocker who teamed up with a group of nuns to help disabled kids in Timor Leste. From walking on the wild side…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
Wawira Njiru - Engine Of Potential
Season 4 Episode 2
Meet Wawira Njiru, a nutritionist and social entrepreneur in Kenya who’s gone from serving lunch to 25 children out of a makeshift kitchen to establi…
9 months ago
Boyan Slat - The Impossible Cleanup
Season 4 Episode 1
Meet Boyan Slat, founder of The Ocean Cleanup - the world’s largest cleanup in history. After starting as a high school project in the Netherlands in…
9 months, 1 week ago
Trailer - Season 4
Season 4 Episode 1
A new chapter begins on July 31st, 2025.
9 months, 2 weeks ago
The Good News You Missed In 2024
Season 3 Episode 12
Depending on where you get your news, 2024 probably sounded like a complete disaster. And while a lot of terrible things happened, not everything tha…
1 year, 4 months ago
Steven Pinker – Why Progress Is Possible
Season 3 Episode 11
Meet Steven Pinker, a cognitive psychologist and public intellectual who is one of the world’s greatest thinkers on the topic of progress. He is the …
1 year, 6 months ago