What Could Go Right?

Zachary Karabell

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Booking Overview

A hopeful, evidence-driven show that pushes back against “doom” narratives by bringing in experts on global trends and progress. Great PR fit for thought leaders who want to be associated with optimism, measurable outcomes, and nuanced public discourse.

Metrics

Episodes: 231

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.1/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 5.8k subscribers

Instagram: 48.0k followers

Contact Information

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Host

Zachary Karabell - Described as the Progress Network Founder and the host who chats with leading experts every Wednesday, framing conversations around challenging negativity and assessing whether we should be pessimi...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Prominent subject-matter experts—often historians, public intellectuals, and recognized leaders/authors—who can discuss measurable societal trends and evidence for progress across politics, sustainability, technology, and human outcomes.
Required Achievements:  
Published books/biographies (e.g., bestselling historical works), Noted public-facing roles (e.g., podcast host, festival participant), Recognition as thought leaders on culture, history, and global trends

Recent Guest Discussions

Steven Johnson - Our Cultural Doom Loop And Negativity Bias; Why Sensationalism Distorts Perception Of Crises; Evidence Of Incremental Progress.

Greg Jackson - The Psychology And Historical Roots Of Cultural Doom; Negativity Bias; The Origins Of Sensationalist Journalism; Incremental Progress.

Alexis Coe - How Americans Handle National History; Critique Vs Nostalgia; Complexities Of U.s. Origins; Gatekeepers And Historical Narratives; Political Divide Framing.

Recent Topics

Politics, History, Sustainability, Technology, Medicine

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
What Could Go Right?
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Average Joes Making Positive Change

July 13, 2026

Emma is on vacation! Which means this week, we’re doing something a little different. Before she left, she put together this roundup of stories about amateur do-gooders pitching in to make the world a better place: Wombat watchers in Australia helping to mitigate the spread of a deadly disease, stargazers contributing to NASA’s mission to find new planets outside our solar system, hikers carving new trails through Brazil’s sprawling wilderness, and randomly selected citizens compiling their n...

The Case Against Cynicism | with Greg Jackson & Steven Johnson

July 08, 2026

Despite record highs in life expectancy and historic lows in violent crime, society remains convinced that everything is completely broken. Steven Johnson (The Infernal Machine) and historian Greg Jackson (host of History That Doesn’t Suck) join Zachary Karabell at the Aspen Ideas Festival to decode our cultural doom loop. Rather than fueling the panic of our daily newsfeeds, the panel zeroes in on the psychological and historical roots of our negative worldview, revealing that our current c...

Can We Please Celebrate America's 250th Without Whitewashing the Past? | with Alexis Coe

July 01, 2026

Approaching the 250th anniversary of the United States brings up a familiar tension over whether we should celebrate our triumphs or relentlessly critique our failures. Most citizens tend to view the past with a thick lens of nostalgia, convincing themselves that earlier eras were inherently better than our current political moment. But this rigid binary between blind patriotism and total deconstruction leaves us trapped in endless arguments that prevent actual progress. Presidential histori...

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