<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Solving For: Listen]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prefer listening to reading? In Listen, I narrate each post — bringing you the full Solving For experience in audio.]]></description><link>https://www.solvingfor.io/s/listen</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TWGO!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F30484ec1-6322-4fed-8bef-d32bb101b2a9_1234x1234.png</url><title>Solving For: Listen</title><link>https://www.solvingfor.io/s/listen</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 08:10:59 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.solvingfor.io/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Matt Haggman]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[solvingfor@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[solvingfor@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Matt Haggman]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Matt Haggman]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[solvingfor@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[solvingfor@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Matt Haggman]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[(Audio) The American Dream: Our Shining Future ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Part 3, Solutions: As America figures out what comes next, broad upward economic mobility &#8212; not simply economic growth &#8212; must become its defining purpose. Five ideas to do that.]]></description><link>https://www.solvingfor.io/p/audio-the-american-dream-our-shining</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.solvingfor.io/p/audio-the-american-dream-our-shining</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Haggman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:25:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/207440853/78dea91669fdf5f5c920fcca735143ed.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some prefer to read, others to listen. We call this section Listen &#8212; the narrated companion to the weekly post. You can find all editions narrated by me here, or click play on the Article Voiceover at the top of each post.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Audio) The American Dream: America's Challenge at 250]]></title><description><![CDATA[Part 2, The Forces: The ladder wasn't dismantled overnight &#8212; it eroded through economic change, policy choices, and institutions that didn't keep pace.]]></description><link>https://www.solvingfor.io/p/audio-the-american-dream-americas</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.solvingfor.io/p/audio-the-american-dream-americas</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Haggman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 13:18:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/205268604/5ddd0ed229be38154087acc04d1cb573.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some prefer to read, others to listen. We call this section Listen &#8212; the narrated companion to the weekly post. You can find all editions narrated by me here, or click play on the Article Voiceover at the top of each post.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Audio) The American Dream: The Climb Is Getting Harder ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Part 1, The Problem: As America prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday, the Dream it was built on is being tested unlike any time in decades.]]></description><link>https://www.solvingfor.io/p/audio-the-american-dream-the-climb</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.solvingfor.io/p/audio-the-american-dream-the-climb</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Haggman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 04:07:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/204221176/b5547140d04cc01edd3d17361d8c2115.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some prefer to read, others to listen. We call this section Listen &#8212; the narrated companion to the weekly post. You can find all editions narrated by me here, or click play on the Article Voiceover at the top of each post.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Audio) National Debt: Finding the Will to Act]]></title><description><![CDATA[Part 3, Solutions: One economist has spent decades doing the math. The answers exist. Her warning: act now, or a crisis will do it instead.]]></description><link>https://www.solvingfor.io/p/audio-national-debt-finding-the-will</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.solvingfor.io/p/audio-national-debt-finding-the-will</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Haggman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 21:28:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/201803544/0cd8890f2b6936ba2d64dd63e22d07ae.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some prefer to read, others to listen. We call this section Listen &#8212; the narrated companion to the weekly post. You can find all editions narrated by me here, or click play on the Article Voiceover at the top of each post.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Audio) National Debt: The Abdication ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Part 2, The Forces: The Bill That Keeps Getting Passed Forward &#8212; and Why It May Finally Matter.]]></description><link>https://www.solvingfor.io/p/audio-national-debt-the-abdication</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.solvingfor.io/p/audio-national-debt-the-abdication</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Haggman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 17:51:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/200917911/269298a810fc017226caeaed8fc553c4.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some prefer to read, others to listen. We call this section Listen &#8212; the narrated companion to the weekly post. You can find all editions narrated by me here, or click play on the Article Voiceover at the top of each post.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Audio) National Debt: The Inheritance ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Part 1, The Problem: Decades of spending choices and the refusal to pay for them have produced a debt larger than the American economy. Someone will pay for it. Just not the people who ran it up.]]></description><link>https://www.solvingfor.io/p/audio-national-debt-the-inheritance</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.solvingfor.io/p/audio-national-debt-the-inheritance</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Haggman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 17:43:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/200917530/cf6521d7be4989fa190eff47ef8ace45.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some prefer to read, others to listen. We call this section Listen &#8212; the narrated companion to the weekly post. You can find all editions narrated by me here, or click play on the Article Voiceover at the top of each post.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Audio) The Open Thread: AI Safety, Congress, Local News, and College Sports ]]></title><description><![CDATA[AI safety reaches the diplomatic agenda, congressional competition takes a serious hit, Pittsburgh local news gets a lifeline, and college sports' new rules face their first test.]]></description><link>https://www.solvingfor.io/p/audio-the-open-thread-ai-safety-congress</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.solvingfor.io/p/audio-the-open-thread-ai-safety-congress</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Haggman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 16:18:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/198429429/b879b004a364a135481a2d6aa076c147.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some prefer to read, others to listen. We call this section Listen &#8212; the narrated companion to the weekly post. You can find all editions narrated by me here, or click play on the Article Voiceover at the top of each post.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Audio) Teen Crisis: Three Ways Forward ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Part 3, Solutions: Fixing the product. Raising the age. Changing what's normal. The work of repairing American childhood has begun.]]></description><link>https://www.solvingfor.io/p/audio-teen-crisis-three-ways-forward</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.solvingfor.io/p/audio-teen-crisis-three-ways-forward</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Haggman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 21:49:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/196835362/733954f550179c845fa95cfcdb27ab13.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some prefer to read, others to listen. We call this section <em>Listen</em> &#8212; the narrated companion to the weekly post. You can find all narrated editions here, or click play on the Article Voiceover at the top of each post.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Audio Edition) Teen Crisis: The Twenty-Six Words That Shielded Social Media]]></title><description><![CDATA[Part 2, The Forces: A 1996 law built the wall. The platforms built an addiction machine behind it. A 2026 jury cracked it.]]></description><link>https://www.solvingfor.io/p/audio-edition-teen-crisis-the-twenty</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.solvingfor.io/p/audio-edition-teen-crisis-the-twenty</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Haggman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:35:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/195763439/667dc6eda0276559cbc71ef6fc458a22.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some prefer to read, others to listen. We call this section <em>Listen</em> &#8212; the narrated companion to the weekly post. You can find all narrated editions here, or click play on the Article Voiceover at the top of each post.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Audio Edition) Teen Crisis: How Facebook Targeted Tweens ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Part 1, The Problem: An epidemic of depression, anxiety, and suicide among teenagers. Internal documents showing a company that knew and kept going. And a jury that held it accountable.]]></description><link>https://www.solvingfor.io/p/audio-edition-teen-crisis-how-facebook</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.solvingfor.io/p/audio-edition-teen-crisis-how-facebook</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Haggman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 18:31:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/194437075/34556c4775c1305d634064072eb9977f.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some prefer to read, others to listen. We call this section <em>Listen</em> &#8212; the narrated companion to the weekly post. You can find all narrated editions here, or click play on the Article Voiceover at the top of each post.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Audio Edition) The Open Thread: Six Series In]]></title><description><![CDATA[The halfway mark of year one. And just getting started.]]></description><link>https://www.solvingfor.io/p/audio-edition-the-open-thread-six</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.solvingfor.io/p/audio-edition-the-open-thread-six</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Haggman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 12:20:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/193247518/953ba67186f0b76be5ea3882fb96dafb.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some prefer to read, others to listen. We call this section <em>Listen</em> &#8212; the narrated companion to the weekly post. You can find all narrated editions here, or click play on the Article Voiceover at the top of each post.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Audio Edition) Local News, Part 3: The Bet That Wasn't Made, But Could Still Be]]></title><description><![CDATA[Local journalism has seen four waves of rebuilding. Each made progress. None solved the problem. The solution may require a bet no one has yet been willing to make.]]></description><link>https://www.solvingfor.io/p/audio-edition-local-news-part-3-the</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.solvingfor.io/p/audio-edition-local-news-part-3-the</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Haggman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 13:36:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/192312667/cbc8d9733ae9b50c7528b524f634edee.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some prefer to read, others to listen. We call this section <em>Listen</em> &#8212; the narrated companion to the weekly post. You can find all narrated editions here, or click play on the Article Voiceover at the top of each post.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Audio Edition) Local News, Part 2: The Internet Was the First Disruption. AI Is the Next. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The internet devastated local news. AI may be the bigger disruption. Understanding the collapse &#8212; and what one organization did right &#8212; may be the industry's best preparation.]]></description><link>https://www.solvingfor.io/p/audio-edition-local-news-part-2-the</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.solvingfor.io/p/audio-edition-local-news-part-2-the</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Haggman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 05:42:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/189960924/326cd9e2812bf362e3b05c89160fb0f2.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some prefer to read, others to listen. We call this section <em>Listen</em> &#8212; the narrated companion to the weekly post. You can find all narrated editions here, or click play on the Article Voiceover at the top of each post.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Audio Edition) Local News, Part 1: The Civic Unraveling ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Since 2005, America has lost nearly 40 percent of its local newspapers. What it's really losing is harder to quantify &#8212; and far more consequential.]]></description><link>https://www.solvingfor.io/p/audio-edition-local-news-part-1-the</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.solvingfor.io/p/audio-edition-local-news-part-1-the</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Haggman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 13:25:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/188611333/1e0734e818fa9ee679a7ae0ecaadd834.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some prefer to read, others to listen. We call this section <em>Listen</em> &#8212; the narrated companion to the weekly post. You can find all narrated editions here, or click play on the Article Voiceover at the top of each post.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Audio Edition) War & Peace, Pt 3: Rebuilding the Global Order ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Part 3 of 3: Solutions &#8212; As the world rearms, Canada's Mark Carney declared the 80-year-old rules-based system dead. Three worldviews are competing to shape what's next&#8212;one path could restore it.]]></description><link>https://www.solvingfor.io/p/audio-edition-war-and-peace-pt-3</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.solvingfor.io/p/audio-edition-war-and-peace-pt-3</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Haggman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 22:35:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/186019606/8dd18b3c23fd762c7c3e1a0ac12d9e93.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some prefer to read, others to listen. We call this section <em>Listen</em> &#8212; the narrated companion to the weekly post. You can find all narrated editions here, or click play on the Article Voiceover at the top of each post.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Audio Edition) War & Peace, Pt 2: From 1989's Hope to Rearmament]]></title><description><![CDATA[Part 2 of 3: The Forces &#8212; How the optimism unleashed by the end of the Cold War unraveled &#8212; and why the world is arming again.]]></description><link>https://www.solvingfor.io/p/audio-edition-war-and-peace-from</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.solvingfor.io/p/audio-edition-war-and-peace-from</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Haggman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 11:43:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/184758648/57e6fe31da889c70a653c6ba8fbee8d9.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some prefer to read, others to listen. We call this section <em>Listen</em> &#8212; the narrated companion to the weekly post. You can find all narrated editions here, or click play on the Article Voiceover at the top of each post.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Audio Edition) War & Peace, Pt 1: The World Rearms ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Part 1 of 3: The Problem &#8212; After 80 years without global war, nations are rearming at a record pace, just as the guardrails that prevented catastrophe are breaking down.]]></description><link>https://www.solvingfor.io/p/audio-edition-war-and-peace-the-world</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.solvingfor.io/p/audio-edition-war-and-peace-the-world</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Haggman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 00:11:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/183971479/374dd711caf8df6f56a82079eeccc747.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some prefer to read, others to listen. We call this section <em>Listen</em> &#8212; the narrated companion to the weekly post. You can find all narrated editions here, or click play on the Article Voiceover at the top of each post.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Audio Edition) College Sports: The Fork in the Road ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Part 3 of 3: Solutions &#8212; The old system is gone. What comes next?]]></description><link>https://www.solvingfor.io/p/audio-edition-college-sports-the</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.solvingfor.io/p/audio-edition-college-sports-the</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Haggman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 13:40:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/182416547/3f51593e8baff600f86df7c528aa8272.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some prefer to read, others to listen. We call this section <em>Listen</em> &#8212; the narrated companion to the weekly post. You can find all narrated editions here, or click play on the Article Voiceover at the top of each post.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Audio Edition) College Sports: How the NCAA was Born of Death and Money — Death was the Easy Part ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Part 2 of 3: The Forces &#8212; How the Money Problem Finally Won.]]></description><link>https://www.solvingfor.io/p/audio-edition-college-sports-how-107</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.solvingfor.io/p/audio-edition-college-sports-how-107</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Haggman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 10:59:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/181670823/d16dcb5b3401e2d8c8781bfcf2ef82a3.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some prefer to read, others to listen. We call this section <em>Listen</em> &#8212; the narrated companion to the weekly post. You can find all narrated editions here, or click play on the Article Voiceover at the top of each post.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Audio Edition) College Sports: How It Was Broken By a $60 Video Game]]></title><description><![CDATA[Part 1 of 3: The Problem &#8212; Ed O'Bannon's discovery triggered a legal revolution that shattered the facade that had masked college sports' central contradiction. But what comes next?]]></description><link>https://www.solvingfor.io/p/audio-edition-college-sports-how</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.solvingfor.io/p/audio-edition-college-sports-how</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Haggman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 15:53:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/181152073/b4b76aa720bedf270f3e8d2a9e74d6cc.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some prefer to read, others to listen. We call this section <em>Listen</em> &#8212; the narrated companion to the weekly post. You can find all narrated editions here, or click play on the Article Voiceover at the top of each post.</p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>