<?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>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 17:27:55 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 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. 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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) Congress: Making Democracy Competitive Again]]></title><description><![CDATA[Part 3 of 3: How three structural reforms could break the duopoly, restore real competition, and make the People's House accountable again.]]></description><link>https://www.solvingfor.io/p/congress-making-democracy-competitive</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.solvingfor.io/p/congress-making-democracy-competitive</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Haggman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:42:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/179268984/d902bdac16bf2e08dcbf697084680773.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some prefer to read, others to listen. 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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: Rare Earths Partnership, AI Safety Discord, and Our Next Deep Dive]]></title><description><![CDATA[Updates on rare earths and AI safety, plus a look ahead at why most races for the U.S. House &#8212; the "People's House" &#8212; have stopped being competitive.]]></description><link>https://www.solvingfor.io/p/audio-edition-the-open-thread-rare</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.solvingfor.io/p/audio-edition-the-open-thread-rare</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Haggman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2025 03:13:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/176980291/5b267b414e8f2dab66f323cd804a82c2.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) AI: The New Nuclear Moment]]></title><description><![CDATA[Part III. Finding Solutions &#8212; Making restraint possible in the U.S. and China's breakneck AI race.]]></description><link>https://www.solvingfor.io/p/audio-edition-ai-the-new-nuclear</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.solvingfor.io/p/audio-edition-ai-the-new-nuclear</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Haggman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 20:17:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/176773469/b2b97d83cbfc845f03b34f9083f92c33.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) AI: The Prisoner's Dilemma]]></title><description><![CDATA[Part II. The Forces at Play &#8212; An arms race between companies and nations is overwhelming questions of safety, consequence, and control.]]></description><link>https://www.solvingfor.io/p/now-in-audio-the-prisoners-dilemma</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.solvingfor.io/p/now-in-audio-the-prisoners-dilemma</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Haggman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2025 13:46:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/175975261/b9ddbc62aba60c017832984c5f88392a.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><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.solvingfor.io/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Understanding problems. Elevating solutions. Reader supported. Join us.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Audio Edition) AI: The Race and the Reckoning ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Part I. The Problem and Why It Matters &#8212; Billions are flooding into AI. Its creators warn we're "playing with fire"&#8212;and AI safety is being left behind.]]></description><link>https://www.solvingfor.io/p/now-in-audio-ai-the-race-and-the</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.solvingfor.io/p/now-in-audio-ai-the-race-and-the</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Haggman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 21:15:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/175496377/0cc2690d616223d6b7f4a67c07102d8f.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. 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Join us.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p></p><p></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Audio Edition) The Open Thread: Launching Audio, Reflections and Our Next Deep Dive]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new feature, wrapping up our rare earth series and turning to our next topic: AI Safety.]]></description><link>https://www.solvingfor.io/p/the-open-thread-launching-audio-reflections-e73</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.solvingfor.io/p/the-open-thread-launching-audio-reflections-e73</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Haggman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2025 02:21:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/175371904/66af6ee2efb1e76f2317ab9bc10a1e41.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) Rare Earth: The Race to Reinvent ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Part III: In search of solutions to China's rare earth dominance]]></description><link>https://www.solvingfor.io/p/rare-earth-the-race-to-reinvent-audio</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.solvingfor.io/p/rare-earth-the-race-to-reinvent-audio</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Haggman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 16:39:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/175299274/81ba363ac814b9a3dd020a159c9e89e2.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. 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