In this episode, we learn that problem-solvers also come in the form of furry little construction workers: beavers. Miles talks about the role beavers fill in the American West and what happens when the so-called “beaver haters” eradicate them. He also looks at innovations in technology and the price tag that often comes with them.

In this episode, Elise and Miles talk about a surprising solution to methane emissions that come in the form of cow burps. The solution? Seaweed in cow feed. Miles recounts his decades-long friendship with the innovator behind this solution, Joan Salwen, and talks about how the purpose of Resolve to Solve is to get to know the people behind the science.

Coming August 20th...  The Resolve to Solve with Miles O'Brien Podcast is the official companion to the Arizona PBS and Mobias Media documentary television series Resolve to Solve with Miles O'Brien. After watching each episode of the TV series, host Elise Hu takes us behind the scenes with veteran science journalist Miles O’Brien, breaking the episode down into two podcast discussions about each episode’s two topics and providing even more insights into today’s hardest problems and the human ingenuity working to solve them. Watch or listen to the Resolve to Solve with Miles O’Brien Podcast wherever you get your podcasts.