People Fixing The World Podcast
Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place.
Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place.
A weekly programme looking at common challenges around the world and the creative ways people are trying to tackle them.
Presenter Myra Anubi speaks to reporters, experts and innovators to investigate how effective different solutions are, share their successes and inspire listeners with what is possible.
Episodes to download
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Finding hidden entrepreneurs
Tue 7 Jul 2026
The people turning life experience into business ideas with funding and other support
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Living longer, living better
Tue 30 Jun 2026
We go to a festival in Norway that's celebrating ageing through culture and conversation
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Freeing modern slaves
Tue 23 Jun 2026
The projects in America and Nepal to detect and help those who are being trafficked
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Snakebite solutions
Tue 16 Jun 2026
From the rapid responders in Nepal to the scientists working on a universal antivenom
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Ending violence against women
Tue 9 Jun 2026
The Rwandan women finding their voice after years of silence
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The dogs that bring hope
Tue 26 May 2026
Rescued street dogs in Uganda help survivors find comfort, healing and renewed hope
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How to thrive with ADHD
Tue 19 May 2026
How home and work can be adapted to improve life for people with ADHD
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Saving Chile's urban wetlands
Tue 12 May 2026
We visit the communities in Chile restoring vital meadows in cities and towns
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The secrets of greywater
Tue 28 Apr 2026
How relatively clean water can be reused to tackle water scarcity.
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Back from the brink: Uganda’s gentle giants
Tue 14 Apr 2026
The eco-tourism that is helping to protect mountain gorillas in Uganda
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Empowering the LGBT community
Tue 31 Mar 2026
How two projects in Kenya and Spain are helping LGBT communities
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The Kindergarten makeover
Tue 24 Mar 2026
How mums are helping transform early years education in Ghana - plus our listener poem!
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Making cities feel quieter
Tue 17 Mar 2026
As urban noise increases, we look at how sound itself can be used to quieten things down
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The power of poetry
Tue 10 Mar 2026
How poetry sparks hope, compassion and connection in surprising places.
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Super seagrass
Tue 3 Mar 2026
The fight to regrow vital seagrass meadows and protect them from climate change.
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The school run by kids
Tue 24 Feb 2026
The Thai school that's proving a model for Thailand and beyond
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Who cares for the carers?
Tue 17 Feb 2026
We hear about projects in Bangladesh and the UK to help give carers a break.
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The positive power of your peers
Tue 10 Feb 2026
The interactive Brazilian game that's helping teenagers help each other
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Family Friendly Cities
Tue 3 Feb 2026
We look at how two cities are trying to improve life for families
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Helping prisoners to become better parents
Tue 27 Jan 2026
An innovative scheme in Scotland is helping dads in prison become better parents.
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Wild horses
Tue 20 Jan 2026
Innovative solutions to the unwieldy population of wild horses in the American West
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No brother left behind
Tue 13 Jan 2026
The apprenticeship scheme that helped the Nigerian Igbo people build generational wealth.
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Can AI power a green fashion revolution?
Tue 6 Jan 2026
Is AI helping to make fashion more sustainable? Or could it make the problem worse?
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Making friends in Sweden
Tue 30 Dec 2025
How buddy schemes and friendship hours are helping people in Sweden make friends
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Our favourite solutions
Tue 23 Dec 2025
Presenter Myra Anubi and the team chat about some of their favourite projects of the year
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