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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Tech That Tricks the Brain
Tue 23 Oct 2018
Two tech start-ups are using wearable technology to trick the brain to solve problems
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‘Rental sisters’ for Japan’s Reclusive Young Men
Tue 16 Oct 2018
The sisters-for-hire who are trying to coax reclusive Japanese men out of their rooms
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Fighting the ‘Water Mafia’ with Pipes in the Sky
Tue 9 Oct 2018
A project in a Kenyan slum is pumping water through pipes suspended in the air
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Mending Our Disposable Culture
Tue 2 Oct 2018
Why volunteers are fixing other people’s stuff free of charge
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Smart Stimulation for People with Dementia
Tue 25 Sep 2018
Three clever ideas that help improve the day-to-day lives of people with dementia
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Running and Singing to Improve Maths and English
Tue 18 Sep 2018
The schools changing lives through running and music
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A Green Space Revolution in Paris
Tue 11 Sep 2018
How do you create green spaces in the middle of a city?
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Scanning Homeless People To Make a Donation
Tue 4 Sep 2018
A new project is offering homeless people barcodes, which you can scan to make a donation
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Rewarding Green Travel in Bologna
Tue 28 Aug 2018
A scheme in Italy that rewards people for taking sustainable modes of transport
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Cool Ways of Keeping Things Cool
Tue 21 Aug 2018
How two inventors are trying to revolutionise the way we keep things cold
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Reviving Italy’s ‘Ghost Towns’
Tue 14 Aug 2018
An unusual hotel is helping to breathe life back into Italy’s abandoned villages
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Why Millions Listen to This Girl
Tue 7 Aug 2018
Why millions listen to this nine-year-old girl's advice
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Why Millions Listen to This Girl
Tue 7 Aug 2018
Why millions listen to this nine-year-old girl's advice
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Training India’s Fake Doctors
Tue 31 Jul 2018
Can a controversial crash course in medicine help improve the healthcare system in India?
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Stopping Wildfires in Their Tracks
Tue 24 Jul 2018
Three projects that are limiting the impact of wildfires
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Generating Power from the Roads
Tue 17 Jul 2018
A highway in the US is being used to generate power and make toilet paper
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Recycling to Turn Trash into Cash
Tue 10 Jul 2018
Two projects that make life better for people keeping rubbish off the streets
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The Bricks Helping to Rebuild Gaza
Tue 3 Jul 2018
The young Gazan engineer making bricks out of ash and rubble
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Learning Lessons from the Longest Living Lands
Tue 26 Jun 2018
Can adapting your lifestyle add 10 years to your lifespan?
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Nigeria's Secret STI Test Kits
Tue 19 Jun 2018
The start-up that allows people to self test for STIs in secret
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Can a $1 million Prize Help Keep Women Safe?
Tue 12 Jun 2018
A competition to design a gadget that will send a secret alert if someone is attacked.
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Clean Clothes and Glasses for the Poorest in Society
Tue 22 May 2018
How do you improve the lives of the very poorest people? Sometimes it’s the simple things.
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Turning Subsistence Farming into an Investment Opportunity
Tue 15 May 2018
How a new Nigerian tech startup is turning small scale farms into financial investments
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The People’s Peace Talks
Tue 1 May 2018
Can the public can succeed where the politicians have failed?
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The Schools Trying to Build Bridges
Tue 24 Apr 2018
Could bilingual schools help bring peace to a seemingly intractable conflict?
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The Town Trying to Cure Loneliness
Tue 10 Apr 2018
Meet the people trying to tackle loneliness in Frome in the United Kingdom.
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