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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The Babies Teaching Kindness In Class [REPEAT]
Mon 2 Apr 2018
Naomi is not your average teacher. For one thing, she is only six months old.
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How to Help Homeless People in Hospital
Tue 20 Mar 2018
A project that tries to stop people returning to a life of homelessness after hospital
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The Bird Rescuers
Tue 13 Mar 2018
Meet the people designing clever ways to protect our feathered friends.
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Recycling Chewing Gum Litter to Clean Our Streets
Tue 6 Mar 2018
Recycling chewing gum to fight litter
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How to Talk to Potential Extremists
Tue 27 Feb 2018
Can you persuade potential extremists out of their views by chatting to them on Facebook?
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Putting Forgotten Pills Back to Work
Tue 20 Feb 2018
An app is helping people donate their leftover drugs to people who can't afford them.
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Improvising Your Way Out of Anxiety
Tue 13 Feb 2018
Could this theatre technique help improve mental health?
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The Hydroponics Revolution
Tue 6 Feb 2018
How hydroponics – growing plants in water – is shaping the future of food.
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The Babies Teaching Kindness in Class
Tue 23 Jan 2018
Naomi is not your average teacher. For one thing, she is only six months old
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Checking-in With The Problem Solvers
Tue 2 Jan 2018
World Hacks returns to stories from last year to see how these projects have developed.
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Scouts, Knives and a Community Fridge
Boxing Day 2017
This week we hear about three small solutions trying to make a dent on some big problems.
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The Ring That Could Help Save Women’s Lives
Tue 19 Dec 2017
Can a tiny silicon ring lower HIV transmission rates in Malawi?
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How to Get Wheelchairs on Planes
Tue 12 Dec 2017
Why can’t wheelchair users just roll onto aeroplanes?
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Drone Delivery: Medicines By Air
Tue 5 Dec 2017
The drones delivering life-saving supplies in Malawi.
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Smartphone-Activated First Aiders
Tue 28 Nov 2017
Can an app help people survive cardiac arrests by alerting first aiders who are nearby?
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The Former Neo-Nazi Helping Others To Quit
Tue 21 Nov 2017
The former Neo-Nazi helping others to quit.
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How Iceland Saved Its Teenagers
Tue 14 Nov 2017
The story of how a nation came together to wean its teenagers off drink and drugs.
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The Missing Maps
Tue 7 Nov 2017
How volunteers are plotting the world to put 'invisible people' on the map.
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The Town Where Public Toilets Are Everywhere
Tue 31 Oct 2017
Germany has come up with a clever way of increasing the number of its public toilets.
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Addressing the World in Three Words
Tue 24 Oct 2017
Could an app, that divides the world into 3m squares, give everyone a unique address?
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How Iceland is Fighting the Gender Pay Gap
Tue 17 Oct 2017
Is it possible to force companies to pay men and women the same?
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How Cervical ‘Selfies’ are Fighting Cancer in The Gambia
Tue 3 Oct 2017
A new device lets nurses in rural Gambia find and stop cervical cancer.
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How To Make Sushi From Methane Gas
Tue 26 Sep 2017
A new process uses bacteria that eat methane gas to make food.
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When Local Currencies Go Digital
Tue 19 Sep 2017
The app that wants to keep money flowing in your local community.
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Condom Lifesavers and Voices for the Voiceless
Tue 12 Sep 2017
How to save lives with a condom and a company creating voices for people who cannot speak
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