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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Albatrosses and oysters fixing the world
Tue 25 Oct 2022
How seabirds and shellfish are protecting our planet
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The food waste warriors
Tue 20 Sep 2022
Three women with innovative projects stopping food from going to waste
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How to get people eating less meat
Tue 13 Sep 2022
Can ‘fake meat’ help reduce the amount of meat we consume?
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Robots on the beat
Tue 6 Sep 2022
How police in the US are using tech, including robots, to fight crime
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What 3D printing can fix
Tue 23 Aug 2022
How 3D printing is changing lives from prosthetic limbs to classroom aids
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What 3D printing can fix
Tue 23 Aug 2022
How 3D printing is changing lives from prosthetic limbs to classroom aids
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Getting refugees out of tents
Tue 2 Aug 2022
Can we provide better shelters than tents for displaced people?
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Using finance to fight homelessness
Tue 26 Jul 2022
How bank accounts and clever investments are improving the lives of homeless people
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Saving kids with cancer
Tue 19 Jul 2022
The Filipino doctor who’s found an affordable way of treating children with cancer
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The power of group therapy
Tue 12 Jul 2022
Therapy has been helping Boko Haram survivors and street youth in Liberia.
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The future of wind power
Tue 28 Jun 2022
How floating wind turbines and power-generating kites could help fight climate change
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Getting kids out of institutions
Tue 21 Jun 2022
Meet the people finding families for some of the 5 million children living in care
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Racing to get kids reading
Tue 14 Jun 2022
How a race to write books and a gadget that counts words are helping child literacy
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The library where the books are people
Tue 7 Jun 2022
Borrow a stranger for a half-hour chat to challenge your prejudices
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Helping teenagers become good mums
Tue 24 May 2022
Innovative projects around the world are trying to help teenage mums
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Turning mud into ‘clean’ concrete
Tue 17 May 2022
The man whose special powder turns waste soil into buildings
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Robots fixing sewers
Tue 10 May 2022
The robots that navigate sewer pipes to find leaks and blockages so people don't have to
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Using lotteries to make us better people
Tue 3 May 2022
The lotteries that nudge people to take medicine, pick up litter or pay their taxes
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Work: Access for all
Tue 26 Apr 2022
We look at workplaces that have welcomed people with learning disabilities on to the team
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Sponge cities that fight flooding
Tue 19 Apr 2022
How cities are embracing nature to prevent flooding
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Turning tyres into cheap fuel & football pitches
Tue 12 Apr 2022
The entrepreneurs using clever chemistry to turn scrap rubber into fuel and car tyres
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