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People Fixing The World Episodes

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    Thailand’s Condom King

    We meet a man behind a sexual health revolution in Thailand.

  2. Test-tube rhinos

    Scientists have an incredible plan to save the northern white rhino from extinction

  3. Teenage inventor special

    Brilliant ideas from school kids to help solve crime, make life safer and much more

  4. Tech That Tricks the Brain

    Two tech start-ups are using wearable technology to trick the brain to solve problems

  5. Teaching Kids To Think

    What happens when you teach kids how to think for themselves?

  6. Talking signs, amazing peas and planes mapping fires

    Innovative solutions for city navigation, plastic waste and forest fires

  7. Taking Out the Space Trash

    How do you clean up the rubbish that orbits the Earth?

  8. Tackling sport’s concussion problem

    How the latest technology is helping to tackle head injuries in sport

  9. Tackling bias in health

    We meet the solution seekers trying to make healthcare more equal

  10. Switching off our smartphones

    How can we all spend less time on our phones?

  11. Sustainability in death

    How you can be eco-friendly after you die

  12. Surviving earthquakes

    From a VR game to a hobby seismometer – projects to try and make earthquakes less deadly

  13. Surprising solar

    New ways of getting energy from the sun

  14. Surgery in a backpack

    We find out about a portable operating theatre that could revolutionise health treatment

  15. Superblocks To The Rescue?

    How they’re re-designing the road system to reclaim the city from cars in Barcelona.

  16. Super seagrass

    The fight to regrow vital seagrass meadows and protect them from climate change.

  17. Stopping Wildfires in Their Tracks

    Three projects that are limiting the impact of wildfires

  18. Stopping suicide

    How volunteers are helping people in crisis in Limerick, Ireland

  19. Stopping harassment on public transport

    Projects aiming to make commuting safer - particularly for women.

  20. Stopping child marriage with solar lanterns

    Solar-powered lamps are giving girls independence and stopping them becoming child brides

  21. Stopping abuse with protection dogs

    Women who have left abusive partners are learning how to train their own protection dogs

  22. Spotting the sound of a cardiac arrest

    Copenhagen is experimenting with a new way of analysing emergency calls

  23. Sports fan solutions

    How German “fan projects” are stopping young supporters being seduced by far-right groups

  24. Sponge cities that fight flooding

    How cities are embracing nature to prevent flooding

  25. Speaking up at work

    We look at how to raise concerns about wrongdoing in the workplace

  26. Speaking out

    Solutions helping people who struggle with speech

  27. Sorting extreme waste

    Removing waste from Everest and defunct satellites from space

  28. Solving Mexico City's water crisis

    We meet the scientists, activists and urban planners tackling the megacity's water woes.

  29. Snakebite solutions

    From the rapid responders in Nepal to the scientists working on a universal antivenom

  30. Smashing the glass ceiling for young Africans

    How a network of mentors is helping young Africans achieve their dreams

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