People Fixing the World Podcast
Brilliant solutions to the world鈥檚 problems. We meet people with ideas to make the world a better place and investigate whether they work.
Episodes to download
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Challenging attitudes to disability
Tue 28 Feb 2023
The silent cafe and VR game trying to make life better for people with disabilities
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The ring that could help save women鈥檚 lives
Tue 7 Feb 2023
Has a tiny silicon ring to protect women from HIV infection worked as a solution?
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Turning waste into power
Tue 31 Jan 2023
How old food and hot computers are being used to provide new sources of energy
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The healing power of forests
Tue 24 Jan 2023
Meet the people using forests to help improve mental health
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Plants fighting pollution
Tue 17 Jan 2023
Meet the plants that clear up oil spills and provide clean water
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Bringing dead languages back to life
Tue 10 Jan 2023
How do you revive a language with no living speakers?
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Fighting the megadrought
Tue 3 Jan 2023
How Chile has found ingenious ways of finding and using water
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Micro-homes and sobercoins
Tue 27 Dec 2022
The tiny houses helping homeless people to get off the streets
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Grannies fixing the world
Tue 20 Dec 2022
The projects around the world using the influence of grandmothers to help improve lives
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Board games fixing the world
Tue 13 Dec 2022
Can playing board games help us fix real-world problems?
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The body suit that stops muscle spasms
Tue 29 Nov 2022
Clever physiotherapy tools to help people get moving
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Jobs for girls
Tue 15 Nov 2022
How training women in male dominated professions is changing finances and attitudes
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COP27: Growing a forest the right way
Tue 8 Nov 2022
Tree-planting schemes don鈥檛 always work, so what鈥檚 the best way to do forest restoration?
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Picking up healthcare with the litter
Tue 1 Nov 2022
Collecting rubbish as if your life depended on it
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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 鈥榝ake meat鈥� 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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People fixing the world on YouTube
Watch stories of people changing their world on the World Service English YouTube channel
