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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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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Saving California鈥檚 butterflies
Tue 5 Apr 2022
How rearing butterflies by hand is bringing them back from the brink
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How to make fishing nets less destructive
Tue 29 Mar 2022
Using underwater sounds and lights so only the fish we want to eat get caught
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Making hospitals less stressful
Tue 22 Mar 2022
How leaves, lights, sounds and goats can improve patient health
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Prison Voicemail: Messages from behind bars
Tue 1 Mar 2022
Prisoners and their families are keeping in touch with the Prison Voicemail app
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Violent partners: The 鈥榳indow鈥� strategy
Tue 22 Feb 2022
How Iceland pioneered a new approach to domestic violence
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Training police to patrol each other
Tue 15 Feb 2022
How do you get officers to step in to prevent acts of police brutality?
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Using VR to change lives
Tue 1 Feb 2022
How virtual reality is helping tackle phobias and resolve conflict
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How to fight fake health news
Tue 25 Jan 2022
Can playing a video game 鈥榠noculate鈥� your mind against medical misinformation?
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Making clean water with rubbish
Tue 18 Jan 2022
The chemist using old bones and food waste to make clean drinking water
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Catching up with our solution seekers
Tue 11 Jan 2022
How are Covid dogs, a sturdy bicycle scheme and balloons beaming the internet getting on?
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The forest sound detectives
Tue 4 Jan 2022
How scientists check the health of a forest by listening to it
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The moo loo and other stories
Tue 28 Dec 2021
Training cows to use the toilet and a bouncy castle that fights climate change
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Creating an alternative gig economy
Tue 21 Dec 2021
Meet the innovators who want to change gig work for the better
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How to make electricity for your neighbours
Tue 14 Dec 2021
The energy microgrid that started with scrap metal and an old bicycle
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Food waste: The solar dryer solution
Tue 7 Dec 2021
A simple system for saving food and empowering women
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Ways to save the planet: Using the sun
Tue 30 Nov 2021
Using floating solar panels and a see-through pyramid to help the climate
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The tiny satellites changing how we see Earth
Tue 23 Nov 2021
CubeSats are small but mighty. They track animals, map coral reefs and spot modern slavery
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The 15-minute city
Tue 16 Nov 2021
Everything you need on your doorstep: a radical plan to improve our cities
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COP26: The tech helping you to help the planet
Tue 9 Nov 2021
New technology that could lead to better informed choices on climate change
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Ways to save the planet: Ancient solutions
Tue 2 Nov 2021
We could save 16% of emissions by using biochar, a simple indigenous fertilising method
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How to spot fake drugs with a mobile phone
Tue 26 Oct 2021
Mobile phones and apps are being used to detect fake medicines and save lives
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Talking signs, amazing peas and planes mapping fires
Tue 19 Oct 2021
Innovative solutions for city navigation, plastic waste and forest fires
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Can computer games improve mental health?
Tue 12 Oct 2021
How computer games are being used to help children process grief and powerful emotions
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Robots on the beat
Tue 5 Oct 2021
How police in the US are using tech, including robots, to fight crime
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Helping animals cross the road and other obstacles
Tue 28 Sep 2021
The special bridges that are helping to save slow lorises and reunite rare monkeys
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Saving mums and their unborn babies
Tue 21 Sep 2021
Women in Nigeria have come up with an emergency transport scheme that is saving lives
People fixing the world on YouTube
Watch stories of people changing their world on the World Service English YouTube channel
