People Fixing the World Episodes Episode guide
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Jobs for Syrian Refugees
Why they鈥檙e handing out work permits to refugees in Jordan.
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Jobs for girls
How training women in male dominated professions is changing finances and attitudes
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Introducing: Season 2 of 30 Animals That Made Us Smarter
How animals make us smarter 鈥� we thought you might like to hear our brand new episode
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Insects fixing the world
How flies and bugs can help solve the planet鈥檚 problems
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Improvising Your Way Out of Anxiety
Could this theatre technique help improve mental health?
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Improving our eyesight
We visit a coffee plantation in India to see how the sight of workers is being improved
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How to Talk to Potential Extremists
Can you persuade potential extremists out of their views by chatting to them on Facebook?
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How to store power in soil and salt
Batteries made of building blocks and volcanic rock
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How to stop fires destroying whole neighbourhoods
The innovative fire alarm designed to protect South Africa鈥檚 poorest communities
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How to stop fires destroying whole neighbourhoods
The innovative fire alarm designed to protect South Africa鈥檚 poorest communities
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How to spot fake drugs with a mobile phone
Mobile phones and apps are being used to detect fake medicines and save lives
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How to save the banana
The banana is under threat from a deadly disease. These people are trying to save it.
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How to reuse a demolished building
Can you construct a building by reusing materials from ones that have been knocked down?
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How to put the internet in a box
Inside the 鈥渟neakernet鈥� - the people carrying websites to places that are off the grid
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How to prevent drowning
AI to help lifeguards in Israel and weather forecasts for fishermen on Lake Victoria
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How to move the Earth
The plans to use lasers or asteroids to move our planet away from the sun
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How To Make Sushi From Methane Gas
A new process uses bacteria that eat methane gas to make food.
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How to make fishing nets less destructive
Using underwater sounds and lights so only the fish we want to eat get caught
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How to make electricity for your neighbours
The energy microgrid that started with scrap metal and an old bicycle
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How to Help Homeless People in Hospital
A project that tries to stop people returning to a life of homelessness after hospital
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How to Get Wheelchairs on Planes
Why can鈥檛 wheelchair users just roll onto aeroplanes?
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How to get people eating less meat
Can 鈥榝ake meat鈥� help reduce the amount of meat we consume?
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How to get everyone online
Balloons and satellites could help get more people get on to the internet
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How to Get Blood Where it is Needed
An entrepreneur in Nigeria is using an app to solve the blood shortage.
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How to fix democracy
The debating platform that brings people together
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How to fight fake health news
Can playing a video game 鈥榠noculate鈥� your mind against medical misinformation?
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How to Build a City for an Ageing Population
Japan鈥檚 Kashiwa City has redesigned buildings and jobs to adapt to an ageing population
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How To Be A Better Mum In Jail
A project in the US puts doulas into prisons to give babies a good start in life.
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How to be a better dad
Teaching men to look after their babies and how this can help cut violence against women
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How they鈥檙e saving the kakapo
It鈥檚 a flightless bird close to extinction, but the kakapo recovery team is on the case.
