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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Making the world a quieter place
Tue 14 Apr 2020
How sound barriers and noise sensors are helping to make the planet more peaceful
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The big transport swap
Tue 7 Apr 2020
Would robot shuttles, buses on demand and free rides persuade you to ditch your car?
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Regrowing the rainforest
Tue 31 Mar 2020
It has taken 40 years, but this man has regrown a patch of rainforest in the Amazon
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The treasure in our toilets
Tue 24 Mar 2020
How human sewage is being recycled to recover a valuable chemical
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How to be a better dad
Tue 17 Mar 2020
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
Tue 10 Mar 2020
It鈥檚 a flightless bird close to extinction, but the kakapo recovery team is on the case.
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Audience takeover: Your feedback
Tue 3 Mar 2020
鈥淔abulous idea鈥� or 鈥渨aste of money鈥�? Your thoughts on some of the solutions we鈥檝e covered
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A safe place to be gay
Tue 25 Feb 2020
An idea used in video games is helping LGBTQ people in the Middle East talk safely online
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Meet the neighbours
Tue 18 Feb 2020
People in these flats promise to spend two hours a week together to tackle loneliness
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The miracle cure: Exercise
Tue 4 Feb 2020
If exercise were a drug, almost everyone over 65 would want to take it
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Fighting depression together
Tue 28 Jan 2020
Women in Uganda are learning how to treat their neighbours for depression
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Running to do good
Tue 21 Jan 2020
Forget the treadmill - these people have turned doing good deeds into a workout
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Forecasting volcanoes
Tue 14 Jan 2020
Preparing for disasters long before they strike rather than rescuing people afterwards
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The pharmacists fighting high drug prices
Tue 7 Jan 2020
When drug prices went up, pharmacists stepped in to make medicines themselves
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How to move the Earth
Tue 31 Dec 2019
The plans to use lasers or asteroids to move our planet away from the sun
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Checking in with the problem solvers
Christmas Eve 2019
Stopping forest fires with goats and more 鈥� an update on projects we鈥檝e visited before
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Making your deliveries greener
Tue 17 Dec 2019
Four clever ways to reduce carbon emissions from deliveries
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Convicting more rapists
Tue 10 Dec 2019
Rapists often get away without being convicted 鈥� South Africa thinks it has an answer
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Turning kids into entrepreneurs
Tue 3 Dec 2019
Children in Uganda are running their own businesses thanks to special classes in school
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Saving the World鈥檚 Ice
Tue 26 Nov 2019
Silica beads and whiter clouds - ideas to stop the world鈥檚 ice melting
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Stopping abuse with protection dogs
Tue 19 Nov 2019
Women who have left abusive partners are learning how to train their own protection dogs
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How to stop fires destroying whole neighbourhoods
Tue 12 Nov 2019
The innovative fire alarm designed to protect South Africa鈥檚 poorest communities
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How to save the banana
Tue 5 Nov 2019
The banana is under threat from a deadly disease. These people are trying to save it.
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The future of freight
Tue 29 Oct 2019
Designing eco-friendly lorries to make cleaner, greener deliveries
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Gaming for good
Tue 22 Oct 2019
Gamers are helping scientists to analyse research and develop new drugs
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The town rethinking the future of energy
Tue 15 Oct 2019
Energy companies have come together in Finland to tackle climate change
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Shopping for a better life
Tue 8 Oct 2019
How a grocery store is bringing health care to people who can鈥檛 usually afford it
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Turning waste into energy
Tue 1 Oct 2019
Instead of sending all our waste to landfill, some companies are using it to make energy
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Spotting the sound of a cardiac arrest
Tue 24 Sep 2019
Copenhagen is experimenting with a new way of analysing emergency calls
People fixing the world on YouTube
Watch stories of people changing their world on the World Service English YouTube channel
