People Fixing The World Podcast
Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place.
Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place.
A weekly programme looking at common challenges around the world and the creative ways people are trying to tackle them.
Presenter Myra Anubi speaks to reporters, experts and innovators to investigate how effective different solutions are, share their successes and inspire listeners with what is possible.
Episodes to download
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Learning Lessons from the Longest Living Lands
Tue 26 Jun 2018
Can adapting your lifestyle add 10 years to your lifespan?
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Nigeria's Secret STI Test Kits
Tue 19 Jun 2018
The start-up that allows people to self test for STIs in secret
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Can a $1 million Prize Help Keep Women Safe?
Tue 12 Jun 2018
A competition to design a gadget that will send a secret alert if someone is attacked.
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Clean Clothes and Glasses for the Poorest in Society
Tue 22 May 2018
How do you improve the lives of the very poorest people? Sometimes it’s the simple things.
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Turning Subsistence Farming into an Investment Opportunity
Tue 15 May 2018
How a new Nigerian tech startup is turning small scale farms into financial investments
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The People’s Peace Talks
Tue 1 May 2018
Can the public can succeed where the politicians have failed?
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The Schools Trying to Build Bridges
Tue 24 Apr 2018
Could bilingual schools help bring peace to a seemingly intractable conflict?
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The Town Trying to Cure Loneliness
Tue 10 Apr 2018
Meet the people trying to tackle loneliness in Frome in the United Kingdom.
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The Babies Teaching Kindness In Class [REPEAT]
Mon 2 Apr 2018
Naomi is not your average teacher. For one thing, she is only six months old.
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How to Help Homeless People in Hospital
Tue 20 Mar 2018
A project that tries to stop people returning to a life of homelessness after hospital
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The Bird Rescuers
Tue 13 Mar 2018
Meet the people designing clever ways to protect our feathered friends.
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Recycling Chewing Gum Litter to Clean Our Streets
Tue 6 Mar 2018
Recycling chewing gum to fight litter
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How to Talk to Potential Extremists
Tue 27 Feb 2018
Can you persuade potential extremists out of their views by chatting to them on Facebook?
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Putting Forgotten Pills Back to Work
Tue 20 Feb 2018
An app is helping people donate their leftover drugs to people who can't afford them.
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Improvising Your Way Out of Anxiety
Tue 13 Feb 2018
Could this theatre technique help improve mental health?
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The Hydroponics Revolution
Tue 6 Feb 2018
How hydroponics – growing plants in water – is shaping the future of food.
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The Babies Teaching Kindness in Class
Tue 23 Jan 2018
Naomi is not your average teacher. For one thing, she is only six months old
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Checking-in With The Problem Solvers
Tue 2 Jan 2018
World Hacks returns to stories from last year to see how these projects have developed.
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Scouts, Knives and a Community Fridge
Boxing Day 2017
This week we hear about three small solutions trying to make a dent on some big problems.
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The Ring That Could Help Save Women’s Lives
Tue 19 Dec 2017
Can a tiny silicon ring lower HIV transmission rates in Malawi?
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How to Get Wheelchairs on Planes
Tue 12 Dec 2017
Why can’t wheelchair users just roll onto aeroplanes?
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Drone Delivery: Medicines By Air
Tue 5 Dec 2017
The drones delivering life-saving supplies in Malawi.
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