People Fixing The World Episodes Episode guide
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Making cities feel quieter
Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place
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The power of poetry
Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place
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Super seagrass
Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place
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Who cares for the carers?
We hear about projects in Bangladesh and the UK to help give carers a break.
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The positive power of your peers
The interactive Brazilian game that's helping teenagers help each other (R)
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Family Friendly Cities
We look at how two cities are trying to improve life for families
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Helping prisoners become better parents
An innovative scheme in Scotland is helping dads in prison become better parents
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Wild horses in the American West
Innovative solutions to the unwieldy population of wild horses in the American West
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No brother left behind
The apprenticeship scheme that helped the Nigerian Igbo people build generational wealth
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Can AI power a green fashion revolution?
Is AI helping to make fashion more sustainable? Or could it make the problem worse?
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Making friends in Sweden
How buddy schemes and friendship hours are helping people in Sweden make friends
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Our favourite solutions
Presenter Myra Anubi and the team chat about some of their favourite projects in 2025
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Saving mothers with portable ultrasound
How technological innovations are helping with the health of new mothers
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Rethinking dyslexia
Harnessing the skills of people with dyslexia by improving education and understanding
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Building empathy and fighting disinformation
The children learning how to respect each other and understand their emotions better
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Preserving Peru鈥檚 food heritage
How potatoes and other crops are being nurtured in the face of climate and other threats
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Saving seabirds and squirrels
How contraceptive in a nutty spread could control invasive species
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Making organ donation easier
How technology and teaching are being used to tackle shortages of organ donations
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Helping and healing in Sierra Leone
How community solutions are helping amputees and drug users in the West African nation
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Harnessing the wind to keep us cool
How Stuttgart in Germany has inspired other cities to use their natural airflow.
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Alaska鈥檚 wild solutions
The island powered by renewables and how mushrooms could be the future of insulation
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The preschool in a retirement home
How young and old benefit from living side by side
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Surgery in a backpack
We find out about a portable operating theatre that could revolutionise health treatment
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Transforming life in cities
Creating safe and comfortable living spaces in one of the poorest parts of Mumbai, India
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The power of play
We visit the children鈥檚 playground where parents aren鈥檛 allowed
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Digging deep to help farmers
A new farming method is having a dramatic effect on crop yields in Malawi
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Flower power
Exploring innovative solutions to flower waste from temples in India
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Front Yard floods
New Orleans residents are fighting the flood waters, one yard at a time
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A washing machine solution
The Sikh engineer who invented a hand crank, off-grid washing machine for his neighbour
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Speaking out
Solutions helping people who struggle to communicate