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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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
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The snakebite squad
Tue 17 Sep 2019
A team in Kenya has introduced motorbike ambulances for people bitten by snakes
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Meeting Colombia鈥檚 鈥榁iolentologist鈥�
Tue 10 Sep 2019
How a doctor in Colombia changed the way cities monitor and prevent violence
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A new way to detect an invisible poison in water
Tue 3 Sep 2019
Scientists hope a new test will save millions from drinking arsenic in their water
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Oysters to the rescue
Tue 27 Aug 2019
The humble oyster is helping to keep the oceans clean and protect shorelines
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The concrete cleaners
Tue 20 Aug 2019
Making cement that locks in carbon dioxide instead of releasing it into the atmosphere
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Bangladesh鈥檚 biker girls
Tue 13 Aug 2019
The motorbike taxi app where the drivers and passengers are all women.
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A simple way to help a relative if they鈥檙e arrested
Tue 30 Jul 2019
A group in California is teaching families how to help loved ones charged with crimes
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Stopping child marriage with solar lanterns
Tue 23 Jul 2019
Solar-powered lamps are giving girls independence and stopping them becoming child brides
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Trieste鈥檚 mental health 鈥榬evolution鈥�
Tue 16 Jul 2019
How Italy鈥檚 radical decision to close its mental asylums shaped the way we think today
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The school that puts wellbeing first
Tue 9 Jul 2019
One primary school has found a way to deliver therapy to about 10% of its students
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Residents turn detective to fight crime
Tue 2 Jul 2019
Neighbours in the US are using cameras that read car number plates to cut crime
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Life-saving surgery, but not by a doctor
Tue 25 Jun 2019
Nurses and midwives in Ethiopia are being trained to perform emergency operations
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Portugal, drugs and decriminalisation
Tue 18 Jun 2019
In 2001 Portugal decriminalised personal drug use to tackle a heroin crisis.
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Can capturing carbon buy us time to tackle climate change?
Tue 11 Jun 2019
The projects that are trying to take CO2 out of the atmosphere
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Can sleep deprivation help treat bipolar disorder?
Tue 4 Jun 2019
An Italian doctor asks patients to stay awake all night, to try to allay their depression
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Audience takeover: Your plastic solutions
Tue 28 May 2019
We hear what you, our listeners, are doing to tackle the problem of plastic waste.
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Working Less For The Same Pay
Tue 14 May 2019
Some companies are cutting the hours their staff work but keeping their pay the same
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Could a device invented in the 1930s help end period poverty?
Tue 7 May 2019
The people hoping to use sanitary pad micro-factories and silicone cups to help women
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The tree detectives tackling illegal logging
Tue 30 Apr 2019
Scientists are building a database to help them tell exactly where wood has come from
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The reuse and refill revolution
Tue 23 Apr 2019
Should we reuse and refill plastic packaging to limit the amount being thrown away?
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DNA tests for dogs to tackle problem poo
Tue 16 Apr 2019
US residents fed up with dog mess are using a high-tech solution
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