People Fixing The World Episodes Episode guide
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The Former Neo-Nazi Helping Others to Quit
A retired police officer and a former Neo-Nazi team up to change far-right extremists
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How Iceland Saved Its Teenagers
The story of how a nation came together to wean its teenagers off drink and drugs.
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The Missing Maps
How volunteers are plotting the world to put 'invisible people' on the map.
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The Town Where Public Toilets Are Everywhere
Germany has come up with a clever way of increasing the number of its public toilets
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Addressing the World in Three Words
Could an app, that divides the world into 3m squares, give everyone a unique address?
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How Iceland is Fighting the Gender Pay Gap
Is it possible to force companies to pay men and women the same?
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Viking Therapy?
The Viking clubs where men fight their demons.
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How Cervical ‘Selfies’ are Fighting Cancer in The Gambia
A new device lets nurses in rural Gambia find and stop cervical cancer.
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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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When Local Currencies Go Digital
The app that wants to keep money flowing in your local community.
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Condom Lifesavers and Voices for the Voiceless
How to save lives with a condom and a company creating voices for people who cannot speak
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The Dutch Antibiotic Revolution
The story of one sick toddler that was a wake-up call for The Netherlands' farmers.
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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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Pakistan’s Laptop Female Doctors
How do you help female doctors get back to work after having families?
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Urban Cable Cars
Can cable cars help poor communities feel more connected?
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Does Universal Basic Income Work?
Should everyone be given a wage, whether they work or not?
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The Teachable Moment
The life changing moment that cuts the chances of gunshot victims being shot again.
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Mexico's Cartoon Therapists
How do you get children who're victims of emotional abuse or physical harm to open up?
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Cutting Cow Farts to Combat Climate Change
A new frontier in the war against global warming.
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Thailand’s Disease Detectives
The volunteers photographing dead chickens to stop the spread of dangerous diseases.
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Can We Supercharge School?
A school in San Francisco thinks it can speed up education using clever technology.
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Turning Fatbergs into Fuel
How one company is turning sewer waste into a valuable energy source
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Thailand’s Condom King
We meet a man behind a sexual health revolution in Thailand.
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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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Would You Rent Your Clothes?
Would you rent your clothes?
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The Stickers that Save Lives
How the stickers on bus windows are cutting accidents in Kenya
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Turning Haiti’s Plastic Trash into Cash
Can “social plastic” keep the oceans clean and fight poverty too?
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Turning Goats into Water
We travel to rural Pakistan to find an innovative scheme.
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Getting Help in Emergencies in Super-Quick Time
The man getting emergency help to accidents using just a mobile phone. And Plastic Roads.
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Greener In Death
How “water cremation” offers a new way of dealing with dead bodies.