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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The Data Donators
Tue 18 Apr 2017
Can the wisdom of the crowd answer a two thousand year old question?
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Postmen Delivering Kindness to the Elderly
Tue 11 Apr 2017
Could postal workers help solve the social care crisis?
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The Parent Hack For Cheaper Childcare
Tue 4 Apr 2017
An experimental nursery helps parents save money by letting them work childcare shifts.
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Toilets in Haiti and Circular Runways
Sat 25 Mar 2017
A scheme to solve the problem of human waste disposal in Haiti.
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Checking out the solar hotel
Sat 18 Mar 2017
How China鈥檚 鈥渟un king鈥� dreamed of cities built of solar panels
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Moving In With Refugees
Sat 11 Mar 2017
How young Dutch people and Syrian refugees are becoming housemates.
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How China is Cleaning its Air
Sat 4 Mar 2017
A special programme exploring how China is finding ways to cut air pollution.
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The Voter Lottery
Sat 25 Feb 2017
Can you increase turnout at elections by handing out a cash prize for one lucky voter?
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Denmark鈥檚 Food Waste Vigilante
Sat 18 Feb 2017
Meet the woman who鈥檚 made it her mission to stop Danes throwing away food
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Lend Me Your Eyes
Sat 4 Feb 2017
How apps and armchair volunteers are helping blind people around the world.
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Superblocks To The Rescue?
Sat 21 Jan 2017
How they鈥檙e re-designing the road system to reclaim the city from cars in Barcelona.
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An Unlikely House Share
Sat 14 Jan 2017
How a homeshare scheme is matching older people and students in Paris.
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鈥楤ribing鈥� Mums To Feed Their Kids
Sat 17 Dec 2016
How they鈥檙e giving cash, with strings attached, to poor mothers in Peru.
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Teaching Kids To Think
Sat 10 Dec 2016
What happens when you teach kids how to think for themselves?
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Reducing US Police Shootings
Sat 3 Dec 2016
How a new training system could reduce deadly police shootings in the US
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People fixing the world on YouTube
Watch stories of people changing their world on the World Service English YouTube channel
