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 detection dogs tracking poachers and Covid-19
Tue 27 Apr 2021
Marlo is sniffing out coronavirus in the UK, and Thor is tracking poachers in Tanzania
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Pedal power: How bicycles can change lives
Tue 20 Apr 2021
One man鈥檚 mission to transform millions of lives by selling them bicycles
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Shred it yourself: The DIY plastic recyclers
Tue 13 Apr 2021
Machines to shred, melt and mould waste plastic are popping up around the world
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Helping animals cross the road and other obstacles
Tue 6 Apr 2021
The special bridges that are helping to save slow lorises and reunite rare monkeys
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Watching out for Gran with help from her toaster
Tue 30 Mar 2021
How we could improve care for the elderly by monitoring their use of home appliances
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How to reuse a demolished building
Tue 23 Mar 2021
Can you construct a building by reusing materials from ones that have been knocked down?
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Using satellite photos to help distribute cash
Tue 16 Mar 2021
Togo has found a new way to send emergency cash to people struggling in the pandemic
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The magic greenhouse
Tue 9 Mar 2021
A greenhouse powered by the wind has made it possible to grow crops on arid land
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The secret to making your stuff last longer
Tue 2 Mar 2021
Clever ways to persuade people to fix old things instead of throwing them away
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Tackling sport鈥檚 concussion problem
Tue 23 Feb 2021
How the latest technology is helping to tackle head injuries in sport
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Beating superbugs
Tue 16 Feb 2021
The small team of Indian scientists who think they鈥檝e found a new way to kill superbugs
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How to store power in soil and salt
Tue 9 Feb 2021
Batteries made of building blocks and volcanic rock
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The spacesuits saving mothers鈥� lives
Tue 26 Jan 2021
Suits originally designed for astronauts are helping midwives save lives
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A forest down your street
Tue 19 Jan 2021
The tiny urban forests bringing nature to the heart of the city
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The solutions whisperer
Tue 12 Jan 2021
Dhruv Boruah鈥檚 mission is to inspire other people to solve problems facing the planet
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Can doughnuts save the planet?
Tue 5 Jan 2021
Doughnut economics in action - how we can live well and save the planet at the same time
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What happened next to our problem solvers
Tue 29 Dec 2020
Hydrating sweets for the elderly go on sale and how a housing experiment coped with Covid
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Saving mums and their unborn babies
Tue 22 Dec 2020
Women in Nigeria have come up with an emergency transport scheme that is saving lives
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Building with fungi
Tue 8 Dec 2020
Growing packaging, coffins and whole houses out of eco-friendly mycelium
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Perovskites: The future of solar?
Tue 1 Dec 2020
A new kind of solar cell is made by drying a special liquid on a surface
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Riding the solar railway
Tue 24 Nov 2020
How to make train journeys greener using the power of the sun
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From prison to star employee
Tue 17 Nov 2020
Why former criminals are being chosen for jobs at hundreds of companies in a small US city
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Audience takeover: Your questions answered
Tue 10 Nov 2020
Answers to your questions about regrowing the rainforest and other stories we鈥檝e covered
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Teenage inventor special
Tue 3 Nov 2020
Brilliant ideas from school kids to help solve crime, make life safer and much more
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Saving Cape Cod鈥檚 dolphins
Tue 27 Oct 2020
Saving dolphins from stranding on beaches - we meet the team improving survival rates
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How to put the internet in a box
Tue 20 Oct 2020
Inside the 鈥渟neakernet鈥� - the people carrying websites to places that are off the grid
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How jellyfish can help us
Tue 13 Oct 2020
Jellyfish could be used to filter microplastics from water and develop new medicines
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Training police to patrol each other
Tue 6 Oct 2020
US police are being taught what to do if they're worried about a colleague鈥檚 actions
People fixing the world on YouTube
Watch stories of people changing their world on the World Service English YouTube channel
