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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Being better citizens
Last Tuesday
How two projects in Portugal are seeking to bolster people's participation in society.
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Saving mothers and babies
Tue 15 Jul 2025
We hear about the low-cost incubators that can run on a battery and a bottle of water.
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Cutting food waste
Tue 8 Jul 2025
The innovative 'smart labels' on food packaging and feeding fish with whisky waste
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The traffic lights tackling poverty
Tue 1 Jul 2025
We visit an innovative project in Paraguay that helps people improve their lives
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What to do with stray animals
Tue 24 Jun 2025
How the numbers of stray dogs - and feral pigeons - can be kept down kindly
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Making hospitals kinder for kids
Tue 17 Jun 2025
How clowns and consoles are making a stay in hospital a bit easier for unwell youngsters.
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Making life easier for older people
Tue 10 Jun 2025
We're in the US and Spain to look at how life can be improved for ageing populations.
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Shipping containers fixing the world
Tue 3 Jun 2025
How the metal boxes can be re-engineered in surprising and useful ways
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Malawi's waste warriors
Tue 27 May 2025
Presenter Myra Anubi is in Malawi to meet those making the most of the country's waste.
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Working with our minds
Tue 20 May 2025
The people using mindfulness and meditation to improve mental and physical health
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Helping Chile's stolen children
Tue 13 May 2025
How a small NGO is helping people in Chile to trace their birth families
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The classroom tablet revolution
Tue 6 May 2025
In Malawi, Myra Anubi looks at ways that technology is improving children's education
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Tackling bias in health
Tue 29 Apr 2025
We meet the solution seekers trying to make healthcare more equal
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Gadgets for blind people
Tue 22 Apr 2025
The mobility aid and tactile tablet that could help people with visual impairments
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How sport can bring outsiders in
Tue 15 Apr 2025
We look at two projects that show how sport can be a powerful tool for social inclusion.
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Building a clinic to save a forest
Tue 25 Mar 2025
How cut price health treatment has helped reduce logging in Borneo
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Helping the children of sex workers
Tue 18 Mar 2025
The youth club in the Indian city of Kolkata that is making a difference
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Fishing trash from our oceans
Tue 11 Mar 2025
Tackling the millions of tonnes of waste being washed out to sea every year
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Renewable kids on the block
Tue 4 Mar 2025
We look at new and surprising ways to get clean energy - from the earth, ocean and sun.
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The artificial limbs bringing hope in Gaza
Tue 25 Feb 2025
How cutting-edge prosthetic limbs are helping in Gaza and beyond.
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Making money go further
Tue 11 Feb 2025
How savings and credit groups and a cooking at home scheme are helping with money issues
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Improving our eyesight
Tue 4 Feb 2025
We visit a coffee plantation in India to see how the sight of workers is being improved
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Sharing the river
Tue 28 Jan 2025
How two communities learned to work together to protect their water supply.
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We're coming back for 2025!
Tue 21 Jan 2025
A quick hello from Myra and a preview of what's coming up on People Fixing The World
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Restoring nature for all
Tue 31 Dec 2024
We visit a major project in the north of England that is restoring a damaged landscape
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Our favourite solutions
Christmas Eve 2024
Myra Anubi and team chat about some of their favourite projects of the last twelve months
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The cows fighting wildfires
Tue 17 Dec 2024
How animals and space tech are helping tackle a growing problem
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