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People Fixing the World Podcast
Brilliant solutions to the world’s problems. We meet people with ideas to make the world a better place and investigate whether they work.
Episodes available: indefinitely
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Snakebite solutions
Tuesday
From the rapid responders in Nepal to the scientists working on a universal antivenom
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Ending violence against women
Tue 9 Jun 2026
The Rwandan women finding their voice after years of silence
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Slow down!
Tue 2 Jun 2026
How slowing down could offer a more meaningful way to live
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The dogs that bring hope
Tue 26 May 2026
Rescued street dogs in Uganda help survivors find comfort, healing and renewed hope
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How to thrive with ADHD
Tue 19 May 2026
How home and work can be adapted to improve life for people with ADHD
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Saving Chile's urban wetlands
Tue 12 May 2026
We visit the communities in Chile restoring vital meadows in cities and towns
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The SafeBox
Sat 2 May 2026
The group carrying on investigations when journalists are silenced.
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The secrets of greywater
Tue 28 Apr 2026
How relatively clean water can be reused to tackle water scarcity.
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Arrows of hope
Tue 21 Apr 2026
How archery can help breast cancer recovery
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Back from the brink: Uganda’s gentle giants
Tue 14 Apr 2026
The eco-tourism that is helping to protect mountain gorillas in Uganda
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Fashion without barriers
Tue 7 Apr 2026
Exploring style and beauty for people with disabilities
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Empowering the LGBT community
Tue 31 Mar 2026
How two projects in Kenya and Spain are helping LGBT communities
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The Kindergarten makeover
Tue 24 Mar 2026
How mums are helping transform early years education in Ghana - plus our listener poem!
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Making cities feel quieter
Tue 17 Mar 2026
As urban noise increases, we look at how sound itself can be used to quieten things down
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The power of poetry
Tue 10 Mar 2026
How poetry sparks hope, compassion and connection in surprising places.
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Super seagrass
Tue 3 Mar 2026
The fight to regrow vital seagrass meadows and protect them from climate change.
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The school run by kids
Tue 24 Feb 2026
The Thai school that's proving a model for Thailand and beyond
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Who cares for the carers?
Tue 17 Feb 2026
We hear about projects in Bangladesh and the UK to help give carers a break.
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The positive power of your peers
Tue 10 Feb 2026
The interactive Brazilian game that's helping teenagers help each other
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Family Friendly Cities
Tue 3 Feb 2026
We look at how two cities are trying to improve life for families
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Helping prisoners to become better parents
Tue 27 Jan 2026
An innovative scheme in Scotland is helping dads in prison become better parents.
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Wild horses
Tue 20 Jan 2026
Innovative solutions to the unwieldy population of wild horses in the American West
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No brother left behind
Tue 13 Jan 2026
The apprenticeship scheme that helped the Nigerian Igbo people build generational wealth.
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Can AI power a green fashion revolution?
Tue 6 Jan 2026
Is AI helping to make fashion more sustainable? Or could it make the problem worse?
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Making friends in Sweden
Tue 30 Dec 2025
How buddy schemes and friendship hours are helping people in Sweden make friends
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Our favourite solutions
Tue 23 Dec 2025
Presenter Myra Anubi and the team chat about some of their favourite projects of the year
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Saving mothers with portable ultrasound
Tue 16 Dec 2025
How technological innovations are helping with the health of new mothers
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Rethinking dyslexia
Tue 9 Dec 2025
Harnessing the skills of dyslexic people by improving education and understanding
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Building empathy and fighting disinformation
Tue 2 Dec 2025
The children learning to understand their emotions better and what to look out for online
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Preserving Peru’s food heritage
Tue 25 Nov 2025
How potatoes and other crops are being nurtured in the face of climate and other threats
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