People Fixing the World

By BBC World Service

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Episodes: 379


 Jan 22, 2022

Dennis
 Feb 21, 2021
This is a breath of fresh air. It shows that solutions are possible to our major world problems. Thanks for highlighting the efforts of the bright, creative and dedicated minds at the heart of this inspiring podcast.

maya
 Dec 3, 2019
Restores one's faith in humans' ingenuity and moral values.


 Feb 5, 2019


 Feb 2, 2019

Description

Brilliant solutions to the world’s problems. We meet people with ideas to make the world a better place and investigate whether they work.


Episode Date
Redefining luxury fashion
Apr 16, 2024
How literacy can change a life
Apr 09, 2024
The power of music
Apr 02, 2024
Greener ways to feed the world
Mar 26, 2024
Magic mushrooms and mental health
Mar 19, 2024
Speaking up at work
Mar 12, 2024
Clever ways to get kids learning
Mar 05, 2024
Bringing dead languages back to life
Feb 27, 2024
Making life easier for older people
Feb 20, 2024
Overcoming stigma
Feb 13, 2024
Rewilding Earth
Feb 06, 2024
Keeping the Amazon standing
Jan 30, 2024
Fake birds and other stories
Dec 26, 2023
Making landfill less awful
Dec 19, 2023
The country tackling loneliness
Dec 12, 2023
Building a clinic to save a forest
Dec 05, 2023
The plastic eaters
Nov 28, 2023
Fighting period poverty
Nov 21, 2023
Sharing the river
Nov 14, 2023
Training heroin users to save their friends
Nov 07, 2023
Disaster zone innovators
Oct 31, 2023
Sea cucumbers fixing the world
Oct 24, 2023
Stopping suicide
Oct 17, 2023
AI for good
Oct 10, 2023
Coconuts fixing the world
Oct 03, 2023
Surviving earthquakes
Sep 26, 2023
Shockwaves for the heart
Sep 19, 2023
Genetic problem-solving
Sep 12, 2023
Female farmers fighting sexism
Sep 05, 2023
Surprising solar
Aug 01, 2023
The bubble barrier cleaning up rivers
Jul 25, 2023
Eating invasive species
Jul 18, 2023
The game that fixes cities
Jul 11, 2023
The power of a backstory
Jul 04, 2023
Fighting the heat
Jun 27, 2023
Turning mud into ‘clean’ concrete
Jun 20, 2023
Palm oil that’s better for wildlife
Jun 13, 2023
Catching the ‘bike bus’
Jun 06, 2023
What to do with an empty mall?
May 30, 2023
Helping elephants and humans get along
May 23, 2023
Dementia friendly neighbourhoods
May 16, 2023
Making peace with nature
May 09, 2023
Menopause mentors
May 02, 2023
Fighting corruption in schools
Apr 25, 2023
The hidden powers of bacteria
Apr 18, 2023
Work: Access for all
Apr 11, 2023
Kangaroo care for premature babies
Apr 04, 2023
Sports fan solutions
Mar 28, 2023
The people fixing childcare
Mar 21, 2023
Stopping harassment on public transport
Mar 14, 2023
Endometriosis: The search for solutions
Mar 07, 2023
Challenging attitudes to disability
Feb 28, 2023
Getting refugees out of tents
Feb 21, 2023
Sea cucumbers fixing the world
Feb 14, 2023
The ring that could help save women’s lives
Feb 07, 2023
Turning waste into power
Jan 31, 2023
The healing power of forests
Jan 24, 2023
Plants fighting pollution
Jan 17, 2023
Bringing dead languages back to life
Jan 10, 2023
Fighting the megadrought
Jan 03, 2023
Micro-homes and sobercoins
Dec 27, 2022
Grannies fixing the world
Dec 20, 2022
Board games fixing the world
Dec 13, 2022
Sleep solutions
Dec 06, 2022
The body suit that stops muscle spasms
Nov 29, 2022
The World Cup of football solutions
Nov 22, 2022
Jobs for girls
Nov 15, 2022
COP27: Growing a forest the right way
Nov 08, 2022
Picking up healthcare with the litter
Nov 01, 2022
Albatrosses and oysters fixing the world
Oct 25, 2022
Educating refugees
Oct 18, 2022
Sustainability in death
Oct 11, 2022
Ending road deaths
Oct 04, 2022
Dads on duty
Sep 27, 2022
The food waste warriors
Sep 20, 2022
How to get people eating less meat
Sep 13, 2022
Robots on the beat
Sep 06, 2022
Hands-Off Health Tech
Aug 30, 2022
What 3D printing can fix
Aug 23, 2022
Fighting fashion waste
Aug 16, 2022
How to fix democracy
Aug 09, 2022
Getting refugees out of tents
Aug 02, 2022
Using finance to fight homelessness
Jul 26, 2022
Saving kids with cancer
Jul 19, 2022
The power of group therapy
Jul 12, 2022
Keeping medicines cool
Jul 05, 2022
The future of wind power
Jun 28, 2022
Getting kids out of institutions
Jun 21, 2022
Racing to get kids reading
Jun 14, 2022
The library where the books are people
Jun 07, 2022
Safer cities for women
May 31, 2022
Helping teenagers become good mums
May 24, 2022
Turning mud into ‘clean’ concrete
May 17, 2022
Robots fixing sewers
May 10, 2022
Using lotteries to make us better people
May 03, 2022
Work: Access for all
Apr 26, 2022
Sponge cities that fight flooding
Apr 19, 2022
Turning tyres into cheap fuel & football pitches
Apr 12, 2022
Saving California’s butterflies
Apr 05, 2022
How to make fishing nets less destructive
Mar 29, 2022
Making hospitals less stressful
Mar 22, 2022
Using haircuts to fight oil spills
Mar 15, 2022
Insects fixing the world
Mar 08, 2022
Prison Voicemail: Messages from behind bars
Mar 01, 2022
Violent partners: The ‘window’ strategy
Feb 22, 2022
Training police to patrol each other
Feb 15, 2022
The house that fights malaria
Feb 08, 2022
Using VR to change lives
Feb 01, 2022
How to fight fake health news
Jan 25, 2022
Making clean water with rubbish
Jan 18, 2022
Catching up with our solution seekers
Jan 11, 2022
The forest sound detectives
Jan 04, 2022
The moo loo and other stories
Dec 28, 2021
Creating an alternative gig economy
Dec 21, 2021
How to make electricity for your neighbours
Dec 14, 2021
Food waste: The solar dryer solution
Dec 07, 2021
Ways to save the planet: Using the sun
Nov 30, 2021
The tiny satellites changing how we see Earth
Nov 23, 2021
The 15-minute city
Nov 16, 2021
COP26: The tech helping you to help the planet
Nov 09, 2021
Ways to save the planet: Ancient solutions
Nov 02, 2021
How to spot fake drugs with a mobile phone
Oct 26, 2021
Talking signs, amazing peas and planes mapping fires
Oct 19, 2021
Can computer games improve mental health?
Oct 12, 2021
Robots on the beat
Oct 05, 2021
Helping animals cross the road and other obstacles
Sep 28, 2021
Saving mums and their unborn babies
Sep 21, 2021
The hotel for homeless people
Sep 14, 2021
The library where the books are people
Sep 07, 2021
Ways to save the planet: Fridge detectives
Aug 31, 2021
Ways to save the planet: Swap concrete for wood
Aug 24, 2021
The seaweed farmers adapting to warming seas
Aug 17, 2021
Locust hunters
Aug 10, 2021
Turning preachers into LGBT allies
Aug 03, 2021
The ATMs that dispense clean fuel
Jul 27, 2021
Introducing: Season 2 of 30 Animals That Made Us Smarter
Jul 22, 2021
Unsung victories in the fight against disease
Jul 20, 2021
How five friends can change a refugee’s life
Jul 13, 2021
The great mosquito swap
Jul 06, 2021
The career where it helps to have a criminal past
Jun 29, 2021
Test-tube rhinos
Jun 22, 2021
Smashing the glass ceiling for young Africans
Jun 15, 2021
The helpline for jealous and violent men
Jun 08, 2021
Turning the desert green
Jun 01, 2021
Catching up with the problem solvers
May 25, 2021
Regrowing the rainforest
May 18, 2021
Turning oil platforms into reefs
May 11, 2021
The forest sound detectives
May 04, 2021
The detection dogs tracking poachers and Covid-19
Apr 27, 2021
Pedal power: How bicycles can change lives
Apr 20, 2021
Shred it yourself: The DIY plastic recyclers
Apr 13, 2021
Helping animals cross the road and other obstacles
Apr 06, 2021
Watching out for Gran with help from her toaster
Mar 30, 2021
How to reuse a demolished building
Mar 23, 2021
Using satellite photos to help distribute cash
Mar 16, 2021
The magic greenhouse
Mar 09, 2021
The secret to making your stuff last longer
Mar 02, 2021
Tackling sport’s concussion problem
Feb 23, 2021
Beating superbugs
Feb 16, 2021
How to store power in soil and salt
Feb 09, 2021
The breath of life
Feb 02, 2021
The spacesuits saving mothers’ lives
Jan 26, 2021
A forest down your street
Jan 19, 2021
The solutions whisperer
Jan 12, 2021
Can doughnuts save the planet?
Jan 05, 2021
What happened next to our problem solvers
Dec 29, 2020
Saving mums and their unborn babies
Dec 22, 2020
Making meat in a lab
Dec 15, 2020
Building with fungi
Dec 08, 2020
Perovskites: The future of solar?
Dec 01, 2020
Riding the solar railway
Nov 24, 2020
From prison to star employee
Nov 17, 2020
Audience takeover: Your questions answered
Nov 10, 2020
Teenage inventor special
Nov 03, 2020
Saving Cape Cod’s dolphins
Oct 27, 2020
How to put the internet in a box
Oct 20, 2020
How jellyfish can help us
Oct 13, 2020
Training police to patrol each other
Oct 06, 2020
Getting rid of AI bias
Sep 29, 2020
How to prevent drowning
Sep 22, 2020
Smartphones saving the rainforest
Sep 15, 2020
A happier planet
Sep 08, 2020
Keeping data forever
Sep 01, 2020
Could a device invented in the 1930s help end period poverty?
Aug 25, 2020
The mums saving each other from a taboo condition
Aug 18, 2020
The tech doctors forecasting heart failure
Aug 11, 2020
Prison Voicemail: Messages from behind bars
Aug 04, 2020
Financing the forests
Jul 28, 2020
Life-saving surgery, but not by a doctor
Jul 21, 2020
New uses for old solutions
Jul 14, 2020
How to get everyone online
Jul 07, 2020
A future without bees
Jun 30, 2020
How tech is tackling wildlife trafficking
Jun 23, 2020
Personality tests for loans
Jun 16, 2020
Kids fixing the world
Jun 09, 2020
No more bosses
Jun 02, 2020
The ancient technology getting a second wind
May 26, 2020
Electricity that grows on trees
May 19, 2020
The breath of life
May 12, 2020
A Sporting Chance
May 05, 2020
The great spreadsheet in the sky
Apr 28, 2020
The farmers moving their fields indoors
Apr 21, 2020
Making the world a quieter place
Apr 14, 2020
The big transport swap
Apr 07, 2020
Regrowing the rainforest
Mar 31, 2020
The treasure in our toilets
Mar 24, 2020
How to be a better dad
Mar 17, 2020
How they’re saving the kakapo
Mar 10, 2020
Audience takeover: Your feedback
Mar 03, 2020
A safe place to be gay
Feb 25, 2020
Meet the neighbours
Feb 18, 2020
The good lads
Feb 11, 2020
The miracle cure: Exercise
Feb 04, 2020
Fighting depression together
Jan 28, 2020
Running to do good
Jan 21, 2020
Forecasting volcanoes
Jan 14, 2020
The pharmacists fighting high drug prices
Jan 07, 2020
How to move the Earth
Dec 31, 2019
Checking in with the problem solvers
Dec 24, 2019
Making your deliveries greener
Dec 17, 2019
Convicting more rapists
Dec 10, 2019
Turning kids into entrepreneurs
Dec 03, 2019
Saving the World’s Ice
Nov 26, 2019
Stopping abuse with protection dogs
Nov 19, 2019
How to stop fires destroying whole neighbourhoods
Nov 12, 2019
How to save the banana
Nov 05, 2019
The future of freight
Oct 29, 2019
Gaming for good
Oct 22, 2019
The town rethinking the future of energy
Oct 15, 2019
Shopping for a better life
Oct 08, 2019
Turning waste into energy
Oct 01, 2019
Spotting the sound of a cardiac arrest
Sep 24, 2019
The snakebite squad
Sep 17, 2019
Meeting Colombia’s ‘Violentologist’
Sep 10, 2019
A new way to detect an invisible poison in water
Sep 03, 2019
Oysters to the rescue
Aug 27, 2019
The concrete cleaners
Aug 20, 2019
Bangladesh’s biker girls
Aug 13, 2019
Putting a price on carbon
Aug 06, 2019
A simple way to help a relative if they’re arrested
Jul 30, 2019
Stopping child marriage with solar lanterns
Jul 23, 2019
Trieste’s mental health ‘revolution’
Jul 16, 2019
The school that puts wellbeing first
Jul 09, 2019
Residents turn detective to fight crime
Jul 02, 2019
Life-saving surgery, but not by a doctor
Jun 25, 2019
Portugal, drugs and decriminalisation
Jun 18, 2019
Can capturing carbon buy us time to tackle climate change?
Jun 11, 2019
Can sleep deprivation help treat bipolar disorder?
Jun 04, 2019
Audience takeover: Your plastic solutions
May 28, 2019
Reinventing the ranch
May 21, 2019
Working Less For The Same Pay
May 14, 2019
Could a device invented in the 1930s help end period poverty?
May 07, 2019
The tree detectives tackling illegal logging
Apr 30, 2019
The reuse and refill revolution
Apr 23, 2019
DNA tests for dogs to tackle problem poo
Apr 16, 2019
The great mosquito swap
Apr 09, 2019
The mums saving each other from a taboo condition
Apr 02, 2019
Can phages save us as antibiotics stop working?
Mar 26, 2019
The digital detectives tackling child sexual abuse
Mar 19, 2019
Crossing divides in Cyprus
Mar 12, 2019
Last video messages to help children grieve
Mar 05, 2019
Turning old clothes into new ones
Feb 26, 2019
Predicting suicide
Feb 19, 2019
‘No Men Allowed’ – The Gym Getting Women Fit and into Work
Feb 12, 2019
How Nepal Doubled its Tiger Population
Feb 05, 2019
The shopping mall where everything is recycled
Jan 29, 2019
The Turkish App to Help Autistic Children Learn
Jan 22, 2019
The Talent Show for Honest People
Jan 15, 2019
Does the world need more babies?
Jan 08, 2019
Checking in with the Problem Solvers
Jan 01, 2019
The Little Libraries Bringing Books into People’s Homes
Dec 25, 2018
Can US Entrepreneurs Help Fix Education in Africa?
Dec 18, 2018
Can This Smart Street Stop Drinkers Getting Violent?
Dec 11, 2018
How 'Buddy Benches' are Making Playtime Less Lonely
Dec 04, 2018
Smart Boats That Sail on a Bed of Bubbles
Nov 27, 2018
The Banks That Run on Time Instead of Money
Nov 20, 2018
How to Build a City for an Ageing Population
Nov 13, 2018
The Country That Can Jail You For Using Plastic Bags
Nov 06, 2018
Time to Update the Stranger Danger Message?
Oct 30, 2018
Tech That Tricks the Brain
Oct 23, 2018
‘Rental sisters’ for Japan’s Reclusive Young Men
Oct 16, 2018
Fighting the ‘Water Mafia’ with Pipes in the Sky
Oct 09, 2018
Mending Our Disposable Culture
Oct 02, 2018
Smart Stimulation for People with Dementia
Sep 25, 2018
Running and Singing to Improve Maths and English
Sep 18, 2018
A Green Space Revolution in Paris
Sep 11, 2018
Scanning Homeless People To Make a Donation
Sep 04, 2018
Rewarding Green Travel in Bologna
Aug 28, 2018
Cool Ways of Keeping Things Cool
Aug 21, 2018
Reviving Italy’s ‘Ghost Towns’
Aug 14, 2018
Why Millions Listen to This Girl
Aug 07, 2018
Training India’s Fake Doctors
Jul 31, 2018
Stopping Wildfires in Their Tracks
Jul 24, 2018
Generating Power from the Roads
Jul 17, 2018
Recycling to Turn Trash into Cash
Jul 10, 2018
The Bricks Helping to Rebuild Gaza
Jul 03, 2018
Learning Lessons from the Longest Living Lands
Jun 26, 2018
Nigeria's Secret STI Test Kits
Jun 19, 2018
Can a $1 million Prize Help Keep Women Safe?
Jun 12, 2018
The Street Where Houses Come Half-Built
Jun 05, 2018
Fighting Food Waste
May 29, 2018
Clean Clothes and Glasses for the Poorest in Society
May 22, 2018
Turning Subsistence Farming into an Investment Opportunity
May 15, 2018
The Speed Detectors
May 08, 2018
The People’s Peace Talks
May 01, 2018
The Schools Trying to Build Bridges
Apr 24, 2018
Problem-Solving Prizes
Apr 17, 2018
The Town Trying to Cure Loneliness
Apr 10, 2018
The Babies Teaching Kindness In Class [REPEAT]
Apr 02, 2018
Taking Out the Space Trash
Mar 27, 2018
How to Help Homeless People in Hospital
Mar 20, 2018
The Bird Rescuers
Mar 13, 2018
Recycling Chewing Gum Litter to Clean Our Streets
Mar 06, 2018
How to Talk to Potential Extremists
Feb 27, 2018
Putting Forgotten Pills Back to Work
Feb 20, 2018
Improvising Your Way Out of Anxiety
Feb 13, 2018
The Hydroponics Revolution
Feb 06, 2018
The Currency Based on Good Deeds
Jan 30, 2018
The Babies Teaching Kindness in Class
Jan 23, 2018
Kids versus Cars
Jan 16, 2018
Can We Save Coral?
Jan 09, 2018
Checking-in With The Problem Solvers
Jan 02, 2018
Scouts, Knives and a Community Fridge
Dec 26, 2017
The Ring That Could Help Save Women’s Lives
Dec 19, 2017
How to Get Wheelchairs on Planes
Dec 12, 2017
Drone Delivery: Medicines By Air
Dec 05, 2017
Smartphone-Activated First Aiders
Nov 28, 2017
The Former Neo-Nazi Helping Others To Quit
Nov 21, 2017
How Iceland Saved Its Teenagers
Nov 14, 2017
The Missing Maps
Nov 07, 2017
The Town Where Public Toilets Are Everywhere
Oct 31, 2017
Addressing the World in Three Words
Oct 24, 2017
How Iceland is Fighting the Gender Pay Gap
Oct 17, 2017
Viking Therapy?
Oct 10, 2017
How Cervical ‘Selfies’ are Fighting Cancer in The Gambia
Oct 03, 2017
How To Make Sushi From Methane Gas
Sep 26, 2017
When Local Currencies Go Digital
Sep 19, 2017
Condom Lifesavers and Voices for the Voiceless
Sep 12, 2017
The Dutch Antibiotic Revolution
Sep 05, 2017
How to Get Blood Where it is Needed
Aug 29, 2017
Pakistan’s Laptop Female Doctors
Aug 22, 2017
Urban Cable Cars
Aug 15, 2017
Does Universal Basic Income Work?
Aug 08, 2017
The Teachable Moment
Aug 01, 2017
Mexico's Cartoon Therapists
Jul 25, 2017
Cutting Cow Farts to Combat Climate Change
Jul 18, 2017
Thailand’s Disease Detectives
Jul 11, 2017
Can We Supercharge School?
Jul 04, 2017
Turning Fatbergs into Fuel
Jun 27, 2017
Thailand’s Condom King
Jun 20, 2017
How To Be A Better Mum In Jail
Jun 13, 2017
Would You Rent Your Clothes?
Jun 06, 2017
The Stickers that Save Lives
May 30, 2017
Turning Plastic Trash into Cash
May 23, 2017
Turning Goats into Water
May 16, 2017
Saving Lives with Text Messages
May 09, 2017
Greener In Death
May 02, 2017
Helping Disabled People With Sex
Apr 28, 2017
The Data Donators
Apr 18, 2017
Postmen Delivering Kindness to the Elderly
Apr 11, 2017
The Parent Hack For Cheaper Childcare
Apr 04, 2017
Toilets in Haiti and Circular Runways
Mar 25, 2017
Checking out the solar hotel
Mar 18, 2017
Moving In With Refugees
Mar 11, 2017
How China is Cleaning its Air
Mar 04, 2017
The Voter Lottery
Feb 25, 2017
Denmark’s Food Waste Vigilante
Feb 18, 2017
The Sun Water Solution
Feb 11, 2017
Lend Me Your Eyes
Feb 04, 2017
The War On Fake News
Jan 28, 2017
Superblocks To The Rescue?
Jan 21, 2017
An Unlikely House Share
Jan 14, 2017
Jobs for Syrian Refugees
Jan 07, 2017
Respect My Remittances
Dec 24, 2016
‘Bribing’ Mums To Feed Their Kids
Dec 17, 2016
Teaching Kids To Think
Dec 10, 2016
Reducing US Police Shootings
Dec 03, 2016
Cloud Catchers In Peru
Nov 26, 2016
Cash Cards For Syrian Refugees
Nov 19, 2016