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People Fixing The World

Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place.

News imagePeople Fixing The World

Episodes (490 available)

News imagePeople Fixing The World, Getting the homeless homed

Two projects creating safe places to stay for people without a home.

8 Sept 2026

24 mins

News imagePeople Fixing The World, Saving mothers and babies

We hear about the low-cost incubator that can run on a battery and a bottle of water

1 Sept 2026

23 mins

News imagePeople Fixing The World, How to have better sex

Achieving enjoyable sex is not possible for many - what can be done to help?

25 Aug 2026

23 mins

News imagePeople Fixing The World, The preschool in a retirement home

How young and old can benefit from living side by side.

18 Aug 2026

23 mins

News imagePeople Fixing The World, The world's largest wildlife crossing

Can a major engineering project help save Califonia's mountain lion population?

11 Aug 2026

23 mins

News imagePeople Fixing The World, The cows fighting wildfires

How animals and space tech are helping tackle a growing problem as the earth warms.

11 Aug 2026

23 mins

News imagePeople Fixing The World, Stop being a terrible tourist

How cities are tackling the challenges of mass tourism

4 Aug 2026

23 mins

News imagePeople Fixing The World, Who does the housework?

Tackling unequal household work, from Indonesia to Croatia

28 Jul 2026

23 mins

News imagePeople Fixing The World, How to make cities better for everyone

Recorded live at the BBC’s Future of Journalism Festival, University of Nairobi, Kenya

21 Jul 2026

30 mins

News imagePeople Fixing The World, How to reuse and repair

The people finding new ways to keep old things in use

14 Jul 2026

23 mins

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