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People Fixing the World Episodes

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    Beating superbugs

    The small team of Indian scientists who think they’ve found a new way to kill superbugs

  2. Bangladesh’s biker girls

    The motorbike taxi app where the drivers and passengers are all women.

  3. Audience takeover: Your questions answered

    Answers to your questions about regrowing the rainforest and other stories we’ve covered

  4. Audience takeover: Your plastic solutions

    We hear what you, our listeners, are doing to tackle the problem of plastic waste.

  5. Audience takeover: Your feedback

    β€œFabulous idea” or β€œwaste of money”? Your thoughts on some of the solutions we’ve covered

  6. An Unlikely House Share

    How a homeshare scheme is matching older people and students in Paris.

  7. Albatrosses and oysters fixing the world

    How seabirds and shellfish are protecting our planet

  8. AI for good

    How artificial intelligence is being used to fight anxiety and save children's lives

  9. Africa's best new innovators

    Myra Anubi is in Nairobi at the final of the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

  10. Addressing the World in Three Words

    Could an app, that divides the world into 3m squares, give everyone a unique address?

  11. A wheelchair that learns

    The wheelchair that uses AI and how clothes can help communicate feelings

  12. A Sporting Chance

    How sport can change the lives of young people from some of the toughest backgrounds.

  13. A simple way to help a relative if they’re arrested

    A group in California is teaching families how to help loved ones charged with crimes

  14. A safe place to be gay

    An idea used in video games is helping LGBTQ people in the Middle East talk safely online

  15. A new way to detect an invisible poison in water

    Scientists hope a new test will save millions from drinking arsenic in their water

  16. A happier planet

    Looking for the happiest places in the world and finding out what makes them happy

  17. A Green Space Revolution in Paris

    How do you create green spaces in the middle of a city?

  18. A future without bees

    High-tech alternatives to bees include spraying pollen from drones to pollinate plants

  19. A forest down your street

    The tiny urban forests bringing nature to the heart of the city

  20. β€˜Rental sisters’ for Japan’s Reclusive Young Men

    The sisters-for-hire who are trying to coax reclusive Japanese men out of their rooms

  21. β€˜No Men Allowed’ – The Gym Getting Women Fit and into Work

    A single-sex gym in Turkey is helping women exercise and become entrepreneurs

  22. β€˜Bribing’ Mums To Feed Their Kids

    How they’re giving cash, with strings attached, to poor mothers in Peru.

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