People Fixing The World

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   27 oktober 2026 · 1 min

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   People Fixing The World has moved to a new home. Just search for The Documentary wherever you get your podcasts to continue hearing from Myra and the team, with a new episode exploring positive solutions to some of the world's biggest challenges published every Wednesday. Lees meer

2. Breaking the code of silence

   20 oktober 2026 · 24 min

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   We travel to the Italian island of Sicily to see how Palermo residents are fighting back against the influence of the Mafia. Presenter Myra Anubi meets people from the charity Addiopizzo, which encourages residents to stop paying protection money known as "pizzo" and visit a neighbourhood in Palermo where the organisation is working to stop young people being tempted to join the mafia. Lees meer

   People Fixing The World from the BBC is about brilliant solutions to the world's problems. We'd love you to let us know what you think and to hear about your own solutions. You can contact us on WhatsApp by messaging +44 8000 321721 or email peoplefixingtheworld@bbc.co.uk. We release a new edition every Wednesday - just search for The Documentary wherever you get your podcasts.

   Presenter: Myra Anubi
   Producer: Alex Collins
   Editor: Jon Bithrey
   Sound mix: Hal Haines

   (Image: Myra Anubi with the staff of La Braciera, a Palermo restaurant)

3. The everyday tech helping to prevent disasters

   13 oktober 2026 · 25 min

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   For International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (October 13th), we're finding out how technology can help prevent disasters, save lives and help rescuers. In Argentina, we’ll meet Franco Rodríguez Viau whose family friends lost their home in a fire, inspiring him to find a way of tracking wildfires. He was just a teenager when he began developing an app that combines NASA satellite imagery with other data sources to identify and intercept fires before they become unmanageable. Meanwhile in Colombia, podcasters and sound engineers tell us about using their specialist recording equipment and live analysis of sound to detect breathing and tapping beneath earthquake rubble, helping rescuers locate survivors. Lees meer

   People Fixing The World from the BBC is about brilliant solutions to the world's problems. We'd love you to let us know what you think and to hear about your own solutions. You can contact us on WhatsApp by messaging +44 8000 321721 or email peoplefixingtheworld@bbc.co.uk. We release a new edition every Wednesday - just search for The Documentary wherever you get your podcasts.

   Presenter: Myra Anubi
   Producer: Claire Bowes
   Colombia Reporter: Laura Ubate
   Editor: Jon Bithrey

   (Image: A man holding sound equipment helping with rescue efforts in Cali, Colombia following the earthquake of August 2026, credit Mateo Guzman)

4. The joy of walking

   6 oktober 2026 · 24 min

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   How something as simple as a walk can improve our wellbeing, sharpen our thinking and bring communities closer together. We try out an innovative walking map of the UK on a journey through London, then head to the United States and Hungary, where doctors are leading walks to build stronger relationships with their patients. Lees meer

   People Fixing The World from the BBC is about brilliant solutions to the world's problems. We'd love you to let us know what you think and to hear about your own solutions. You can contact us on WhatsApp by messaging +44 8000 321721 or email peoplefixingtheworld@bbc.co.uk. We release a new edition every Wednesday - just search for The Documentary wherever you get your podcasts.

   Presenter: Myra Anubi
   Producer/reporter: Claire Bates
   Hungary reporter: Jakab Thorpe
   Executive Producer: Richard Kenny
   Editor: Jon Bithrey
   Sound mix: Hal Haines

   (Image: Members of Walk With a Doc in Veszprém, Hungary, credit Dr Borbala Stern)

5. Bringing Kashmir’s lakes back to life

   29 september 2026 · 23 min

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   Wular and Dal lakes are among Kashmir's most famous natural treasures, but decades of pollution, encroachment and neglect have taken their toll. Chhavi Sachdev follows conservationists, farmers and local communities as they attempt an ambitious restoration effort. Along the way, she discovers migratory birds returning, lotus flowers reappearing, and a circular economy transforming ecological waste into a valuable resource. Lees meer

   (Photo: Local weed collectors in Dal Lake, Kashmir. They are sitting in their long, low wooden boats chatting. Credit: Adil Abbas)

   People Fixing The World from the BBC is about brilliant solutions to the world's problems. We'd love you to let us know what you think and to hear about your own solutions. You can contact us on WhatsApp by messaging +44 8000 321721 or email peoplefixingtheworld@bbc.co.uk. We release a new edition every Wednesday - just search for The Documentary wherever you get your podcasts.

   Presenter: Myra Anubi
   Reporter/producer: Chhavi Sachdev
   Kashmir fixer and interpreter: Adil Abass
   Editor: Jon Bithrey
   Sound mix: Andrew Mills

6. Clever ways to cut waste

   22 september 2026 · 24 min

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   We look at three solutions connected to the “three Rs” – reduce, reuse and recycle. The city of Brussels in Belgium is in the process of moving all 40 municipal nurseries over to reusable nappies – and have managed to do it without their staff kicking up a stink! Also energy companies around the world have found ways to encourage customers to reduce their consumption by making it fun, and lastly we meet Makafui Awuku in Ghana - a man on a mission to turn used plastic into school desks. Lees meer

   People Fixing The World from the BBC is about brilliant solutions to the world's problems. We'd love you to let us know what you think and to hear about your own solutions. You can contact us on WhatsApp by messaging +44 8000 321721 or email peoplefixingtheworld@bbc.co.uk. We release a new edition every Wednesday - just search for The Documentary wherever you get your podcasts.

   Presenter: Myra Anubi
   Producer: William Kremer
   Ghana reporter: Justice Baidoo
   Editor: Jon Bithrey
   Sound mix: Hal Haines

   (Image: A baby and worker at one of Brussels' municipal nurseries, BBC)

7. The pictures that help and heal

   14 september 2026 · 24 min

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   Myra Anubi looks at two solutions that harness the power of pictures to help disabled people. Books Beyond Words is a UK charity that publishes books with no words, just big pictures on every page. They are made for people with learning disabilities, who come together to read them in book clubs. Myra also hears about TapSOS, the only smartphone app to be approved by the UK’s emergency services, which is aimed at people who struggle to speak on the phone. We hear from one user who believes it saved his life. Lees meer

   People Fixing The World from the BBC is about brilliant solutions to the world's problems. We'd love you to let us know what you think and to hear about your own solutions. You can contact us on WhatsApp by messaging +44 8000 321721 or email peoplefixingtheworld@bbc.co.uk. And please leave us a review on your chosen podcast provider.

   The podcast version of this episode was updated on 15th September 2026, as the incorrect episode was originally uploaded.

   (Photo: Reporter Natalie Duo with members of a London book club, two of whom are both holding books)

   Presenter: Myra Anubi
   Reporter: Natalie Duo
   Producer: William Kremer
   Sound engneer: Gareth Jones
   Editor: Jon Bithrey

8. Getting the homeless homed

   8 september 2026 · 24 min

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   We visit two projects exploring practical responses to homelessness and housing insecurity. Presenter Myra Anubi travels to Edinburgh to see the work of Social Bite, a charity creating small communities of prefabricated homes on unused land, offering people a stable place to live and rebuild their lives. Meanwhile, in Nantes, western France, we meet the team behind Bureaux du Cœur, which partners with businesses to open up unused office space as safe overnight accommodation for people in need. Lees meer

   People Fixing The World from the BBC is about brilliant solutions to the world's problems. We'd love you to let us know what you think and to hear about your own solutions. You can contact us on WhatsApp by messaging +44 8000 321721 or email peoplefixingtheworld@bbc.co.uk. And please leave us a review on your chosen podcast provider.

   Presenter: Myra Anubi
   Producer/reporter: Alex Collins
   Executive producer: Richard Kenny
   Editor: Jon Bithrey
   Sound mix: Andrew Mills

   (Image: Myra Anubi with Jayne and Michael at the Social Bite village in Edinburgh)

9. Saving mothers and babies

   1 september 2026 · 23 min

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   In 2017, Spanish engineer Pablo Bergasa began an unusual hobby: to design a new incubator for use in African hospitals. Eight years on, he has sent 200 of his machines around the world, and he estimates they have saved the lives of 5,000 babies. Pablo’s incubator costs just a small proportion of the price of a regular machine and can run on a battery and a bottle of water. Plus Myra Anubi hears about how a simple but ingenious plastic sheet is saving women from dying after giving birth. Lees meer

   People Fixing The World from the BBC is about brilliant solutions to the world's problems. We release a new edition every week for most of the year. We'd love you to let us know what you think and to hear about your own solutions. You can contact us on WhatsApp by messaging +44 8000 321721 or email peoplefixingtheworld@bbc.co.uk. And please leave us a review on your chosen podcast provider.

   This podcast was first published in July 2025.

   Presenter: Myra Anubi
   Reporter: Esperanza Escribano
   Producer: William Kremer
   Editor: Jon Bithrey
   Sound mix: Andrew Mills

10. How to have better sex

    25 augustus 2026 · 23 min

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    Sex is one of the few things in life that is available to everyone and is free. But achieving enjoyable sex is not possible for many. Some people are held back by fear, ignorance or culture - others don’t know or understand their rights around sex. For years public health campaigns focused on warning people about the downsides of sex - danger, disease and death - but increasingly the work is focused on the reasons people have sex. We're in Brazil where we meet Ana Autoestima. She’s a ‘virtual friend’ who provides positive advice about sex to women living some of the poorest neighbourhoods in Rio de Janeiro. We also visit Iraq to find out how a project is helping women who’ve suffered from female genital mutilation or FGM to enjoy their bodies and sexuality. And we’ll hear from Kenyan celebrity and musician Kaz Karen Lucas whose mission is to change the way Kenyans think about sex. Lees meer

    Thanks to The Pleasure Project for help in the making of this programme. Research by them, in collaboration with the WHO in 2022 helped show that including pleasure in sexual health interventions significantly increased condom use and sexual health compared to those that did not. Their website is thepleasureproject.org.

    This programme contains adult themes.

    People Fixing The World from the BBC is about brilliant solutions to the world's problems. We'd love you to let us know what you think and to hear about your own solutions. You can contact us on WhatsApp by messaging +44 8000 321721 or email peoplefixingtheworld@bbc.co.uk. And please leave us a review on your chosen podcast provider.

    Presenter: Myra Anubi
    Producer: Claire Bowes
    Brazil reporter: Julia Carneiro
    Editor: Jon Bithrey
    Sound mix: Gareth Jones

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