Podcast Episodes

From prison to star employee

Why former criminals are being chosen for jobs at hundreds of companies in a small US city.

One boss even tells us that some violent and sex offenders…

5 years, 8 months ago

Audience takeover: Your questions answered

Audience members praise and pick holes in solutions we’ve covered. Nick Holland and Kat Hawkins hear the best comments and questions and try to get a…

5 years, 9 months ago

Teenage inventor special

In this inspiring episode, we hear ideas from high school students in Asia, Africa, Europe and America. They’ve created a new form of sound insulatio…

5 years, 9 months ago

Saving Cape Cod’s dolphins

The mass stranding of dolphins, orcas and whales is depressingly common. We join a team on the East Coast of the United States who have dramatically …

5 years, 9 months ago

How to put the internet in a box

What happens when you take a little box containing some of the vast knowledge amassed on the internet, to communities that live offline? From a pe…

5 years, 9 months ago

How jellyfish can help us

Jellyfish blooms can cause havoc, scaring away tourists, clogging up fishing nets, and even getting stuck in power station cooling pipes. But sci…

5 years, 9 months ago

Training police to patrol each other

A growing number of police departments in the US are introducing a new concept in their training - teaching officers on the beat how to step in when …

5 years, 10 months ago

Getting rid of AI bias

It’s not just search engines that are powered by artificial intelligence. From the courts to the jobs market, AI is influencing decisions that have a…

5 years, 10 months ago

How to prevent drowning

We hear how AI lifeguards are helping to spot danger on Israel’s beaches, while on Lake Victoria special forecasts for fishermen are saving hundreds …

5 years, 10 months ago

Smartphones saving the rainforest

Old smartphones powered by solar panels are being used to catch illegal loggers in rainforests across the world.

Each year, more than 150 million mo…

5 years, 10 months ago