Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchTurning Subsistence Farming into an Investment Opportunity
How do you pull subsistence farmers in Africa out of the cycle of poverty? All you have to do is help them produce more food than they need to surviv…
8 years, 2 months ago
The Speed Detectors
A growing movement in the UK is devolving the power of catching speeding motorists from the police to the people. Police have been working with commu…
8 years, 3 months ago
The People’s Peace Talks
When we think of peace talks we think of politicians from opposing camps meeting behind closed doors in wood-panelled rooms, hammering out the detail…
8 years, 3 months ago
The Schools Trying to Build Bridges
Could bilingual schools help bring peace to a seemingly intractable conflict? In Israel, the school you’ll go to is largely decided before you’re eve…
8 years, 3 months ago
Problem-Solving Prizes
People can’t resist a prize, especially when there’s money to go with a medal, and for hundreds of years that basic human urge has been used to push …
8 years, 3 months ago
The Town Trying to Cure Loneliness
Loneliness and isolation can trigger a host of other problems, particularly for our health. But a town in Somerset, in the United Kingdom, appears to…
8 years, 4 months ago
The Babies Teaching Kindness In Class [REPEAT]
**This episode is a repeat from 23 January 2018**
Naomi is not your average teacher. For one thing, she is only six months old. But in many schools ac…
8 years, 4 months ago
Taking Out the Space Trash
Space is littered with junk – some pieces as small as a fleck of paint, and some as large as a London bus. So much of it is orbiting the Earth, in fa…
8 years, 4 months ago
How to Help Homeless People in Hospital
Being homeless is extremely bad for your health. Homeless people end up in hospital far more often, and when they get there their condition is often …
8 years, 4 months ago
The Bird Rescuers
One of every five bird species could be extinct within the next century. Whether it’s down to the shiny glass office blocks materialising all over ci…
8 years, 4 months ago