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NewsFix - Empty Spain. Alphafold. Measles ⬇️

This week's headlines include – a medical breakthrough in Gaza; death rates plummet for one of our most contagious viruses; ‘Empty Spain’; Australia’s environmental re...

NewsFix - The Kiss. Child Poverty ⬇️. Rewilding Keeps Winning.

This week's headlines include - major victory against extreme child poverty; rewilding efforts paying off in Scotland, Vietnam, Bulgaria and Ukraine; more good news on...

Future Council - No More 'Adult Washing'

Meet Future Council, a global youth-led movement that’s empowering kids and teenagers to help co-design the future. Inspired by the documentary ‘Future Council’ that f...

NewsFix - Aha! Mongolia. Crime Decline.

Hold onto your hats - it's a big week of news including: the science behind Aha moments; top marks for global primary school education; cancer breakthroughs; more good...

Bryan Walsh - Solving the Narrative Deficit

Meet Bryan Walsh, an editorial director at Vox, where he leads Future Perfect – an ambitious solutions journalism project that focuses on the policies and technologies...

NewsFix - Global Health Wins. Overfishing. Stair-Climbing Wheelchairs.

This week's headlines include: big news for HIV, tuberculosis and Leishmaniasis; China continues emissions decline; surprising drop in youth crime; long-awaited victor...

Enric Sala - Ocean Time Machine

Meet Enric Sala, a marine ecologist, National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence and founder of Pristine Seas – an organisation that has helped create 31 Marine Protecte...

Women Moving the World

Meet Krystal Birungi, Carolina Morgado, Nice Leng’ete and Bhavreen Kandhari – four incredible women who are working on the frontlines of science, conservation, human r...

NewsFix - Amazon Deforestation. Czechia Bans Smacking. Less Grumpy.

This week's headlines include: deforestation in the Amazon takes another plunge; Mexico reduces poverty; Nigeria boosts child health; no more corporal punishment in Cz...

NewsFix - Literacy Soars. Sixth Sense. Air Pollution.

Welcome to our first edition of NewsFix - your weekly dose of good news! On today's episode: global air-pollutiondeaths fall as the 'clean-air' era begins, hidden prog...

David Fajgenbaum - The Medicine We Missed

Meet David Fajgenbaum, a physician scientist who is saving lives by repurposing existing medications to treat different diseases through his organisation Every Cure. T...

UNGA 2025 - The End of Aid?

Two weeks ago, Amy was on the ground in New York during the UN General Assembly and Climate Week. Attending various events, including the Clinton Global Initiative, Am...

A Shot At History, Part 3 - The Jab

In our final episode of the series, we’ll uncover the surprising stories behind the science of the world’s first jab for malaria and how this ‘orphan’ vaccine became a...

A Shot At History, Part 2 - The Chain

Rolling out a new vaccine across an entire continent takes an extraordinary chain of people - from the scientists in the labs, to delivery truck drivers and healthcare...

A Shot At History, Part 1 - The Stakes

Malaria is one of the deadliest diseases of all time - responsible for more deaths than all of humanity's wars combined. That means that the arrival of not one, but tw...

A Shot At History - Trailer

Over a year ago, we decided that we wanted to tell the storyof the malaria vaccine; one of the most important yet hidden stories of progress in the world right now. We...

Ask Us Anything

What do KPop Demon Hunters and Bluey have to do with stories of progress? Well, you’ll hear the answer in this ‘Ask Us Anything’ episode. From controversial opinions o...

Rutger Bregman – Quit Your Job, Change The World

Meet Rutger Bregman, a Dutch historian, bestselling author andour first repeat guest on the podcast! In this episode we chat with Rutger about his new book Moral Ambit...

Paulie Stewart - Punk Magic

Meet Paulie Stewart, an Australian punk rocker who teamed up with a group of nuns to help disabled kids in Timor Leste. From walking on the wild side, to almost crossi...

Wawira Njiru - Engine Of Potential

Meet Wawira Njiru, a nutritionist and social entrepreneur in Kenya who’s gone from serving lunch to 25 children out of a makeshift kitchen to establishing Food4Educati...

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