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Show less Updated: weekly Episodes available: indefinitely Subscribe in Sounds RSS Episodes to download * Saving mothers and babies Tuesday We hear about the low-cost incubator that can run on a battery and a bottle of water Download Choose your file * Higher quality (128kbps) * Lower quality (64kbps) * How to have better sex Tue 25 Aug 2026 Achieving enjoyable sex is not possible for many - what can be done to help? Download Choose your file * Higher quality (128kbps) * Lower quality (64kbps) * The preschool in a retirement home Tue 18 Aug 2026 How young and old can benefit from living side by side. Download Choose your file * Higher quality (128kbps) * Lower quality (64kbps) * The world's largest wildlife crossing Tue 11 Aug 2026 Can a major engineering project help save Califonia's mountain lion population? Download Choose your file * Higher quality (128kbps) * Lower quality (64kbps) * The cows fighting wildfires Tue 11 Aug 2026 How animals and space tech are helping tackle a growing problem as the earth warms. Download Choose your file * Higher quality (128kbps) * Lower quality (64kbps) * Stop being a terrible tourist Tue 4 Aug 2026 How cities are tackling the challenges of mass tourism Download Choose your file * Higher quality (128kbps) * Lower quality (64kbps) * Who does the housework? Tue 28 Jul 2026 Tackling unequal household work, from Indonesia to Croatia Download Choose your file * Higher quality (128kbps) * Lower quality (64kbps) * How to make cities better for everyone Tue 21 Jul 2026 Recorded live at the BBC’s Future of Journalism Festival, University of Nairobi, Kenya Download Choose your file * Higher quality (128kbps) * Lower quality (64kbps) * How to reuse and repair Tue 14 Jul 2026 The people finding new ways to keep old things in use Download Choose your file * Higher quality (128kbps) * Lower quality (64kbps) * Finding hidden entrepreneurs Tue 7 Jul 2026 The people turning life experience into business ideas with funding and other support Download Choose your file * Higher quality (128kbps) * Lower quality (64kbps) * Living longer, living better Tue 30 Jun 2026 We go to a festival in Norway that's celebrating ageing through culture and conversation Download Choose your file * Higher quality (128kbps) * Lower quality (64kbps) * Freeing modern slaves Tue 23 Jun 2026 The projects in America and Nepal to detect and help those who are being trafficked Download Choose your file * Higher quality (128kbps) * Lower quality (64kbps) * Snakebite solutions Tue 16 Jun 2026 From the rapid responders in Nepal to the scientists working on a universal antivenom Download Choose your file * Higher quality (128kbps) * Lower quality (64kbps) * Ending violence against women Tue 9 Jun 2026 The Rwandan women finding their voice after years of silence Download Choose your file * Higher quality (128kbps) * Lower quality (64kbps) * Slow down! Tue 2 Jun 2026 How slowing down could offer a more meaningful way to live Download Choose your file * Higher quality (128kbps) * Lower quality (64kbps) * The dogs that bring hope Tue 26 May 2026 Rescued street dogs in Uganda help survivors find comfort, healing and renewed hope Download Choose your file * Higher quality (128kbps) * Lower quality (64kbps) * How to thrive with ADHD Tue 19 May 2026 How home and work can be adapted to improve life for people with ADHD Download Choose your file * Higher quality (128kbps) * Lower quality (64kbps) * Saving Chile's urban wetlands Tue 12 May 2026 We visit the communities in Chile restoring vital meadows in cities and towns Download Choose your file * Higher quality (128kbps) * Lower quality (64kbps) * The SafeBox Sat 2 May 2026 The group carrying on investigations when journalists are silenced. Download Choose your file * Higher quality (128kbps) * Lower quality (64kbps) * The secrets of greywater Tue 28 Apr 2026 How relatively clean water can be reused to tackle water scarcity. Download Choose your file * Higher quality (128kbps) * Lower quality (64kbps) * Arrows of hope Tue 21 Apr 2026 How archery can help breast cancer recovery Download Choose your file * Higher quality (128kbps) * Lower quality (64kbps) * Back from the brink: Uganda’s gentle giants Tue 14 Apr 2026 The eco-tourism that is helping to protect mountain gorillas in Uganda Download Choose your file * Higher quality (128kbps) * Lower quality (64kbps) * Fashion without barriers Tue 7 Apr 2026 Exploring style and beauty for people with disabilities Download Choose your file * Higher quality (128kbps) * Lower quality (64kbps) * Empowering the LGBT community Tue 31 Mar 2026 How two projects in Kenya and Spain are helping LGBT communities Download Choose your file * Higher quality (128kbps) * Lower quality (64kbps) * The Kindergarten makeover Tue 24 Mar 2026 How mums are helping transform early years education in Ghana - plus our listener poem! Download Choose your file * Higher quality (128kbps) * Lower quality (64kbps) * Making cities feel quieter Tue 17 Mar 2026 As urban noise increases, we look at how sound itself can be used to quieten things down Download Choose your file * Higher quality (128kbps) * Lower quality (64kbps) * The power of poetry Tue 10 Mar 2026 How poetry sparks hope, compassion and connection in surprising places. Download Choose your file * Higher quality (128kbps) * Lower quality (64kbps) * Super seagrass Tue 3 Mar 2026 The fight to regrow vital seagrass meadows and protect them from climate change. Download Choose your file * Higher quality (128kbps) * Lower quality (64kbps) * The school run by kids Tue 24 Feb 2026 The Thai school that's proving a model for Thailand and beyond Download Choose your file * Higher quality (128kbps) * Lower quality (64kbps) * Who cares for the carers? Tue 17 Feb 2026 We hear about projects in Bangladesh and the UK to help give carers a break. 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