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Hope Is A Verb
by Fix The News
What does it take to change the world? This podcast will introduce you to the people who are who are mending our planet, stitching together a new future and showing us the best of what it is to be human. Hosts: Angus Hervey, Amy Davoren-Rose
Episodes
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Lead Poisoning Is Solvable. So What’s Been the Hold Up?
How do you get the world to pay attention to a problem it thinks it's already solved? Around a billion children are exposed to dangerous levels of lead. It can be hiding in cookware, spices and cosmetics, or released through industries like battery recycling. For a child, exposure can mean losing...
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Can We Stop the Next Pandemic Before It Starts?
What if we could catch the next pandemic before it starts? For most of human history, we’ve discovered outbreaks after people start getting sick. But what if we could spot a dangerous virus as it emerges, track it as it spreads and give health workers the information they need to stop it - in…
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The Future of Farming: Healthy Soil, AI and Food Security
The story of farming has always been one of adaptation. The next chapter may be its most one important yet. In this special episode of Fix The News, we bring together two conversations exploring one of the defining questions of our time: how do we feed a growing world without destroying the…
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The Teen Sisters Rebuilding Gaza: Earth Prize Winners Tala & Farah Mousa
Since October 2023, much of the world's attention has been focused on the destruction in Gaza. This conversation is about something we hear much less about: rebuilding. Meet Tala and Farah Mousa, two teenage sisters from Gaza and winners of The Earth Prize Middle East, one of the world's leading...
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Antarctica: The World's Greatest Story of Cooperation
Antarctica isn't just a climate story. For more than 65 years, Antarctica has been governed by one of the most remarkable international agreements ever created. At the height of the Cold War, countries with competing territorial claims agreed to set conflict aside and dedicate an entire continent...
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How Education Is Rebuilding Northern Uganda: Girls, Hope & Healing
What happens when you redesign education around the people who have been left behind? Meet Alice Achan - social worker, educator and founder of the Te-Kworo Foundation, a boarding school in Northern Uganda that is helping young mothers and vulnerable girls rebuild their lives. What started as a...
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Colombia Ended a 60-Year War: Lessons in Making Peace
What can Colombia teach us about what's still possible? Meet Juan Manuel Santos - former President of Colombia, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Chair of The Elders - who helped negotiate an end to one of the longest-running armed conflicts in modern history. Under his leadership, Colombia signed a...
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The Largest Dam Removal in U.S. History: What Repair Really Looks Like
The battle to restore the Klamath River lasted generations. When the dams finally came down, salmon returned within three days - far faster than scientists expected, marking a turning point for Indigenous rights, ecological restoration and cultural survival. Meet Amy Bowers Cordalis - attorney,...
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Inside Women Deliver 2026: Feminist Leadership, Climate Action & Youth Power
Gus and Amy recently attended Women Deliver 2026 – the world’s largest global conference on gender equality. Beyond reporting on the sessions, it was an opportunity to sit down with the people driving social change at every level. From feminist leaders in the Pacific to youth-led innovation,...
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Good News: Can Journalism Do More Than Report Problems?
What happens when two solutions-focused news platforms compare notes on how to change the narrative of the world? Meet Myra Anubi - BBC journalist and host of People Fixing the World - who, like Fix The News, is part of a growing movement to challenge the doom and gloom by reporting on what’s...
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NewsFix - Clean Energy Hits Turning Point. 19.5 Million Lives Saved. Seagrass Comeback.
This week’s headlines include – a historic shift in the global energy transition as renewables meet all new electricity demand; Africa’s measles vaccination drive saving 19.5 million lives; a breakthrough gene therapy restoring hearing; major global progress on poverty reduction and mental…
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Global Hunger: The Australian Farmers Taking Action
What happens when two friends in rural Australia take on the global hunger crisis? Meet Rob Houghton and Ken Dachi - a third-generation farmer and a multicultural advisor from Leeton, NSW - who turned a single conversation into Grain of Hope: a grassroots initiative shipping Australian wheat to...
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NewsFix - Ocean Protection Hits 10%. Renewables Surge. A Machine Called Mother.
This week’s headlines include – a global milestone in ocean protection; Brazil’s new deforestation crackdown using satellite monitoring; major gains in women’s rights and maternal health; record renewable energy growth in the US and Europe; and a groundbreaking IVF breakthrough that could change...
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NewsFix - TB Breakthroughs. Toponium. Whale Comeback.
This week’s headlines include – Yes, we can end TB; the biggest expansion of education in human history; LGBTQ rights gaining ground; whales staging a dramatic comeback in Antarctic waters; a global energy shift; and the particle discovery that was not thought possible. NewsFix has moved to its…
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Big News: Hope Is A Verb Is Now Fix The News Podcast
Big News: Hope Is A Verb is becoming Fix The News Podcast. This is our final episode as Hope Is A Verb - but it's not the end of these conversations. Over 52 episodes, we’ve met the people who are changing the world through conservation, education, healthcare, social reform and grassroots action....
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NewsFix - Stardust. Child Mortality. India.
This week’s headlines include – DNA building blocks discovered on asteroids; global child mortality down 60%; China consolidates environmental laws; monarch butterflies rebound in Mexico; women in politics rise across Africa; and AI supporting dementia care. NewsFix has moved to its own feed! You...
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NewsFix - Education Boom. Land Back. Cleaner Air.
This week's headlines include – Nigeria’s record investment in basic education; Indigenous-led land restoration across the United States; cities cutting air pollution by up to 45%; rhinos returning to the DRC; and a breakthrough stem cell treatment offering new hope for Parkinson’s. NewsFix has...
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NewsFix - HPV Vaccines. Solar Power. EV Charging Breakthroughs.
This week’s headlines include – India launches the world’s largest HPV vaccination campaign; school meal programmes across Europe reach 25 million children; solar becomes the fastest-growing energy source in history; EV giant BYD unveils a nine-minute charging system; river otters make a comeback...
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NewsFix - Croatia's Landmines. Aral Sea. Spider Silk Superpower.
This week’s headlines include: Chile eliminates leprosy; the malaria vaccine is working in Nigeria fall after a vaccine rollout; Croatia clears its last landmines; renewable energy surges; recovery in Kazakhstan’s Aral region; wildlife comebacks from the Galápagos to Central Asia; and a...
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NewsFix - Sea of Possibility. Aid Entering Gaza. Beavers.
This week's roundup of good news includes – Gaza aid; Amazon deforestation; Ukraine energy; new blood test for cancer; world's largest marine reserve in Canada; Bonobo imagination study. NewsFix is brought to you by Fix The News. Hosted by Anthony Badolato, Hear That! To get in touch with the...
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NewsFix - Bike Angels. Solar Farms. Legal Rights for Whales.
This week's headlines include – Solar power could supercharge farming; universal healthcarein Armenia; more good news for the Amazon; poorer economies are closing the gap; poverty reduction in Jamaica and personhood for Whales in the Pacific. NewsFix is brought to you by Fix TheNews. Hosted by...
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NewsFix - Middle Class Mexico. California Clean-Streak. Puppy Love.
This week's headlines include – How Mexico is changing its narrative on poverty; good newsfor the High Seas and the Amazon; a glimmer in Gaza; electrified Porsches claim a victory; Poland’s step in the right direction for same sex-couples and is it really puppies-v-babies? NewsFix is brought to…
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NewsFix - 'Remarkable' Iraq. Cancer ⬇️. Matchmaking for Lizards.
Welcome back to NewsFix and our first edition for 2026. This week's headlines include – a counterpoint to the Middle East, astonishing progress on cancer, a golden age of vaccines, murder and homicide rates decline in the world’s leading cities, coal bites the dust (again) and Love Island for...
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NewsFix - 2025 Roundup
Welcome to our final NewsFix for 2025 - we're sneaking it in just before the finish line! In this edition we roundup the stories that changed the world this year. From the historic change in global health to an international maritime treaty, great news for green sea turtles and the climate story…
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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 reform;more bad news for fossil fuels and AI for good. NewsFix is brought to you by Fix TheNews. Hosted by Anthony Badolato, Hear...
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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 the malaria vaccine; what went right at COP30 and science reveals some very flirty primates. NewsFix is brought to you by Fix...
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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 followed eight young activists as they travelled across Europe in a yellow bus confronting big business leaders, the movement is...
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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 news for the Amazon; Mongolia's ambitious conservation plan; crime declines in London and new hope for Australia's Great Barrier...
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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 that will make the future a better place. As a former foreign correspondent and climate writer for Time and the author of End...
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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 victory for Indigenous communities in Bolivia; more fish in the US and a stair-climbing wheelchair. NewsFix is brought to you by Fix The...
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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 Protected Areas, safeguarding nearly 7 million square kilometres of ocean. From his five-year Pacific expedition using a three-person...
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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 rights, and environmental advocacy. Krystal is an entomologist with Target Malaria in Uganda developing gene-drive mosquitoes;...
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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 Czechia and the world is surprisingly becoming less grumpy. NewsFix is brought to you by Fix The News. Hosted by Anthony Badolato,...
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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 progress on youth literacy, why we're celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement, a new atlas to map the human body, how…
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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. This conversation will challenge the way you look medicine and unlock the possibility that some of the solutions we’re looking for,...
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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, Amy spoke with some incredible people who work on the frontlines of climate, healthcare, education and crisis response. Despite...
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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 lifesaving intervention that has already reached 5 million children. We look at what's next for the malaria vaccine, the threats…
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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 workers on motorbikes who stop at nothing to get this vaccine into far-flung villages. In this episode, we’ll show you what it...
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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 two malaria vaccines has the potential to change the future of our species. In this first episode, we’ll show you what’s at stake…
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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 knew that this would be a massive undertaking, but it turned out to be more epic that we could have possibly imagined. Over three...
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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 on the climate crisis, to our very first News Fix bulletin, Gus and Amy dive into a range of topics and answer some big, burning...
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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 Ambition and why it’s time for people to stop wasting their talent and start making a difference. From his early midlife crisis to what...
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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 crossing over to the other side – Paulie’s story is about full circles, second chances, and the one of the most unlikely and inspiring...
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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 Food4Education, a nonprofit organisation that serves half a million hot, nutritious and affordable school meals every day. From the…
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Boyan Slat - The Impossible Cleanup
Meet Boyan Slat, founder of The Ocean Cleanup - the world’s largest cleanup in history. After starting as a high school project in the Netherlands in 2011, Boyan’s mission has gone global, removing tens of millions of kilograms of plastic from oceans and rivers. It’s an epic job and with plastic...
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Trailer - Season 4
A new chapter begins on July 31st, 2025.
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The Good News You Missed In 2024
Depending on where you get your news, 2024 probably sounded like a complete disaster. And while a lot of terrible things happened, not everything that happened in the world was terrible. From breakthrough treatments for HIV and obesity, to the rise in global happiness and the decline in...
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Steven Pinker – Why Progress Is Possible
Meet Steven Pinker, a cognitive psychologist and public intellectual who is one of the world’s greatest thinkers on the topic of progress. He is the author of 12 books, including ‘Better Angels of Our Nature,’ which played a key role in the origin story of Fix The News. After five years of email...
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Ncazelo Ncube-Mlilo – The Caravan Of Joy And Tears
Meet Ncazelo Ncube-Mlilo, a psychologist and narrativetherapist who uses a travelling caravan to bring mental health services to townships on the outskirts of Johannesburg. Tackling gender-based violence andhigh rates of youth depression, Ncazelo’s cutting edge methods for healing trauma are now...
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Sonia Vallabh - A Scientist's Quest To Cure Her Own Disease
Meet Sonia Vallabh, a lawyer turned scientist with one of the most compelling stories we have ever heard. In 2011, Sonia was diagnosed with prion disease, a rare and fatal genetic illness with no viable treatment. Against all odds, Sonia and her husband retrained as a patient–scientists and set…
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What does it take to change the world? This podcast will introduce you to the people who are who are mending our planet, stitching together a new future and showing us the best of what it is to be human. Hosts: Angus Hervey, Amy Davoren-Rose
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