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 takes to navigate the last mile challenges of transporting a cold-chain vaccine across the hottest continent on earth and the surprising heroes who are stepping up to champion the world’s first malaria vac...
Sep 15, 2025•34 min•Ep. 6
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 for millions of families across Sub-Saharan Africa, explain the economic and personal cost, and describe how the world’s first vaccine for a parasitic disease made it out of the lab, through trials, and in...
Sep 05, 2025•38 min•Ep. 6
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 episodes, we’re going to show you what it takes to develop and roll out a new vaccine, why this one matters so much and how it could change the trajectory of human history. First episode drops Friday 5t...
Sep 03, 2025•4 min•Season 4Ep. 6
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 questions from subscribers. Other topics discussed: Why solar energy is such big news, the role of solutions journalism in Gaza, good humans everywhere, individual action versus systemic change, the questi...
Aug 29, 2025•36 min•Season 4Ep. 5
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 we can learn from the abolitionists and why the world needs to redefinesuccess, this is a conversation for our times. Topics discussed: Why the biggest waste of time is the misallocation of talent, the ...
Aug 22, 2025•43 min•Season 4Ep. 4
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 partnerships. Topics discussed: the deathbed encounter that changed Paulie’s life, why the Alma Nuns are more punk than Billy Idol, the impact of Paulie’s work in Timor, the power of faith and the unexpec...
Aug 15, 2025•31 min•Season 4Ep. 3
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 uncalculated cost of childhood hunger to powering an 'engine of potential', Wawira’s story shows how thinking big and starting small can change the world. Topics discussed: why the world's future leaders need a sc...
Aug 08, 2025•35 min•Season 4Ep. 2
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 pollution on the rise, the cleanup is doubling down on its goal to remove 90% of ocean plastic by 2040. From the recent launch of the cleanup’s 30 Cities program to dealing with critics on social media, ...
Jul 31, 2025•37 min•Season 4Ep. 1
A new chapter begins on July 31st, 2025.
Jul 24, 2025•2 min•Season 4Ep. 1
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 deforestation in the Amazon – there were a lot of bright glimmers of progress that you just didn’t hear about. Go to our website to read the full list of our 86 Stories of Progress from 2024. Other topics discuss...
Dec 18, 2024•44 min•Season 3Ep. 12
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 correspondence between Steven and Gus, this is their first face to face conversation. From progress to politics and the rise of tattoos, this episode offers a big dose of perspective about the current st...
Nov 05, 2024•45 min•Season 3Ep. 11
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 being used across the globe. We are proud to support Ncazelo’s organisation, Phola ,as one of our charity partners at Fix The News . Find out more about Ncazelo: https://phola.org https://www.yout...
Oct 30, 2024•30 min•Season 3Ep. 10
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 out to cure the disease before Sonia misses her window. Thirteen years later, they've found a way to shut off enough genetic signals to halt the disease - and save hundreds of thousands of lives around th...
Oct 21, 2024•37 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Two weeks ago, Amy attended the Clinton Global Initiative in New York, where she met some incredible change makers who are driving solutions across healthcare, water access, food security, conservation and scientific discovery. In this episode we'll take you behind the scenes of the two-day event and introduce you to some of the people she met in the corridors, including her interview with the legendary Dr Jane Goodall. Correction: Coalition for Mental Health Investment Five organisations are pa...
Oct 09, 2024•47 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Meet Sigrid van Aken, the CEO of Postcode Lottery Group, the world's 3rd largest private charity donor, after the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation & the Wellcome Trust. To date, the organisation has given €13.5 to charities that are driving significant social and environmental change. With over 14 million subscriptions and record turnover of €2.5 billion in 2023, it’s one of the greatest philanthropy stories, you probably haven’t heard about. Find out more: www.postcodelotterygroup.com Th...
Sep 19, 2024•29 min•Season 3Ep. 7
We cover a lot of conversation stories about the Amazon at Fix The News, but it’s not often that we get the chance to talk with someone who is driving these efforts. Meet Fernando Trujillo, a marine scientist who is fighting to save the Pink River Dolphins of the Amazon River. Over the past 30 years Fernando and his team have scaled a small research project in Colombia into a global mission to protect river dolphins and their waterways around the world. Find out more: https://omacha.org This pod...
Sep 13, 2024•29 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Meet Valery Wichman, a leading LGBTQI+ activist and lawyer in the Cook Islands who was on the forefront of the fight to decriminalise homosexuality in her country. This conversation explores the 13-year journey behind the landmark victory and the power of faith, love and kindness to change the law, and the world. Find out more: RNZ Pink News Cook Island News This podcast is hosted by Angus Hervey and Amy Davoren-Rose from Fix The News . Audio sweeting by Anthony Badolato at Ai3 – audio and voi...
Sep 06, 2024•30 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Meet Ada Palmer, a historian and science fiction author who believes that when we zoom out to a centuries scale, humanity has a lot to be hopeful about. This conversation is a time-travelling adventure, that explores how far we’ve come since the1600s, where we might end up in 2454 and why Shakespeare was worried about fake news too. Find out more about Ada: www.AdaPalmer.com www.ExUrbe.com Twitter: @Ada_Palmer Metaverse: @adapalmer@wandering.shop Bluesky: @adapalmer.bsky.social This podcast is h...
Aug 30, 2024•37 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Meet Ron Davis Alvarez, a musician, teacher and conductor who created The Dream Orchestra to help refugee children and teenagers forge connections in their host country. This is a story about the power of music to bring people together, to open our hearts and to believe in the possibility of a better future. To find out more: Website: https://dreamorchestra.se/ Go-Fund-Me: https://www.gofundme.com/f/ron-davis-alvarez-dream-orchestra Video: https://youtu.be/7i63Kqulb-w?si=arT6lbJ4iXH2EdUZ CNN Her...
Aug 23, 2024•30 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Meet Peta & Marwa, two women from opposite sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict who are working together to create a shared and peaceful future for their families. Their sister organisations, Women Wage Peace and Women of the Sun, have received a joint Nobel Peace Prize nomination this year. This is a story of hope against all odds, and the bonds that unite mothers, regardless of background. The intention of this conversation is to widen the lens of media coverage and to share a story f...
Aug 16, 2024•30 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Meet Kris Tompkins, a rewilding legend who, alongside herlate husband Doug, has helped protect over 14 million acres of biodiverse landscape across Chile and Argentina. This is a story of great love, great loss and what it takes to create a living legacy, against the headwinds of great odds. To find out more about Tompkins Conservation: www.tompkinsconservation.org If you would like to contact us directly, send an email to:amy@fixthenews.com
Aug 08, 2024•35 min•Season 3Ep. 1
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Jul 28, 2024•2 min•Season 3Ep. 11
It's no secret that the news media is in crisis: sweeping layoffs across newsrooms, consumer disengagement and stories of doom and destruction on loop 24/7. But what if we could fix it? In this bonus episode Angus Hervey chats about his mission to highlight stories of progress and to prove that another form of journalism is possible - one that not only informs us about the world, but inspires real hope for the future of our planet. Find out more: https://fixthenews.com/ This episode of Hope Is A...
Mar 12, 2024•33 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Meet Yasmeen Lari, 'starchitect' turned humanitarian who in the wake of the 2022 floods in Pakistan, vowed to build one million zero-carbon, disaster-resistant homes for displaced families. It's an astounding feat and one that she is bringing to life, thanks to a zero-dollar, zero-charity model. Find out more: https://www.heritagefoundationpak.org/Hf This episode of Hope Is A Verb was hosted by Angus Hervey and Amy Davoren-Rose. The soundtrack for this podcast is "Rain" composed and performed by...
Feb 16, 2024•34 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Meet 'Tino' Aucca Chutas, a biologist in Peru who has worked with communities across the Andes to plant almost 10 million trees to combat climate change. Reviving the practices of his Inca ancestors, he has secured local water supplies and empowered people to create change. Find out more: https://accion-andina.org/?doing_wp_cron=1706209982.1546800136566162109375 This episode of Hope Is A Verb was hosted by Angus Hervey and Amy Davoren-Rose. The soundtrack for this podcast is "Rain" composed and ...
Jan 25, 2024•28 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Meet Hannah Ritchie, a data scientist and author of Not the End of the World , a book that makes the radically hopeful argument that we may be on track to create true sustainability for the first time in history. This is data driven, qualified optimism at its best! Find out more: https://ourworldindata.org/ https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/ (Photo credit: Angela Catlin) This episode of Hope Is A Verb was hosted by Angus Hervey and Amy Davoren-Rose. The soundtrack for this podcast is "Rain...
Jan 19, 2024•36 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Meet Eden Tadesse, a social entrepreneur and digital innovator from Ethiopia who created Invicta, a social impact platform that connects refugees and internally displaced youth with courses, skills training, and job opportunities online. FIND OUT MORE: https://invictaorg-2.web.app/ This episode of Hope Is A Verb was hosted by Angus Hervey and Amy Davoren-Rose. The soundtrack for this podcast is "Rain" composed and performed by El Rey Miel from their album "Sea the Sky." Audio Sweete...
Jan 12, 2024•28 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Meet Johannes Fritz, a maverick biologist and conservationist who is reintroducing the endangered Northern Bald Ibis across Europe. Using an ultralight aircraft, Johannes has taught the birds new migration routes to mitigate the impact of climate change. FIND OUT MORE ABOUT JOHANNES: http://alt.waldrapp.eu/index.php/en/en-home This episode of Hope Is A Verb was hosted by Angus Hervey and Amy Davoren-Rose. The soundtrack for this podcast is "Rain" composed and performed by El Rey Miel ...
Jan 04, 2024•31 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Meet Chesca Colloredo Mansfeld, a social entrepreneur who co-founded Miracle Feet: a low-cost, non-surgical treatment that has made an extraordinary impact on the lives of over 80,000 children born with clubfoot in low and middle income countries. FIND OUT MORE ABOUT MIRACLE FEET: https://www.miraclefeet.org/ https://www.instagram.com/miraclefeet/ This episode of Hope Is A Verb was hosted by Angus Hervey, cofounder of Future Crunch and Amy Davoren-Rose, creative director. The soundtrack for this...
Dec 28, 2023•30 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Meet Ronni Abergel, founder of the Human Library Organisation where, instead of books, real people are on loan to readers. For over two decades, this global movement has created a safe space to talk openly about taboo topics. At Ronni’s library, a conversation with a refugee, a transgender or a bipolar person is equally possible, open, and informative. Find out more about the Human Library: https://humanlibrary.org/ https://www.instagram.com/humanlibraryorganization/ https://www.facebook.com/hum...
Dec 21, 2023•30 min•Season 2Ep. 3
