This week's headlines include – HPV vaccines transforming global health; violent crime continuing to fall across America; Brazil slashing forest loss; major conservation wins in Australia; clean drinking water pulled from the atmosphere; and the rise of “tiny forests” reshaping cities around the world. You can check out the full newsletter edition here. This podcast is brought to you by ⁠Fix The News⁠. Hosted by Anthony Badolato, ⁠Hear That!⁠ If you want to get in touch with the team, email amy@fixthenews.com

Every generation thinks it’s living through an unprecedented information crisis. But according to historian Ada Palmer, we’ve been here before. In this episode, Angus and Ada explore the first great information revolution - from Machiavelli hiding The Prince and Leonardo da Vinci’s coded notebooks to the printing press, censorship, and Shakespeare’s anxieties about misinformation. In this episode: ·      Is fake news really new?·      What happens when information suddenly becomes available to everyone?·      Why do new technologies amplify both progress and extremism?·      Are social media and the internet following a familiar historical pattern?·      And… what does fruit have to do with democracy? From Renaissance Florence to modern algorithms, this conversation reveals how societies adapt to upheaval - and why history may offer clues for navigating today’s information chaos. Because the world doesn’t get saved once. It gets saved - again and again. Timestamps: 00:50 Why Machiavelli hid The Prince 03:48 Why Leonardo wasn’t really a scientist 06:37 The printing press changes everything 12:48 “Children of gold, parents of iron” 19:36 What social media has in common with the Renaissance 23:09 Why censorship rarely works 30:21 Is change actually accelerating? 35:15 The case for free speech 38:27 The strange reason cantaloupe helped spark revolution 48:51 Democracy, experts & the futureSubscribe & follow:If you enjoyed this episode, follow the podcast and leave a review - it helps more people find these stories.Production credits:Hosted by Angus Hervey and Ada PalmerProduced by Amy Davoren-Rose, Fix The NewsAudio production: Anthony Badolato, Hear That!

Every generation thinks it’s living through unprecedented change. A Short History of Saving the World is a new history podcast with Angus Hervey and historian Ada Palmer that explores the turning points, crises, and ideas that shaped world history - and the hidden patterns that connect them. From ancient civilisations to modern global events, this series zooms out to ask a bigger question: what actually happens when the world feels like it’s falling apart?Part conversation, part historical deep dive, this series reveals history not as a timeline of collapse, but as a story of human ingenuity, adaptation, and resilience.Because if you read history closely enough, you start to see it differently. The world doesn’t just break.It changes.It adapts.It gets saved - again and again.

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, policymakers, and evolving conversations about the role of men in the fight for gender equality, Women Deliver 2026 offered a snapshot of a global movement in motion - and the tensions, ideas, and leadership shaping what comes next. In this episode:The value of global conferencesWhy the current “crisis” feels like a reckoningHow the frontlines of feminism are reshaping the PacificVanuatu and the landmark ICJ climate decisionWhy global organisations are focusing on adolescent girlsThe uncomfortable question around youth leadershipHelen Clark on why the UN Charter needs to adapt to the 21st centuryGood news in global health and women’s healthThe Melbourne Declaration on gender equalityThe State of the World’s Fathers reportA glimmer of hope from conflict zonesTimestamps:00:58 Why do we cover these conferences?03:01 Gus & Amy - same conference, different responses06:19 The legacy of gender equality conferences08:08 Oceanic feminist leadership08:48 Virisila Buadromo - Urgent Action Fund10:29 Climate is not a single-issue story11:23 Virisila Buadromo on echo chambers and global solidarity12:49 Flora Vano - ActionAid Vanuatu14:08 Climate and maternal health intersect15:16 The power of community-led solutions16:47 Vanuatu and the landmark ICJ climate ruling18:44 Renewed focus on adolescent girls19:16 Julia Fan - Director for Collective Action, Women Deliver21:06 Emily McChrystal - Restless Development22:18 Youth-led digital solutions23:38 Rethinking the UN Charter for the 21st century24:02 Helen Clark - former Prime Minister of New Zealand25:01 Good news in global health26:35 The Melbourne Declaration for gender equality28:33 Paola Salwan Daher - Women Deliver29:36 Unexpected outcomes from the Melbourne Declaration31:24 State of the World’s Fathers report31:47 “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All”33:08 Dr Taveeshi Gupta - Equimundo34:56 What’s working with fathers globally?36:38 Gary Barker - Equimundo38:31 Bright sparks from Women Deliver39:33 Anna Jarrett Rawlence - Women for Women International40:47 Final reflectionsFind Out More:👉 Women Deliver 👉 Image credit: Joburg Ballet School/ Ihsaan HaffejeeAbout Fix The News:Fix The News is a solutions-focused media platform sharing stories from the frontlines of progress - exploring what’s working in the world and the people making it happen.Subscribe & follow:If you enjoyed this episode, follow the podcast and leave a review - it helps more people find these stories.Production credits:Hosted by Angus Hervey and Amy Davoren-RoseProduced by Fix The NewsAudio production: Anthony Badolato, Hear That! This episode was produced in Australia on the lands of the Gadigal, Wurundjeri and Woi Wurrung peoples.

This week's headlines include – Shanghai’s push towards becoming a zero-waste city; Paris is playing it cool with “garden streets”; India leapfrogging the coal era with renewables; jaguars returning to Argentina and wildlife thriving in Chernobyl; new evidence that banning bottom trawling helps marine ecosystems recover; major gains in global health and electricity access; and how a sperm whale named Pinchy may be helping scientists decode whale language. You can check out the full newsletter edition here. This podcast is brought to you by ⁠Fix The News⁠. Hosted by Anthony Badolato, ⁠Hear That!⁠ If you want to get in touch with the team, email amy@fixthenews.com