The Fixers Podcast
Fixers is a podcast about real people solving real problems. Hosted by high schooler Amrita Kumar, each episode features entrepreneurs, inventors, and changemakers tackling challenges around the world—from cleaning up oceans to empowering farmers.
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May 3, 2025
Trailer: Introducing The Fixers Podcast
Meet host & high school student Amrita Kumar as she shares her inspiration for <I>The Fixers Podcast</I>. Follow Fixers on Spotify and Apple Music for new episodes featuring inspiring guests and powerful conversations about the future of our world—and how we’re building it.
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Jan. 4, 2026
Reef Restoration with Punit Dhandhania, Kuddle Life Foundation
In this episode of The Fixers Podcast, host Amrita Kumar talks with Punit Dhandhania, founder of the Kuddle Life Foundation in India, about rebuilding ocean ecosystems one concrete block at a time. After diving on a traditional fishermen's reef made of sunken trees off the coast of Pondicherry, Amrita sits down with Punit to learn how artificial reefs are bringing marine life back to waters devastated by industrial bottom trawling.
Listeners will learn how artificial reefs work—from the firs
Listeners will learn how artificial reefs work—from the firs
Recent Episodes
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April 19, 2026
From Haiti to Hastings: Niki Armacost, Microfinancing Pioneer on Clean Energy
In this episode of The Fixers Podcast, host Amrita Kumar talks with Niki Armacost, CEO of Arc Finance and former mayor of Hastings on Hudson, New York, about using microfinance to bring clean energy access to the world's poorest communities.We explore how energy loans work at the last mile, why microfinance institutions originally considered them too risky, and how Niki reframed that assumption entirely. Niki also shares what surprised her most—that the community organizing skills she honed in
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Jan. 26, 2026
Rethinking Nuclear: Dr. Larkin Mosscrop on Energy Literacy and Climate Solutions
Most of us flip a switch and never think about where our electricity comes from—but what if 60% of it was nuclear power and you had no idea? That was Dr. Larkin Mosscrop's reality before she entered the nuclear field 15 years ago.In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Mosscrop, a scientist who started her career as an ecologist studying climate change before transitioning into nuclear energy. She's now the Manager for Environmental Services, Clean Energy and Community Engagement at Kinectrics,
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Jan. 4, 2026
Reef Restoration with Punit Dhandhania, Kuddle Life Foundation
In this episode of The Fixers Podcast, host Amrita Kumar talks with Punit Dhandhania, founder of the Kuddle Life Foundation in India, about rebuilding ocean ecosystems one concrete block at a time. After diving on a traditional fishermen's reef made of sunken trees off the coast of Pondicherry, Amrita sits down with Punit to learn how artificial reefs are bringing marine life back to waters devastated by industrial bottom trawling.Listeners will learn how artificial reefs work—from the firs
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Nov. 8, 2025
Beyond the Grid: Juan Garcia Montes on Bringing Solar to Rural Africa
In this episode of The Fixers Podcast, host Amrita Kumar talks with Juan Garcia Montes, Program Manager for the +SOL Mini-Grid Initiative in Mozambique, about bringing electricity to communities that have never had it before. Juan shares 25 years of experience working in the solar industry across Africa, focusing on how solar mini-grids are transforming villages where 600 million people still live without reliable power.Listeners will learn what happens when electricity reaches a village for
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Sept. 6, 2025
The Solar Cooking Revolution with Dr. Alan Bigelow
Meet Alan Bigelow, PhD, Science Director at Solar Cookers International, which is bringing solar cooking technology to people who struggle daily with access to cooking fuel. This elegant, low-tech solution addresses the problems of deforestation and energy poverty.
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May 3, 2025
The Fight for Fair Chocolate with Jeff Abella, Founder of MOKA Origins
Meet Jeff Abella, cofounder of MOKA Origins, an ethical chocolate and coffee company who is helping reshape broken supply chains, support farmer-owned cooperatives, and reframe chocolate as a specialty food rooted in dignity and transparency.
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Aug. 13, 2025
The Hidden Forces Behind Your $5 Coffee: What Jeff Abella Taught Me About Global Market Dynamics
Cocoa farmers and Moka Origins suppliers in CameroonFrom Bean to Bar: A $100 Billion Market at a CrossroadsRecently, I had the privilege of sitting down with Jeff Abella, founder of MOKA Origins, for what turned out to be a truly eye-opening c…
About the Host
Amrita Kumar
Amrita Kumar is a high school student who brings a unique analytical perspective to The Fixers Podcast. As a member of her school's policy debate team and the Academy of Business and Finance, she's particularly interested in the intersection of business, science, and technology.
What sets Amrita's approach apart is her commitment to going beyond inspiring conversations. Following each interview, she publishes in-depth blog posts that explore the systems and mechanics behind the solutions discussed. Amrita enjoys solving puzzles of all kinds—from chess and crosswords to programming challenges—and plays tennis.