What Bart Weetjens has said about APOPO
1 quote · 1 episode · Oct 9, 2026
Bart Weetjens, Industrial engineer, Zen Buddhist monk and founder of APOPO, has been quoted on APOPO once in 1 episode of TED Radio Hour, most recently on October 9, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Weetjens says APOPO can train rats at a fifth of the cost of a demining dog.
“We can train rats at a fifth of the price of a trained demining dog”
TED Radio Hour: The shocking power of tiny things (Oct 9, 2026) · Listen from 46:58
Episodes
The shocking power of tiny thingsTED Radio Hour · Oct 9, 2026 · 50 min
Manoush Zomorodi and TED speakers Anne Madden, Lera Boroditsky, YeYoon Kim and Bart Weetjens explore how tiny things—microbes, words, moments, rats—wield outsized power.
Bart Weetjens on other topics
- Landmine detection · 1 quote