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Conductors can gesticulate wildly when they conduct an orchestra. But have you ever wondered what exactly they are doing with their hands? And why do they use a baton?

When did we start applauding? At the theatre, after speeches or at a football match, people all over the world clap to show their approval. What does this curious human behaviour mean?

Martyr usually meet grisly ends and Saint Agatha is no exception: According to legend her breasts were cut off with pliers as a torture.

Absurd images have invaded our social media apps. But is this ‘brain rot’ an interesting aesthetic? Or just mindless content?

Why is Sade the favourite artist of your favourite hip hop artist?

With its gloomy songs, this band delivers the ideal soundtrack for a stroll in the depths of night.

From queer cake sitting to sex positive tasting evenings, Tracks finds out about food and sexuality.

The story of a wealthy man saving a ‘fallen’ woman has become a cliché (Pretty Woman, Anora), far from the reality of prostitution. But what if sex workers told their own stories through art?

From London to Amsterdam, the Eastern Margins collective is raising the temperature in the Asian alternative scene.

Marking the opening of the 60th edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival, RAYE invites a host of international pop stars to join her on stage for an evening of music.

How can we have more fulfilling sex? Ronja von Rönne meets couples and singles who have reinvented their sexuality.

An odyssey through Iran in search of a lost father for one Tehrani teenager and her friends.

With growing incursions since the start of the war in Ukraine, the EU hopes to implement an anti-drone shield.

Fueling Cambodia's construction boom are brick factories where workers are paid a pittance, trapped in debt bondage.

Lulu's young, and carefree. And pregnant. She's not ready. What now? 

Loulou is the hilarious story of the unbreakable friendship between Loulou and her three best friends Alice, Marie and Max. Season 1 follows the four friends as they deal with her unplanned pregnancy. And when her child appears in season 2 it's just the beginning of Loulou’s travails.

As youth crime rises, some EU nations want to lower the age of criminal responsibility and jail minors.

As the world heats up, cities around the world are responding to the challenges of climate change with fresh ideas.

An old man swims in the sea. As he moves through the water, memories resurface...