42: The Answer to Almost Everything

Climate disasters, global inequalities, the threat of a third world war... Could we solve humanity's problems with world government?

Ex-footballer turned anti-poverty activist Neven Subotić discusses the books that changed his life.

A Peruvian farmer is suing the German energy giant RWE for its carbon emissions in what is a landmark case. 

Does wealth make you happy? Or maybe true wealth is having nothing at all?

The solution to having your plans upset? Don't make plans

A Russian soldier contacts the sister of a missing Ukrainian soldier. He says he killed him. Data Sources investigates. .

Children often experience their first feelings of love at nursery age.  What does it feel like for children? 

Children and young people look to adults as role models, usually their parents, but they also are influenced by their peers.

Could our economy be organised differently and even shrink?

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

They are reclaiming their bodies and freely expressing their sexuality: A focus on sex positive popstars in contemporary culture.

Vanessa Wagner performs Philip Glass’s Piano Etudes with dancers from the Accrorap company.

Bach’s St John Passion from Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie with the NDR vocal ensemble and Concerto Köln conducted by Klaas Stok.

Paris city hall is pursuing a green traffic policy: Less cars, more bicycles. But not everybody is pleased.

White sand, white citrus blossom, white houses – Spain’s Costa Blanca is aptly named.

How can we age well? Ronja von Rönne trys to find out by talking to chimney sweep Norbert Skrobek, who is close to retirement and Monika Gutte who defies age with a zest for life

Using the latest technology, researchers are discovering the bright colours of ancient Greek art and architecture.  

An encounter between piano and dance in a former foundry.

A look back at the Jeffrey Epstein's life and how the Epstein Files are exposing corruption at the highest level.