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Tracks reports on geek culture, current music, film and emerging artistic forms

Tracks East approaches issues of identity and conflict in the (mostly) post-socialist world from new vantage points.

American imperialism is back with the USA using its superior strength to force its will on other countries.

In contrast to Western pessimism, young people in the East seem hungry for change.

Drone strikes, power cuts and freezing temperatures are the order of the day in Ukraine as the war enters its fifth year. 

The Americans have named the attack on Iran "Operation Epic Fury". Tracks East asks what this war is all about.

The best way to discover a new place is to see it through the eyes of artists who've been inspired by it

Russia is waging its war against Ukraine not only with bombs and drones, but also with words.

What is life like in a dictatorship that seems to never end? Tracks East talks to Belarusians inside the country and in exile.

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

With ecstatic dancing and rare soul records, the Northern Soul subculture is experiencing a resurgence.

In Ireland a new generation of musicians and artists are reinventing folk traditions. 

 Artists Satch Hoyt and Juan Covelli challenge colonial narratives and spark debate about the restitution of cultural artefacts.

Three months after the Israeli air strikes against Iran, a wave of arrests and executions has shattered the hopes of many Iranians for freedom.

Tracks East plunges into Trump’s MAGA world where diversity is shunned and artistic freedom is challenged. 

It is thought around 20,000 Ukrainian children living in the occupied regions have been taken to Russia. 

Goth is back from the grave and now it is queerer, more diverse, and partying harder.

Russians in Latvia, Hungarians in Ukraine, and Serbians in Kosovo, What is life like for national minorities as tensions rise in Eastern Europe?

They are either ordinary Russians who don't want to fight or elite kids who use their contacts to dodge the draft.

 Tracks East goes to Bulgaria to discover a nation of contrasts at a time of change.