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During the pandemic we have all spent a lot of time at home. But when a home is also an office and a classroom, how do we stop ourselves from drowning in too many things?

Drowning in Things

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In the last 50 years, the proportion of asthma and allergy sufferers in industrialised countries has risen from five to 30 per cent. This is likely due to the lack of diversity of microbes in our increasingly germ-free environment. This documentary look at how microbes affect our health and how we can plan urban space to renew our contact with the natural world.

The Power of Microbes

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<p>During the pandemic we have all spent a lot of time at home. But when a home is also an office and a classroom, how do we stop ourselves from drowning in too many things?</p>

Could microbes hold the key to understanding the increase in a number of chronic conditions and allergies?

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From childhood, we are taught to take care of the things we value. But strangely enough, this does not seem to apply to nature: Would putting a monetary value on the natural world help us protect it better?

What if the natural world made us pay?

From childhood, we are taught to take care of the things we value. But this does not seem to apply to nature: Would putting a monetary value on the natural world help us protect it better?

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

Are we happier when we live a healthy life? Or does being happy make us healthy? To find out, Ronja von Rönne meets biohacker Andreas Breitfeld and international DJ Ellen Allien.

Happiness and Health

Are we happier when we live a healthy life? Or does being happy make us healthy?

Unhappy

Tidying, clearing out, decluttering: social media is awash with advice on how to simplify or improve your life by living with less things. Minimalists want to cut down on worldly possessions and even people, getting rid of toxic people in their lives. But does minimalism make them happier?

Minimalists want to cut down on worldly possessions. But does living with less things make them happier?

Re: Minimalism - A Life of Luxury?

You can choose your friends, but not your family. Some siblings work together in creative fields such as architecture, design or music. A source of joy and inspiration, but also sometimes a source of conflict...

Creative Siblings

Some siblings work together in creative fields such as architecture, design or music. A source of joy and inspiration, but also sometimes a source of conflict...

Twist

Why is it so important for some to show that they have money? Does wealth make you happy? Or maybe true wealth is having nothing at all? We go to the streets of Berlin to talk to the people of the city about wealth, minimalism and freedom.

Become Rich!

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

Streetphilosophy

Max has lost his lust for life, and he doesn’t even want to be the leader of the pack anymore.

Canis familiaris (1/6)

British Booker Prize winning writer Bernardine Evaristo is Jagoda Marinić’s guest. They discuss life, literature and cultural politics.

With Bernardine Evaristo

British Booker Prize winner Bernardine Evaristo talks to Jagoda Marinić about her life and literature.

The Book of My Life

The immune system is as vital to the human body as the heart or the lungs. It protects us from harm survival but can also turn against us. This documentary looks at the latest scientific discoveries around this complex and fascinating system, and how it can be strengthened.

The immune system is as vital to the human body as the heart or the lungs. It protects us from harm survival but can also turn against us. 

Our Immune System - A Powerful Guardian

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The 2024 presidential election looks like a dead heat between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. The swing state of Wisconsin is a microcosm of the United States and one of the major battlegrounds for the tight contest. No surprise that the Republicans held their convention here and both Republicans and Democrats are campaigning hard to win the mid-west state. What do the people of Wisconsin want? And who will win the state this time?

The swing state of Wisconsin is a microcosm of the USA and one of the major battlegrounds for the presidential election.

US Elections: Showdown in Wisconsin

In 2019, Quincy Jones came to Paris to celebrate his prolific career and his special place in pop music history. The man with 27 Grammy Awards arranged, composed, produced and orchestrated for some of America's most legendary artists such as Louis Armstrong, Barbara Streisand and Michael Jackson: Here his greatest hits are performed by a host of talented musicians including Ibrahim Maalouf, Shelea, Selah Sue and Véronique Sanson.

A Musical Celebration

In 2019, Quincy Jones came to Paris to celebrate his prolific career and his special place in pop music history.

Quincy Jones

Entire generations have learned about sex through mainstream porn, blurring the lines between personal desires and platform-driven fantasies. But if our sexuality is shaped by algorithms, can’t we take back some control? The post-porn movement is doing exactly that. Aimed at creating pornography that reflects honest, consensual sex – its creators are making waves online.

Can Post-porn Awaken Our True Desires?

What if porn reflected our true desires? Post-porn aims to be more ethical, more honest and more revolutionary.

Tracks

Chinese men are suffering. There are simply not enough women to go around since China implemented its one-child policy in 1979.  This means that 1 in 5 Chinese men will not be able to find a partner in five years’ time.

ARTE Reportage

Chinese men are suffering. There are simply not enough women to go around since China implemented its one-child policy in 1979. 

China: Men without Women

Horses have long played an essential role for the nomadic peoples of Mongolia, but as Mongolians have adopted a sedentary way of life, they now breed horses primarily for their meat. This has had disastrous consequences, including animal abuse, overgrazing and obesity in large swathes of the population.
Naranbadrakh Batkhuu wants to revive the age-old relationship between Mongolians and their horses for the good of the people and the natural world.

Mongolia: The Man Who Loved Horses

Naranbadrakh Batkhuu wants to revive the age-old relationship between Mongolians and their horses.

360° Reportage

Diwa is only 11 years old. She is one of the thousands of victims of a crime that is hardly reported on in Europe but which is causing havoc in the Philippines. She was raped by her parents, live on the internet, to satisfy the desires of foreign paedophiles who paid for the spectacle of her rape, giving instructions from a distance.

Philippines: Child Rape Online

Thousands of children in the Philippines have been abused, live on the internet. Report on a shocking crime.

In Georgia, a former Soviet republic, the pro-Russia party Georgian Dream won the parliamentary elections, amid accusations of vote rigging and Russian interference. Russia’s president Vladimir Putin is seeking to counter European influence both close to home and in emerging countries, particularly Africa. We look at how Russia and its allies are destabilising Europe.

How is Russia trying to destabilise Europe?

Russia is waging a shadow war on Europe – combining its military invasion of Ukraine with disinformation, propaganda campaigns, sabotage and election meddling. 
 

ARTE Europe Weekly

There have never been more opportunities to meet new sexual partners in our liberated world of dating apps, sex parties and queer liberation. But how come we are having less sex today than in the past?

Why Do We Have Less Sex?

There have never been more opportunities for sex in our liberated world. But how come we havz less sex today than in the past?

ALA.NI, Patrice, Celeste, Kareen Guiock Thuram, Kham Meslien and Youn Sun Nah celebrate the legacy of Nina Simone at the Pantheon in Paris. Six artists, six emotional perspectives on the work of this timeless artist.

Resonances at the Paris Pantheon

Six contemporary artists celebrate the legacy of Nina Simone.

Nina Simone

When international superstar Beyoncé wanted some new dance moves for her latest video, she chose little known Mozambique dance trio Tofo Tofo to create the choreography.

Beyoncé

When international superstar Beyoncé wanted some new dance moves for her latest video, she chose little known Mozambique dance trio, Tofo Tofo to create the choreography.

TAPE

All in their mid-twenties, models Vivian, Lisa, and Tanja chase personal fulfillment and career triumphs. As they grapple with societal pressures, their friendship turns into rivalry, their bodies becoming battlegrounds in a relentless pursuit of beauty, love, and success.

Three models juggle the pressures of love, career, and self-image in a seemingly glamorous world.

Models

Yetundey is originally from Leipzig and mixes styles and influences. Layla Boe wants to make the German language smoother in her music.

Germany

Girlhood - Women in Rap (1/4)

The eastern mediterranean island is a top tourist destination but also, due to its proximity to the Middle East, welcomes refugees from Israel and Palestine and acts as a base for humanitarian operations.

Cyprus welcomes refugees from the war in Gaza and acts as a base for humanitarian missions.

Re: Cyprus and the War in Gaza

Thousands of Spanish people have been protesting the lack of affordable housing in Spanish cities. Europe’s housing crisis is getting worse: Across the continent it is getting harder to find a place to live at a reasonable price, pushing many into poverty. What solutions are out there?

How can we solve Europe’s housing crisis?

Across the continent it is getting harder to find a place to live at a reasonable price. What solutions are out there?

It is one of the seven pivotal states in the US presidential election - along with Nevada, Arizona, Wisconsin, Michigan, Georgia and North Carolina. It's also the state with the most electoral votes. What is it about the geography and sociology of Pennsylvania that explains why Trump and Harris are neck and neck there? Join us for another episode of Mapping the World.

Pennsylvania: US Election Battleground

Is Pennsylvania the decisive state in the American election? 

Mapping the World

In recent years, works by photographers who lived in the GDR before the fall of the Berlin Wall have been rediscovered and reappraised.  An exclusive look at a world that no longer exists.

Propaganda and Daily Life

An exclusive look at photography from the GDR, a world that no longer exists.

GDR Photo Shoot

It’s the sound from South Africa that went global during lockdown: Amapiano mixes deep house with traditional music to create a sound that is spiritual and celebratory, and for some its a way of life. Tracks went to find out more about it.

Amapiano: The Sound of South Africa

House music was born in Chicago but South Africa has given the genre its own spin: Amapiano.

During the Cold War, when Germany was split between West and East, people still fell in love across the physical and ideological border. Some risked everything to cross over to join their partners.

Despite the Berlin Wall, people from East and West fell in love and wanted to live together. But how?

Love in the Cold War

Kamala Harris or Donald Trump. Which US election candidate has the best plans for European interests and the best outcome for the EU in terms of economy, defence and climate change?

Depending on who wins, it will have a different impact for European partners.

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