42: The Answer to Almost Everything

Shipwrecks in the North Sea represent a serious threat to the environment and human life.

On board the FS Meteor a team of German researchers spend five weeks at sea studying the unknown depths of the Atllantic Ocean.

Every year in early summer, hundreds of seal pups are born on the sandbanks and beaches of the German North Sea coast.

A journey north from Cape Town through one of South Africa’s most unspoilt and beautiful regions.

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

The seaside and the beach - places of longing and liminal areas of creativity. Twist dives into life by the water

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

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

More and more people complain of digestive disorders related to gluten, lactose, or fructose.

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

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

Since the end of the Cold War, Romania has seen its population decline with millions emigrating to work in Western Europe. 

Jean-Michel Jarre sets up his equipment on Seville's Plaza de España for an immersive concert-show.

Since Elizabeth II passed away, and Charles III took the throne in 2022,  more British people are questioning the legitimacy of the Monarchy

The Iranian regime is under threat both from outside by the United States and Israel, and from inside: many Iranians want an end to authoritarianism. 

How did the United Arab Emirates become influential on the world stage and a key player in the  the Middle East?

With their adopted daughter and foster twins, Jana and Hartmut want to leave Germany for a new life in Greece.

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

To celebrate 50 years of French radio station FIP, Sting gives a special performance in the monumental surroundings of the Pantheon in Paris.