Tracks East

Masha Borzunova meets a Russian deserter who tells how he went from being a war hero to an ostracised traitor of his country.

Against a backdrop of high tension and open discrimination, the Queer artistic community In Tbilisi is resisting.

The US has pulled almost all its funding just as Ukraine is entering its fifth year of war. Can the EU plug the gap?

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

A team of Russian journalists visited a small town in the Urals to find out how locals feel about their leaders.

Why does a Russian region in the far east have Yiddish as an official language? 

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

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

Some artists are rejecting the loss of physical contact with art in the digital world: Join us as we go analogue.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

A complex feeling that is both problematic and useful, the latest research on boredom.