The Stranger Beside Me

Many artists and creative people feel they don't deserve their success. Are we all just faking it until we make it? 

150 years after his birth, social media has brought Austro-Hungarian poet Rainer Maria Rilke to a new generation of readers.

A focus on the life and work of the author of Pride and Prejudice and Emma in the 250th anniversary of her birth.

How can architects build spaces where people coexist peacefully and feel good? This episode focuses on schools.

New prisons in Switzerland and Germany provided light, welcoming spaces which aide the rehabilitation process.

In the 1920s architects in Germany wanted to create affordable and decent housing for all with new ideas designs. 

More and more cities are building iconic buildings by star architects to boost their international profile. But does it work?

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

In the Frankfurt Kitchen, designed in 1926 by Margerete Schütte-Lihotzky, everything is within easy reach.

Ordinary civilians are now preparing for war by volunteering for the Latvian National Guard in large numbers.

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

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

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

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

Many artists and creative people feel they don't deserve their success. Are we all just faking it until we make it? 

Skiing began as a means of survival in prehistory, only becoming synonymous with glamour and leisure in modern times.

Half of the population menstruates, but it comes at a cost, and many people find it difficult to afford period products.

Reports from international bodies document the torture and inhuman conditions inflicted on Palestinians held in Israeli detention.

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