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For millennia, people have wondered what constitutes our existence. But could it be that our reality is not real and that, like in the sci-fi movie Matrix, everything is just a simulation?

What if the Matrix Was Real?

Gymnastics

Ayn Rand was a survivor of Communism, and as a result, her writings fiercely advocate uncompromising individualism. Her high profile fans include Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and Angelina Jolie.

Ayn Rand, Capitalism Guru

In 2019, Les Indes galantes was performed at the Opera de la Bastille in Paris, hip hop style. This baroque opera, composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau, is an ode to colonial exoticism, and its reworking is the brainchild of Bintou Dembélé, the first black woman to choreograph a ballet at the Paris Opera.

Operatic Hip Hop: Dance Decolonised

Gymnastique

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Ginnastica culturale

Ayn Rand was a survivor of Communism, and as a result, her writings fiercely advocate uncompromising individualism

Gymnastics - Cultural Brain Stretching

How can we live a happy life? And should we be pleased that our lives are short? Ronja von Rönne investigates the philosophy of happiness by meeting Jean-Remy von Matt, a major figure in German advertising and Sister Katharine, who left her job in finance to become a nun.

The Time of Your Life

How can we live a happy life? And should we be pleased that our lives are short? Ronja von Rönne investigates the philosophy of happiness.

Unhappy

Who am I? Where do I come from? Where do I belong? What actually determines our identity? How do theatre director Ersan Mondtag, Czech photographer Libuše Jarcovjáková and anti-racism activist and writer Mirrianne Mahn reflect on these questions in their work? This episode of culture magazine show Twist looks at questions of identity and diversity.

The Beauty of Diversity

Who am I and where do I belong? Twist looks questions of identity and diversity.

Twist

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

Ronja von Ronne explores different types of relationships and questions the nature of love and our search for it. Can love exist between two people, or between three? And what of our love for ourselves, or indeed the unconditional love we hold for our pets?

Love! But how?

Ronja von Ronne explores different types of relationships and questions the nature of love.

Streetphilosophy

Sting was an ecologically-conscious yogi hipster before it was even a thing. He's always been fighting for our right to enjoy a better future than the one we are making for ourselves. Perhaps a strange mission for someone with punk musical roots?

Sting

Sting was an ecologically-conscious yogi hipster before it was even a thing

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

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Girlhood - Women in Rap (1/4)

Not all nipples are the same. On Instagram or Facebook female breasts are censured whereas the bare male torso is allowed. Some artists are challenging this double standard. 

All Nipples are Not Equal

Not all nipples are the same. On Instagram or Facebook female breasts are censured whereas the bare male torso is not. Some artists are challenging this double standard. 

Imsouane, a small fishing village in south-west Morocco, is an increasingly popular destination for tourists. Some of the longest waves in Africa can be found here in a paradise for the international surfing crows. But the town is being transformed by the Moroccan authorities to welcome more tourists, with local residents paying the price by being forced from their homes. Tracks takes a look at the problems of Insta-gentrification.

Morocco: Surfers and Artists against Insta-Gentrification

Tracks takes a look at the problems of Insta-gentrification as the surfing village of Imsouane is transformed by tourism.

Tracks

Taboo since ancient times, periods are also taboo in art. But thanks to a generation of feminist artists determined to end the shame around menstruation, period blood is making a big splash in the art world - even if social media has yet to catch up. 

The Art of Menstruation

A generation of feminist artists are determined to end the shame around menstruation

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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.

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

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.

After unprecedented downpour this week in Spain, over 200 were killed as the country grappled with its worst flooding in decades. In this episode of Arte Europe Weekly, we ask if Europe can turn the tide as it faces a future of flooding.

Is Europe ready for a future of floods?

As flash floods in eastern Spain have swept away almost everything in their path, is Europe ready for a future of climate disasters?

ARTE Europe Weekly

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

When it comes to defence, Europe is dependent on the US. But now Donald Trump will be returning to the White House in 2025, and he’s threatened to pull out of NATO in the past. Meanwhile, the military threat from Russia is growing. Can Europe learn to defend itself without America?

Can Europe defend itself alone?

After Trump's election victory, Europe is increasingly worried about being left to fend for itself against Russia.

Fire in the Sky reveals how researchers have gained new insight into the impact of the Northern Lights on infrastructure and animal behavior. The documentary explains why solar storms can be a danger to humanity with the power to damage satellites, stop air traffic, and paralyze power grids and telecommunications networks.

Northern Lights have fascinated and disturbed our ancestors for centuries. But they could also endanger our future

Fire in the Sky

In 2024, India experienced the longest heatwave in its history. Temperatures soared to over 50°C in the capital, New Delhi, and up to 56°C in Nagpur, in the centre of the country.

India: Life at 50 Degrees

In 2024, India experienced the longest heatwave in its history with temperatures soared to over 50°C.

Cécile McLorin Salvant has been described as ‘the heiress of Billie Holiday’. When she sings, it's as if time and space disappear, with a modern-day voice reviving the soul of ‘Lady Day’. Winning award after award, this Franco-American singer is now one of the leading figures in jazz today.

Leverkusener Jazztage 2024

A singer who has won three Grammy Awards and whose critics are full of praise for what they describe as a 'jewel.'

Cécile McLorin Salvant

Electro mastermind Moby celebrates the 25th anniversary of his cult album Play with a European tour. Here playing at the Antwerp Sportpaleis arena.

Sportpaleis Antwerp

Electro genius Moby celebrates the 25th anniversary of his cult album ‘Play’ with a European tour.

Moby: 25 Years of Play

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?

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

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

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

During his term in office, President Trump overturned the principles of American foreign policy and implemented his America first" doctrine whereas President Biden sought to restore traditional American multilateralism. Which foreign policy will prevail after the US Elections?

US Foreign Policy under Biden and Trump

A comparison of Donald Trump's and Joe Biden's approach to international relations.

Mapping the World

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. 
 

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.

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

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.

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

The Power of Microbes

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.

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