42: The Answer to Almost Everything

Ar eggs good or bad for us? What food we consume is important for our health, so what should we actually eat?

Sustainable consumption: is it all just greenwashing and deception?

All living beings stop growing at some point. The global economy is different: it just keeps growing. Is a world without economic growth possible and what might that mean for the future?

In this episode, we discover with the journalist Pierre Girard how cows can make the activity of a farm more respectful of nature.

Over the last ten years, the number of young farmers has risen by 13% in Italy, more than anywhere else in Europe.

What should Europe do about its damaged and depleted soil?

In France, in the Massif Central, Sarah Singla practices conservation agriculture.

Biodiversity is good for the environment but also for our taste buds.

Be they mermaids or octopuses, artists are pushing the boundaries of species and challenging the place of human beings at the top. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

An encounter between piano and dance in a former foundry.