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S8 · E12 — Ticking time bombs- What risk do abandoned oil and gas wells pose?
S8:E12 · Ticking time bombs- What risk do abandoned oil and gas wells pose?
88 episodes in this season
The toxic waste from drugs like ecstasy, speed or crystal meth
29 min
How much influence do the super rich have?
43 min
The lives of the Amish in the US
How artificial light threatens nature
China's growing influence in Europe- Serbia and the New Silk Road
Dancing despite war- From war-torn Ukraine to the big ballet stage
41 min
Personalized nutrition- Could genética tests improve your health and your figure?
Mental health and resilience- the secrets of inner strength
52 min
Transylvania- The heart of Romania
The mysterious death of an SS officer: a Nazi true crimen story
86 min
Behind Asia's cyber slavery
Ticking time bombs- What risk do abandoned oil and gas wells pose?
Russia's energy empire: Putin and the rise of Gazprom
51 min
The dark side of the champagne industry
Cryptocurrencies- The future of money?
How mass tourism is endangering the Dolomites
China's grab for the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization
Russia's Gazprom- Corrupt politicians and the greed of the west
Meeting death on our own terms
Racism in medicine
Ayahuasca boom in Brazil
26 min
Barbie: The world's greatest influencer?
Extreme climate research- On the road in the icefields of Patagonia
Can algae save the world?
New quantum computers- Potential and pitfalls
Pyramids, dark matter & the Big Bang theory
AI supremacy: The artificial intelligence battle between China, USA and Europe
89 min
The Mississippi - A journey through the heart of America
NATO - The largest military alliance in the world
Colonial roots of the genocide in Rwanda
A Holocaust survivor returns - Margot Friedländer in Germany
Mars - Life on the Red Planet?
Burnout - When does work start feeling pointless?
Illegal leather - How the car industry is threatening the rainforest
The International Space Station: a unique space project
Women as spoils of war at the end of World War Two
Between the desert and the Pacific Ocean
Birds - Survivalists with special powers
How car tires drive deforestation
Floods, heavy rain, extreme weather - Why we need to build differently
What is life like without smells?
India's new generation between luxury and poverty
45 min
European migration? How a continent is sealing itself off
Ozempic - What’s the truth behind the hype?
Melting wetlands - How can nature slow down climate change?
Isolation and dementia - Why we should protect our ears
Raid on the Atlantic - Overfishing and exploitation of the sea
Nuclear fusion's hope - The dream of endless clean energy
America’s right-wing radicals - US veterans against democracy
83 min
Turning vapor into drinking water
Nicaragua - 45 years after the revolution, a return to dictatorship
Toxic and tenacious - How "forever chemicals” are damaging our health
Building in harmony with nature
Protecting the climate
Mental health and body image
Trophy hunting
How the Nazis concealed their atrocities
Endometriosis
Varanasi - Facing death without fear
Urban rats
Butchers fighting cheap meat
Will artificial intelligence save us or kill us?
The fight against exploitation of migrant workers in Italy
Smart insects
Climate change or climate hoax? Skeptics and activists
36 min
How climate change threatens coffee production
Trauma in the Middle East: The terror of Hamas and Israel's war in Gaza
How can ships become cleaner?
Tel Aviv and October 7
How pandemics, wars and disasters jeopardize global trade
Is prosperity without economic growth possible?
Hiding and surviving - Growing up under National Socialism
Europe’s deadly migration policy
How heatwaves impact our lives
What are the consequences of Germany's ban on chick killing?
Teaching in the isolated Venezuelan Andes
Pakistan: Pashtun kids fight for their education
31 min
Siberia: Gazprom, a pipeline and the last nomads
The missing Van Gogh
Indonesia’s environmental disasters
Europe's shark trade
Battle for the Amazon
Smoking - Anatomy of an addiction industry
Lost on the run between Belarus and Poland
Cyberbullies - Online hate unmasked
The dark side of mass-produced fashion jewelry from China
Collecting, storing and preserving
Fake steak - Future-proof food and lab-grown meat
