What can a river tell us - a conversation about the questions, answers and consequences that arrive when listening to a river. With Robert Macfarlane on Deutschlandfunk Kultur

When we think of expeditions, we picture ice deserts, jungles, or distant planets. But the deep sea remains one of the last great mysteries on Earth—and exploring it is anything but spectacular in the traditional sense. Journalist Michaela Vieser spent three weeks aboard the research vessel Discovery exploring the seabed. For the Matinee, she reports on a journey where the adventure lies not in movement, but in patient observation. SWR Kultur Matinee

The deep sea is the most unknown habitat on earth - more mysterious than outer space. But modern diving robots and AI are revealing more and more secrets from the dark depths. Every dive provides answers - and raises new questions. 33 min feature.

Tidal flats of Nova Scotia, an ever changing landscape. Every hour reveals another layer of the seabed, every inch of the seabed reveals another millennium in the making of this earth. While the moon shape-shifts across the sky, dog whelks lay their eggs on rocky surface. A leafy bryozoan, not a plant, but a colony of animals, zesty lemon scent when rubbed between my fingers. Irish moss picked from this intertidal zone: I chew it long and thorough, move it around my mouth, swallow its carrageenan crunchiness. Luminescent sea lettuce covering the seabed floor, when summer comes it will grow into an underwater meadow, fed from fresh water pockets collected in the porous sandstone while soaking in the saltwater current. Miniature forests on sandstone islands fading with every licking tide. Research for a radio piece on the world’s highest tides and the world it reveals in the Bay of Fundy. Listen here on Zeitfragen

For several years, people in Japan have eaten more meat than fish. Food change has been promoted politically since the post-war period and has been reinforced by overfishing and the climate crisis. Some want to revive fishing. Reportage. Weltzeit.

In 2021, Japan's government appointed a minister for loneliness. It is not only the growing number of older people who feel affected. The number of single households is increasing, the population is shrinking. But this can also be seen positively. Reportage. Weltzeit.

Since Japan appointed a minister against kodoku no mondai, the “problems of loneliness”, in 2021, various concepts have been tested in the country, including social robots. At Orylab, the focus is on Orihime, remotely operated robots. Somewhere in Japan, a person is lying in bed, paraplegic after an accident or immobile after suffering from ALS. Using their eyes or fingers, these people can remotely control robots in this café and speak through the robots. The robots enable them to have social contacts that they would otherwise not have. Reportage. Studio 9

For thousands of years, the Haida Nation has lived on islands off the west coast of Canada. But with the emergence of the Europeans from 1776, much changed. Now the indigenous people are fighting back their islands – supported by researchers and activists. Interview with Michaela Vieser. Weltzeit

Reportage. Lesart.

Altai Soundscape with Matas Petrikas on Kurzstrecke. Sound Experiments.

40 years after Christiane F., heroin is still a topic in a city where drugs are part of nightlife. Exclusion and stigmatization still exist in Berlin today, but also promising therapeutic approaches. Die Reportage.

In an interview with Deutschlandfunk Kultur, the author of the documentary series "Love Rituals", Michaela Vieser, emphasizes how much the films are shaped by the reporter. Gesa Ufer interviews Michaela Vieser on Compressor

100 years ago, German prisoners of war first carried Beethoven's 9th century in Japan. Symphony on. It is now omnipresent, considered the second national anthem and is always played at the turn of the year. A German-Japanese search for traces. Feature on Weltzeit

#MeToo has no voice in Japan. Sexual assaults on women are commonplace here. Not only in the subway, where there are extra wagons for them. From an early age, Japanese women learn to endure the shame, quietly and alone. But there are also exceptions. Feature. Weltzeit.

Everyone talks about blockchains. But who really understands cryptocurrency? The Japanese girl band Kasotsuka Shojo now sings about it and the tech expert Kaz Ohmae explains in which scene the reto band is especially successful. Reportage. Kompressor

The Altai region, located in a remote corner of Russia, was long considered a utopian place full of promises. Today, the region is marketed capitalistically with corresponding pseudo-traditional festivals. Feature. Zeitfragen

Michaela Vieser on professions that have died out. Together with the students from ESBM. Children Feature.

Michaela Vieser on professions that have died out. Together with the students from ESBM. Children Feature.

Michaela Vieser on professions that have died out. Together with the students from ESBM. Children Feature.

Michaela Vieser on professions that have died out. Together with the students from ESBM. Children Feature.

Michaela Vieser on professions that have died out. Together with the students from ESBM. Children Feature.

Michaela Vieser on professions that have died out. Together with the students from ESBM. Children Feature.

Why do young Muslims voluntarily submit to the "IS system", let themselves be enslaved and mistreated by the IS terrorists? Is it a hidden adventurous spirit or the helper syndrome? Researchers are investigating why young girls break with everything they love. Reportage. Zeitfragen

In Japan, Buddhism wrestles for the hearts of people for whom religion is no longer self-evident. In Tokyo, a monk goes an unusual way: He has opened a bar, in the middle of the hippest pub district. Our reporter visited him there. Reportage. Religionen.

Anjum Khan conducts talk therapy with radicalized Muslims on behalf of the British Interior Ministry. Reportage. Religions.

In West London, a Somali and a Jamaican Muslim and former rapper help prevent religious radicalization among the young people in the neighborhood. Because some have already been lured away from here - including to Syria to fight for the IS there. Reportage. Weltzeit.

55 years ago, on the 13th. August 1961, the construction of the "Berlin Wall" began - it separated the western and eastern parts of the city for a total of 28 years and was part of the inner German border. A school project revives this time. Reportage. Kakadu.

More and more Japanese people are scanning their books and turning them into PDFs. Due to lack of space, they transform printed into digital. That's what Jisui is called. Michaela Vieser visited a graphic artist who practices Jisiu. Reportage. Lesart.

Subculture, eccentrics and strange places. These are the favorite topics of publicist Tsuzuki Kyoichi. Because the media were taking his stories less and less often, he founded the e-magazine "Roadsiders". Here the readers will find stories that would not be published anywhere else. Reportage. Lesart.

In Japan, out of all places, and a bookstore, out of all places! The gigantic cultural department store Daikanyama T-Site in Tokyo has become a attraction for hip city dwellers. The motto: see and be seen. The English crown prince was already there. Reportage. Lesart

Japan, which has delighted the world with countless innovations, from the Walkman to the Playstation, is still like a developing when it comes to e-books. Reading is more classic – and why would you anyhow carry 100 books with you? Reportage. Lesart

Of course, there is also every luxury item in the world to buy in Tokyo, for dogs, stars, eccentrics. But the city actually stands for a completely different luxury philosophy, the biggest luxury is the city itself. Reportage. Zeitgeschehen

It is a place to read and dream: In the center of Tokyo, a busy book lover has set up a "library in the forest". The house wants to offer readers what is not to be found in the lending library: reading in connection with leisure fun and relaxation. Reportage. Lesart

The Japanese bestselling author Haruki Murakami has long been a candidate for the Nobel Prize for Literature. Since he does not give interviews, we met with his companions. They also revealed private things about him. Interview. Lesart

Okinawa is said to be safe. Many Tokyo families have moved to the southernmost island of Japan after Fukushima. But here, too, the fear of the radioactive rays does not let people go. Reportage. Zeitfragen

The word shaman means "heated, excited man". They are revered as seers and healers. Shamans are often responsible for healing the disease - in this function they experience a renaissance. Feature. Zeitfragen

If you rub the page of a book, a hidden message is revealed. If you stroke a butterfly picture, the fluttering of the wing is transferred to your skin: Ivan Poupyrev, born in Russia, is one of the most creative interface designers - award-winning and in demand worldwide. One of his most spectacular developments is the world's first touch screen. Interview/ Portrait. Zeitfragen

For decades, the steel industry shaped the US-based Pittsburgh. Until the steel crisis in the 1970s. The crisis hit the city hard. But today Pittsburg is considered a prime example of successful structural change. Feature. Zeitreisen

Luis von Ahn's view of humanity is sober. He sees us all as a huge processor unit that, if we manage to get it running, can solve big tasks. Interview. Breitband

In hardly any country is the sex industry booming as much as in Japan: sex videos, sex tools and pornographic porn apps for mobile phones flood the market and are publicly viewed, in the subway for example. Schoolgirls wear extra short skirts to stimulate the imagination of the men. Feature. Zeitfragen

The wilderness permeates us. But at some point, man tried to create order and alienated himself more and more from the essentials. "Let's find ourselves back to the wilderness!", demanded Gary Snyder in 1990. Now his book "Lektionen der Wildnis" is available in German. Book Review. Lesart