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Chris Cummins

Letters from a shrinking globe: around the day in 80 worlds.

02.06.2015
Fahrrad

"You Gain A New Respect For the Riders of Old"

In Velo Veritas - because cycling is not about minutes or seconds.

29.05.2015
Kinder spielen vor Raffinerie

The Politics of Pollution

In the US, heavily polluting industrial plants are dumped in the middle of poor, black communities. Robert Bullard leads a movement to stop this injustice.

23.05.2015
People biking

Northern Riding

Riga in Latvia would like to become a cycling hub to rival Copenhagen - it certainly makes for an interesting ride.

22.05.2015
Ingemars Dzenis

The New Front Line?

The Baltic State Latvia is celebrating 25 years since it re-declared independence - but with Russia troop exercises nears its border, fear is overshadowing the party.

20.05.2015
"The Corner House"

Betrayal At The Corner House

25 years after the end of communism, the former KGB building in Riga, Latvia, still haunts and divides a nation

19.05.2015
Adria Protest

The Anti-Drilling Battle Comes To Austria

Environmental activists from Austria and Croatia attack OMV's plans to explore for oil in the Adriatic

02.05.2015
lachende Asiatin

Where The Happy Water Flows

Up in the misty, terraced mountains of northwestern Vietnam, colourful ethnic minorities face the dilemmas of development.

30.04.2015
Gemälde, indem aus einem Kopf lauter Hände wachsen

Sao La: A Rare Beast in Asia

It's 40 years since the fall of Saigon. In now Ho Chi Minh City a brave independent art scene struggles to ask big questions - in the spirit of Bruce Lee.

28.04.2015
Händler im Mekong Delta

A Slow Death for the 9 Headed Dragon?

The iconic Mekong Delta is a biodiversity haven and the breadbasket of a dynamic nation. But is it being strangled by "green" energy?

20.04.2015
Afrikanische Flüchtlinge in einem Boot

"They said 'Inshallah' and that was it."

Unscrupulous traffickers and despair at sea. As the EU struggles for answers to the Mediterranean migrant crisis, an eyewitness account of the horror of being stranded at sea.

08.04.2015
Cyclists in Bangkok

Bangkok Alleycats

Why cycling is the best way to see Thailand's capital.

19.03.2015
Mann mit Schildkappe

"I saw a lot of blood and a lot of messed up bodies"

50 years after the first US combat troops landed in Vietnam, two veterans return and ponder blood, resentment and reconciliation.

28.02.2015
Ruine

Tortured By Both Sides

Abductions, summary executions and a media war. Amnesty's Bogdan Ovcharuk on why no side is innocent in the Ukraine conflict.

25.02.2015
T. C. Boyle

T.C. Boyle: A Live Reality Check Special

Armed with a new book, T.C. Boyle, chronicler of a troubled America, has been live in the FM4 Studio to answer your questions and mine.

15.02.2015
Projektion eines Schifahrers auf einer Hauswand

"It's the show that makes freeskiing special"

The 6th edition of the Playstreets in Bad Gastein: putting the showbusiness razzmatazz back into the sport of freeskiing.

03.02.2015
Schifahrer

Respecting Nature While Freeriding

The freeride boom is putting pressure on mountain fauna. A few easy rules to help the mountain animals thrive.

31.01.2015
Oliver Lehmann

"Science Is One Big Soap Opera"

Marc Abrahams, the mastermind behind the Ig Nobel Prizes and the Annals of Improbable Research in a Special Reality Check encounter.

27.01.2015
70 Jahre Auschwitz

A Vivid Reminder

With Anti-Semitism on the rise across Europe, the world honours the victims on Auschwitz.

11.01.2015
Mann hält einen Stift hoch

"You Cannot Extinguish Our Freedom"

Thousands gathered in central Vienna in the name of freedom, tolerance and mutual understanding.

10.01.2015
Räder am Boden

"Unite before it is too late!"

How Amsterdam became "The City of Bikes"

Storys von Christian Cummins