Stammtisch - German healthcare: The doctor will see you now 20.07.2018 | 30:48 mins.

Is there a doctor in the house? Germany's healthcare system gets a check-up on this week's podcast as host Damien McGuinness puts on his scrubs with AFP's Deborah Cole, and DW's Kate Brady and Rupert Wiederwald.

Africa Link on Air - 20 July 2018 20.07.2018 | 30:00 mins.

Local business in Rwanda wary over upcoming visit of Chinese president Xi Jinping+++Wikipedia aims to recruit more African contributors+++Zimbabwean government under pressure to ensure a credible election this month+++What next after Germany's football team disastrous performance at the 2018 World Cup?

PhD student Lloyd Melusi Maphosa: 'I just followed my heart' 20.07.2018 | 03:15 mins.

Had he listened to his grandfather, Lloyd Melusi Maphosa would probably be a lawyer now. But the 29-year old PhD student knows that he made the right choice in studying history.

Spotlight on Europe - 20 July 2018 20.07.2018 | 30:00 mins.

Will France's World Cup victory change attitudes to the country's immigrant neighborhoods?+++Putting the Trump-Putin summit into perspective+++What's behind the EU's 5 billion dollar fine on Google?

Inside Europe 19.07.2018 20.07.2018 | 55:00 mins.

Putting the Trump-Putin summit into perspective – Football and France's immigrant neighborhoods? - The EU's 5 billion dollar fine on Google? – A scoop from Bologna's gelato university – Recovery and loss in Greece –What’s driving anti-Semitism - Parkrun: the global phenomenon - Sweden's great outdoors and the right to roam - And German winemakers adapt to climate change.

Inside Europe: European Union fines Google 20.07.2018 | 04:36 mins.

The European Union during the week imposed a 4.3 billion euro fine on Google — that's about 5 billion dollars — for breaching the bloc's competition rules with its Android operating system. Keith Walker spoke with Ryan Heath, political editor at Politico Europe, and started by asking him what is behind this decision?

Inside Europe: A Greek tale of recovery and loss 20.07.2018 | 02:42 mins.

After an eight-year economic crisis, Greece is back on track. On the face of it, the country's recovery marks a milesone for crisis-crippled Greeks and their government. But as Anthee Carassava reports, behind the promising spread sheets and upbeat financial data, a brain drain is sucking the hope out of Greece's future generation.

Inside Europe: Helsinki summit in perspective 20.07.2018 | 05:06 mins.

Helsinki is used to being the meeting point between East and West — but after the confusing summit between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, no one knows what's up, down or center anymore. Teri Schultz was there for DW. She's covered summits in the Finnish capital since Cold War days and puts this one in perspective.

Inside Europe: What's driving anti-Semitism? 20.07.2018 | 05:25 mins.

According to a study released during the week, the amount of German anti-Semitic content on the internet has grown massively in the last 10 years, has permeated mainstream society, and is increasingly extreme. Dr. Tomas Kraus is Executive Director of the Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic. What's driving this anti-Semitism?

Inside Europe: Football and France's immigrant neighborhoods 20.07.2018 | 04:33 mins.

Inside Europe: A weekly run that's a global phenomenon 20.07.2018 | 06:33 mins.

The UK has one of Europe's worst obesity problems. Doctors are increasingly advising patients who need a healthier lifestyle to get engaged with a free event, parkrun. Lars Bevanger caught up with his local parkrunners near Manchester to find out how this weekly event has grown from 13 runners in a London park, to a global phenomenon covering five continents.

Inside Europe: The Swedish right to roam 20.07.2018 | 03:24 mins.

This is a time of year when many people are pulling on their hiking boots and heading out into the wilds. But where you are allowed to go and what you are allowed to do when you get there depends very much on which country you live in. John Laurenson sent us this postcard from Sweden where - like elsewhere in Scandinavia - the right to roam has become an integral part of national identity.

Africa Link on Air - 19 July 2018 19.07.2018 | 29:59 mins.

Nigeria police arrests 22 Boko Haram commanders as the country battles with floods that have left at least 50 dead+++ President Kabila delivers rare national address but fails to confirm if he will seek re-election in December polls+++Homosexuals in Zimbabwe appeal for safe voting spaces in this month's elections

Living Planet: Taste for tarantulas 19.07.2018 | 06:35 mins.

People in Cambodia have developed a taste for tarantulas, starting during the brutal rule of the Khmer Rouge in the 1970s when people were starving and ate the crawling creatures to survive. To this day, people continue hunting down tarantulas, and sell them fried at market stalls. But habitat loss and hunting are driving them to the brink.

Living Planet: New York's cockroaches 19.07.2018 | 03:28 mins.

Human's least-popular roommates — cockroaches — are hated in New York, and yet they are unavoidable. There are more roaches than people in New York, and they would likely survive a nuclear strike. Mark Stoeckle of the Rockefeller University in New York has researched the insects intensively — and even has some big news about cockroaches in New York!

Living Planet: Demise of the American eel 19.07.2018 | 07:26 mins.

Hundreds of years ago, the American eel was a common sight on the Ottawa River in Canada. But today, the endangered species is at just 1 percent of its former strength, due largely to the many dams on the river. And the Ottawa River is especially important for the American eel — it's where they go to mature before making the epic journey back to their spawning grounds in the North Atlantic.

Living Planet: Disgusting creatures 19.07.2018 | 29:59 mins.

Tarantulas, scorpions and cockroaches are not appealing — but they are important! Eels in Canada are being chopped up by dams — but they don't get the attention they deserve because they aren't cute like pandas. Poisonous scorpions are more important for our ecosystem than you may have thought. And a taste for tarantula in Cambodia has decimated their numbers.

WorldLink: Game, bet and match 19.07.2018 | 32:35 mins.

Baseball enthusiast Gabriel Borrud takes a reluctant Neil King to his first baseball match ever. Neil catches the baseball bug and wants to join Gabe's team — the Cologne Cardinals. Gabe agrees to train him up on the condition Neil does everything he says. Does this spell disaster?

WorldLink: California's 1968 protest movement 19.07.2018 | 22:00 mins.

1968 was a year of great upheaval across the globe. People were standing up for civil rights, peace, environmental protection, social justice, racial and gender equality and sexual liberation. Workers and students were the backbone of this revolt, especially in the United States. One of the main protest movement strongholds in 1968 was the state of California.

WorldLink: Pitching for change 19.07.2018 | 59:00 mins.

On this week’s program: 50 years on we take stock of the momentous protest year of 1968. We'll be going to California which was one of the protest movement strongholds in the US to find out how events played out there and what legacy remains of 1968 today. We also have another installment of the Neil and Gabe podcast series, where they head out to explore American baseball.

Africa Link on Air - 18 July 2018 18.07.2018 | 29:59 mins.

World joins South Africans in celebrating Mandela's 100th birthday+++What do most people across the continent think of his legacy?+++Imbalu circumcision and the price of becoming a man among Bamasaba boys in Uganda

World in Progress: Artemisia - new hope for Malaria eradication in Africa? 18.07.2018 | 09:41 mins.

Almost half a million people die annually due to Malaria. While efforts are underway to eradicate the disease, the medical world is divided on how to do it. A shrub from China is shaking things up and pitting herbal remedies against pharmaceutical ones. An international network of scientists and doctors has set out to raise the profile of the Artemisia plant as a natural remedy.

World in Progress: Stuck in a wheelchair amid a typhoon in the Philippines 18.07.2018 | 07:36 mins.

The Philippines are at high risk of stroms and floods. In 2013, when the super tayfoon Haiyan hit the city of Tacloban, many people with disabilities were left behind and suffered even more than their able-bodied neighbors. Jason Strother met survivors like a lady who was stuck in her wheelchair as the water rose around her and finds out what is changing. 

World in Progress: How to reach those most in need - Inclusive disaster risk management  18.07.2018 | 07:55 mins.

How are people with disabilities in poor countries coping when disasters hit? Tushar  Wali is the project manager for the emergency response unit of the international advocacy and aid organization, CBM. He works in many countries in emergency situations and explains how disaster risk management is becoming more inclusive - and why strenthening people's resilience can help them inspire others.