Karten auf den Tisch: Der weibliche Körper ist faszinierend und ein unglaubliches Mysterium. Der fantastische Podcast GYNCAST des Berliner Tagesspiegels will da Abhilfe schaffen. Redakteurin ESTHER KOGELBLOOM führt  durch die Episoden. Immer an ihrer Seite ist die Gynäkologin MANDY MANGLER. Die beiden liefern fachlich ab. Ihre Gespräche fühlen sich dabei aber eher wie ein vertrautes Gespräch unter Freundinnen an als ein Vortrag im Hörsaal.

Es geht um den weiblichen Zyklus, Lust, PMS, Menopause, um viele vermeintliche Tabus und all die Fragen, die man viel zu selten laut stellt. Dazu werden Gespräche mit unterschiedlichen Gästinnen geführt, die ihre Erfahrungen offen teilen. Informativ, sachlich und vor allem: nahbar! Absolute Empfehlung, auch für Männer! Hier reinhören!

Old but gold: Self-confident and unconventional in his time, Gustave Courbet is known for his revolutionary and sometimes provocative works of realism. The artist's first solo exhibition in Austria can be visited at the LEOPOLD MUSEUM until 21. June. (Photo: Gustave Courbet, L’Origine du monde, 1866 ©Paris, musée d’Orsay, GrandPalaisRmn/Hervé Lewandowski)

To mark the 100th anniversary of the indoor swimming pool, a place of recreation for the working class and a monument to socialist architecture in interwar Vienna (exterior), Viennese photographer MICHAEL RATHMAYR presents details of the beautiful Art Deco splendor inside and, of course, the visitors to this architectural gem in his new photo book. We love! The book is available online, at Softcover Buchladen Wien, Hafi Books, Walther König im MQ, Westlicht, and the Wien Museum Shop. (Photo: ©Michael Rathmayr)

Recently launched on HBO Max, Heated Rivalry is a queer ice hockey series about two players whose rivalry turns into a fiery affair beyond the ice.
Series junkies worldwide are already celebrating the show as outrageously good, and even everyone's darling Zohran Mamdani, Mayor of NEW YORK, recommends curling up on the sofa during a snowstorm with the book on which the series is based. Meanwhile, the New York Times named HEATED RIVALRY one of the best series of the past year in its review podcast. The series can be streamed on HBO Max. (Foto: ©Warner Bros. Discovery)

With their third album LIEBE BRUTAL, Munich band MOLA brings all their power to the stage and is also stopping off in VIENNA. The album is as uncompromising as its title: between snotty indie pop and—in their own words—“soul that smells of punk leather jackets,” singer ISABELLA STREIFENEDER tells of stumbling, loving, and surviving. Among other things, notable features with Austrian musicians BIBIZA (“viertelnachvier”) and OEHL (“Satt werden”) paved the way for the band's breakthrough. Definitely one to watch! (Photo: ©Markus Sebastian Harbauer)

A letter can have a big impact. And sometimes it can save lives. The suicide prevention project REASONS TO STAY was launched by Briton BEN WEST after he lost his brother to suicide in 2018. This loss led him to create a website designed to offer support to others in difficult times. 

The concept is simple: anyone who visits the webiste receives an anonymous letter from a real person. An honest, personal message that reminds them: „You are not alone“. Anyone who wants to share their own reasons for staying can do so using the „Write a letter“ function. The letter is reviewed and then sent at random to someone who may be in urgent need of it.

Since the project cannot provide immediate help, the site also offers information on support services, helplines and contact points for those affected. (Photo: ©Instagram iambenwest)