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In this end of year show, "The Spirit of..." reveals who Web site users voted as the most inspirational leader featured on the show in 2008. As well as looking back over some of the best stories featured in the last 12 months.

Queen for the YouTube generation

Queen Rania of Jordan is hip, beautiful and dedicated to young people. Thousands of you voted for as the most inspirational leader featured on "The spirit of..." in 2008.

All about the show

For the monthly 30 minute Spirit of... TV show, CNN's Becky Anderson goes to the intellectual heart of subjects ranging from sport to satire, nature to adventure, design to discovery

Portrait of change on Yangtze
Portrait of change on Yangtze

Nadav Kander's latest collection of photographs is a penetrating study of change in China.


Ideas that changed the world
Ideas that changed the world

From zero to the Web and relativity to vaccination, 10 lightbulb moments that shaped the modern world.

India's forgotten poor
India's forgotten poor

India's wealth explosion has bypassed its poor, as new film "Slumdog Millionaire" starkly highlights.


Obama and the U.S. economy
Obama and the U.S. economy

President-elect, Barack Obama faces a huge task in steering world's leading economy away from recession.

Previous shows: architecture
Previous shows: architecture

From the best buildings to some of the ugliest man-made structures on earth, modern architecture now.


space
space

We talk to physicist Stephen Hawking, arguably the world's greatest living scientist, about the final frontier.

democracy
democracy

Kofi Annan talks about how to make democracy work in the troubled African continent.


storytelling
youth
youth

Queen Rania of Jordan explains why we must listen to our young people more.


the team
the team

Footballing legend Zinedine Zidane explains what it takes to create a truly great team.

survival
survival

In a world at risk from climate change, what is the legacy for the next generation?


Quick Vote
Will Obama be able to live up to his word and rescue the U.S. economy?