The Inquiry Podcast
The Inquiry gets beyond the headlines to explore the trends, forces and ideas shaping the world.
Episodes to download
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Trump and Kim: Can They Close the Deal?
Thu 10 May 2018
Top tips from peacemakers who have brokered some of the world’s most unlikely pacts
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What’s the Real Difference Between the Sexes?
Thu 3 May 2018
What is there to learn about men and women from people who’ve lived as both?
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What’s Killing Black American Babies?
Thu 26 Apr 2018
Black infants are twice as likely to die in their first year as white infants.
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Are Nerve Agents Out of Control?
Thu 19 Apr 2018
Banned over 20 years ago, how do we explain recent attacks?
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How Did China Ban Ivory?
Thu 12 Apr 2018
The story of how China ended its love affair with white gold.
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Have We Always Felt This Tired?
Thu 22 Mar 2018
The past, present and possible future story of human sleep.
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What’s Happening to IS Fighters Now?
Thu 15 Mar 2018
From courtrooms and prisons to rehab centres and martial arts training
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Is Facebook in Trouble?
Thu 8 Mar 2018
Fake news, hate speech, users logging off - does Facebook need fixing?
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What Happens When a Cyber-attack Strikes?
Thu 1 Mar 2018
We tell the story of the most damaging cyber attack in history
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How Do You Close The Gender Pay Gap?
Thu 22 Feb 2018
Women earn less than men in every country in the world
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Why is Cape Town Running Out of Water?
Thu 15 Feb 2018
Cape Town could run out of water by June. What went wrong?
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Why Are the Taliban So Resilient?
Thu 8 Feb 2018
The insurgent group’s influence is extending across Afghanistan
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How Did We Get Hooked on Plastic?
Thu 1 Feb 2018
The story of how the search for a material to replace ivory changed our lives forever
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What Does China Want in the South China Sea?
Thu 25 Jan 2018
The South China Sea's hotly contested waters could be a flashpoint for conflict in 2018
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What’s the Greatest Threat to Poland?
Thu 18 Jan 2018
The EU’s triggered the ‘nuclear option’ against Poland, is something bigger at stake?
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What is IS doing in the Philippines?
Thu 11 Jan 2018
In 2017 the black flag of the Islamic State group flew over the city of Marawi
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Is Zero Tolerance the Right Approach for FGM?
Thu 4 Jan 2018
Some experts are questioning the international campaign against Female Genital Mutilation
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What’s The Point Of Bitcoin?
Thu 28 Dec 2017
Making sense of the digital currency and the ideology of its founders, fans and future
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North Korea deep dive
Fri 22 Dec 2017
Nuclear ambitions and a war of words, a deep dive into the North Korea crisis
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How Powerful is Facebook's Algorithm?
Thu 14 Dec 2017
What does Facebook’s computer code do with the data we give it?
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Are We Missing a Bigger Opioid Crisis?
Thu 7 Dec 2017
While the US suffers an overdose epidemic, most of the world misses out on painkillers
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What Would an Iran-Saudi Arabia War Look Like?
Thu 30 Nov 2017
Tension between Iran and Saudi Arabia are at an unprecedented level
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Why Doesn’t Apple Pay More Tax?
Thu 23 Nov 2017
Examining claims that the world’s most profitable company is aggressively dodging tax
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What Does the Saudi Crown Prince Want?
Thu 16 Nov 2017
He has pushed through reforms but some fear there is a darker desire driving the ruler
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Is the Knowledge Factory Broken?
Thu 9 Nov 2017
Dodgy data, contradictory findings, perverse incentives – the challenges facing academia
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How Powerful is Iran’s Revolutionary Guard?
Thu 2 Nov 2017
The growth and reach of a group labelled a ‘terror force’ by President Trump
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How Do You End A Civil War?
Thu 26 Oct 2017
Why internal conflicts end and what it might mean for Syria.
