The Inquiry Podcast
The Inquiry gets beyond the headlines to explore the trends, forces and ideas shaping 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鈥檚 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鈥檚 the Greatest Threat to Poland?
Thu 18 Jan 2018
The EU鈥檚 triggered the 鈥榥uclear option鈥� 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鈥檚 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鈥檚 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鈥檛 Apple Pay More Tax?
Thu 23 Nov 2017
Examining claims that the world鈥檚 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 鈥� the challenges facing academia
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How Powerful is Iran鈥檚 Revolutionary Guard?
Thu 2 Nov 2017
The growth and reach of a group labelled a 鈥榯error force鈥� 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.
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Can We Teach Robots Ethics?
Thu 12 Oct 2017
From driverless cars to "carebots", machines are entering the realm of right and wrong.
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Could We Ban the Sale of Petrol and Diesel Cars Now?
Thu 28 Sep 2017
Can the electric car rule the road?
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Can China solve the North Korea problem?
Thu 21 Sep 2017
Can China persuade North Korea to step back from its nuclear ambitions?
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How Do We Stop People Dying in Floods?
Thu 14 Sep 2017
Do we have the power to avoid the natural forces of intense rainfall?
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What Can We Do With Our Dead?
Thu 7 Sep 2017
Cemeteries around the world are fast running out of space.
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How Has The Ku Klux Klan Lasted So Long?
Thu 31 Aug 2017
Why the US racist group the Ku Klux Klan continues to exist
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Are Video Games a Waste of Time?
Thu 24 Aug 2017
Gaming is replacing work for some young men in the US
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How Do You Fix Someone Else's Election?
Thu 17 Aug 2017
Smears, bots and bags of cash - stories of old tricks and new.
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Who Gets to Have Their Own Country?
Thu 3 Aug 2017
You might think simple rules decide the creation of nation states. You'd be wrong.
