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The Inquiry Episodes

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    What鈥檚 The Point Of Bitcoin?

    Making sense of the digital currency and the ideology of its founders, fans and future

  2. North Korea deep dive

    Nuclear ambitions and a war of words, a deep dive into the North Korea crisis

  3. How Do We Rule The Universe?

    Governing moon miners, asteroid hunters and space junk

  4. How Powerful is Facebook's Algorithm?

    What does Facebook鈥檚 computer code do with the data we give it?

  5. Are We Missing a Bigger Opioid Crisis?

    While the US suffers an overdose epidemic, most of the world misses out on painkillers

  6. What Would an Iran-Saudi Arabia War Look Like?

    Tension between Iran and Saudi Arabia are at an unprecedented level

  7. Why Doesn鈥檛 Apple Pay More Tax?

    Examining claims that the world鈥檚 most profitable company is aggressively dodging tax

  8. What Does the Saudi Crown Prince Want?

    He has pushed through reforms but some fear there is a darker desire driving the ruler

  9. Is the Knowledge Factory Broken?

    Dodgy data, contradictory findings, perverse incentives 鈥� the challenges facing academia

  10. How Powerful is Iran鈥檚 Revolutionary Guard?

    The growth and reach of a group labelled a 鈥榯error force鈥� by President Trump

  11. How Do You End A Civil War?

    Why internal conflicts end and what it might mean for Syria.

  12. Is the Pope Catholic?

    Inside the fierce debate dividing the Roman Catholic Church

  13. Can We Teach Robots Ethics?

    From driverless cars to "carebots", machines are entering the realm of right and wrong.

  14. Is Privacy Dead?

    Can we protect our privacy in the digital age?

  15. Could We Ban the Sale of Petrol and Diesel Cars Now?

    Can the electric car rule the road?

  16. Can China solve the North Korea problem?

    Can China persuade North Korea to step back from its nuclear ambitions?

  17. How Do We Stop People Dying in Floods?

    Do we have the power to avoid the natural forces of intense rainfall?

  18. What Can We Do With Our Dead?

    Cemeteries around the world are fast running out of space.

  19. How Has The Ku Klux Klan Lasted So Long?

    Why the US racist group the Ku Klux Klan continues to exist

  20. Are Video Games a Waste of Time?

    Gaming is replacing work for some young men in the US

  21. How Do You Fix Someone Else's Election?

    Smears, bots and bags of cash - stories of old tricks and new.

  22. Are South Africa's Police Failing?

    A story of crime and often no punishment

  23. Who Gets to Have Their Own Country?

    You might think simple rules decide the creation of nation states. You'd be wrong.

  24. What would war with North Korea look like?

    We reveal the conversations inside the war rooms

  25. Is it Time to Ban the Plastic Bottle?

    Every single second, 20,000 single-use drinking bottles are sold around the world

  26. Is Gene Editing Out of Control?

    The Inquiry looks into the unintended consequences of gene editing

  27. What's So Special About Qatar?

    The tiny state behind a global diplomatic feud.

  28. Have We Always Felt This Tired?

    The past, present and possible future story of human sleep

  29. Why Does China Want to Revive the Silk Road?

    The biggest infrastructure initiative of all time could change the current world order.

  30. Is the Greatest Threat to Putin Really Alexei Navalny?

    Assessing the strength of the opposition leader who has run mass protests in Russia

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