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The Inquiry Episodes

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    How Do You Report Terrorism?

    Should the media devote less coverage to terrorist attacks?

  2. Is Work Too Easy?

    We used to work ourselves to an early death. Do we now sit ourselves to one instead?

  3. Does Poverty Change The Way We Think?

    Investigating the scientific claims that being poor affects how our brains work

  4. How Did Immigration Stop Being a Political Taboo in the UK?

    How did immigration stop being a political taboo in the UK?

  5. How Did Venezuela Go From So Rich To So Poor?

    Once the richest country in South America, Venezuela is now in deep economic crisis

  6. How did North Korea get the bomb?

    Exploring how the secretive state has acquired nuclear weapons

  7. Is Inequality About to Get Unimaginably Worse?

    A special edition with Yuval Noah Harari, author of Sapiens and Homo Deus.

  8. How Powerful is Facebook's Algorithm?

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

  9. What Happens When You Legalise Cannabis?

    Ruth Alexander looks at what happened next after legalising cannabis

  10. Why Is No-one Trying to Stop the War in Yemen?

    Thousands have been killed and the country is on the brink of famine

  11. Do We Need A Plan B For Climate Change?

    Scientists have been developing some very ambitious ideas to re-engineer our climate

  12. What鈥檚 Wrong With France?

    All the candidates in the French presidential election are calling for radical change

  13. Are Famines Always Man-Made?

    Humankind long ago figured out how to avoid famine

  14. How is Mosul Being Liberated?

    The story of the largest battle on Earth today

  15. What Happened to Europe鈥檚 Migrant Crisis?

    In 2015 huge numbers of migrants were trying to reach Europe. We hear what happened next

  16. Why Can't We Stop Looking at our Phones?

    The science and psychology of smartphone design

  17. Is Donald Trump Good for Journalism?

    President Trump's contempt for the media may seem like bad news but is the opposite true?

  18. Can You Believe What You Read on WikiLeaks?

    WikiLeaks claims to serve only transparency. But some suspect other motives

  19. What Would 鈥楴o Deal鈥� Mean For Brexit Britain?

    What happens to Britain on Brexit day if there is no deal with the EU

  20. How do you launch a nuclear missile?

    We explain the nuclear weapons systems of the US, Russia, Britain and China

  21. How Did the US Get Stuck With Guantanamo?

    The full story of Guantanamo 鈥� and why so-called "forever prisoners" are held there today

  22. Is There Anybody Out There?

    The story of the search for extra-terrestrial life

  23. Can We Eat Our Way Out Of Climate Change?

    Changing what we eat could be one of the fastest ways to slow down climate change

  24. What Went Right in 2016?

    Four amazing stories united by the ambition to achieve the seemingly impossible

  25. Should We Give 蜜芽传媒less People 蜜芽传媒s?

    Medicine Hat, a city in Canada, has ended homelessness the 鈥榟ousing first鈥� way

  26. Does Turkey Still Want to Join the EU?

    Turkey and the EU: it鈥檚 complicated

  27. Why Do Governments Do Stupid Things?

    Overconfidence, poor evidence, party politics - why governments blunder.

  28. Why Did The Polls Get it Wrong (Or Did They)?

    Hillary Clinton lost despite some polls putting her chance of victory at 99%

  29. Why Does Anyone Still Smoke?

    Tobacco kills up to half of its users, so why would people still choose to smoke?

  30. After the Electoral Shocks of Brexit and the US Election - What Next?

    Has a pattern been set first by Brexit, and then the US election?

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