The Inquiry Episodes Episode guide
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Do We Have Enough Genders?
Gender identity is considered more fluid than ever
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What Happened To Al-Qaeda?
Charting the fortunes of the group that once led the global jihadist movement
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Why Do Mexicans Drink So Much Soda?
Mexicans are among the world鈥檚 biggest soda consumers, and it鈥檚 affecting their health
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Can we Quake-Proof a City?
Earthquakes have killed a million people in the last two decades
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What Would it Take to Put a Human on Mars?
Nasa is planning a manned mission to Mars. But the challenges are enormous
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Why Are Wages So Low?
Pay packets in developed economies have hardly grown in decades.
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How Did Governments Lose Control of Encryption?
Spies, hippies, jihadis and the ongoing conflict over the power to keep secrets.
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Has President Assad Won?
Bashar al-Assad still rules Syria after five years of war
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Why Don鈥檛 We Eradicate Mosquitoes?
Mosquitoes cause a huge number of deaths. But getting rid of them would be complicated.
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How Did Iceland Clean Up its Banks (And Why Can't We)?
Iceland put its prime minister on trial, cleaned up its banks and jailed senior bankers
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Are We Fighting Cancer the Right Way?
The rising number of cancer cases worldwide poses a challenge for doctors and governments
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How Has the US Gun Lobby Been so Successful?
The National Rifle Association is one of the most powerful organisations in the US
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What is China Doing to Clear the Air?
The air in much of China is so bad the government has repeatedly declared "war" on it
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Do We Have Enough Genders?
Gender identity is considered more fluid than ever thanks to the trans movement
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How Much Inequality Is Too Much?
How far does inequality affect growth and prosperity?
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Should We Solar Panel The Sahara?
Solar could provide clean energy on a vast scale. But the politics are difficult.
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How Will a Population Boom Change Africa?
The UN forecasts that the number of people living in Africa will double in 35 years
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Is Saudi To Blame For 鈥業S鈥�?
Many claim 鈥業S鈥� is the ideological offspring of Saudi Arabia
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Should Governments Drop Money Out of Helicopters?
We examine one crazy-sounding but very serious idea to prevent a low- or no-growth future
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How Do Cartels Get Drugs into the US?
How drugs get into the US via tunnels, 鈥渘arco-subs鈥� and complex criminal networks
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Have We Underestimated Plants?
An exploration of what plants are capable of and what we can learn from them.
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Can 鈥業slamic State鈥� Be Defeated?
Expert answers to the urgent question on defeating the group calling itself Islamic State
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Have We Underestimated Plants?
An exploration of what plants are capable of and what we can learn from them.
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Is it too Late to Save Syria鈥檚 Antiquities?
The threat to Syria鈥檚 cultural heritage from looting, war and wanton destruction
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Why was Mohammed Akhlaq Killed?
What a murder tells us about modern India.
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How Do You Save the Rhino?
How hunting and even legalising the trade in horn might save this endangered species
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Can Nigeria End Oil Corruption?
President Buhari鈥檚 promise to end decades of corruption in the oil industry
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Is Russia Vulnerable?
The White House has described Russia鈥檚 action in Syria as motivated by 'weakness'
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What Does the President Need to Know?
Top-secret documents, released by the CIA, shine a light on intelligence advice.
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Do Drone Strikes Work?
The impact of drones, America鈥檚 counter-terrorism weapon of choice
